Smit Desai

40 papers A* 3B 2Journal 19Unranked 16
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 — conf
"Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai
2026 J jnl
"Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations.
CoRR
Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai
2026 A* conf
Balancing Efficiency and Empathy: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on AI-Supported Workflows for Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department.
CHI
Menglin Zhao, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijia Guan, Kai-Wei Chang, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy W. Bickmore, Zhan Zhang, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang, Smit Desai
2026 J jnl
Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Non-Display Smart Glasses Use.
CoRR
Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld, Smit Desai, Eileen McGivney
2026 — conf
Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Smart Glasses Use.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld, Smit Desai, Eileen McGivney
2026 — conf
Finding MeBo: Delivering Reminiscence Therapy for Older Adults Using LLM-Based Voice User Interfaces.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Manasi Atul Vaidya, Ryan Bruggeman, Jessie Chin, Maitraye Das, Smit Desai
2026 — conf
Non-Linear Journeys with Voice Assistants: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis of Older Adults' Long-Term Home Use.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Wen-Ning Chen, Smit Desai, Carrie O'Connell, Sarah Leiser, Kelly Quinn, Naoko Muramatsu, David Marquez, Catherine O'Brien, Jessie Chin
2026 J jnl
The Differential Effects of Agreeableness and Extraversion on Older Adults' Perceptions of Conversational AI Explanations in Assistive Settings.
CoRR
Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai
2026 A* conf
Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks.
CHI
Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai
2025 J jnl
"It Felt Like I Was Left in the Dark": Exploring Information Needs and Design Opportunities for Family Caregivers of Older Adult Patients in Critical Care Settings.
CoRR
Shihan Fu, Bingsheng Yao, Smit Desai, Yuqi Hu, Yuling Sun, Samantha Stonbraker, Yanjun Gao, Elizabeth M. Goldberg, Dakuo Wang
2025 — conf
Beyond Functionality: Co-Designing Voice User Interfaces for Older Adults' Well-being.
CUI
Xinhui Hu, Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin
2025 — conf
DEBP-PVA: Designing and Evaluating Behavioral Paradigms With Proactive Virtual Agents.
IVA (Adjunct)
Alafate Abulimiti, Paola Raquel Peña, Fatemeh Alizadeh, Shashank Ahire, Heloisa Candello, Smit Desai, Justin Edwards, Yuan He, Darragh Higgins, Alberto Jovane, Matthias Kraus, Guy Laban, Rachel McDonnell, Jairo Pérez-Osorio, Tanja Schneeberger, Jaisie Sin, Tobias Thejll-Madsen, Nima Zargham, Benjamin R. Cowan
2025 J jnl
Designing AI Tools for Clinical Care Teams to Support Serious Illness Conversations with Older Adults in the Emergency Department.
CoRR
Menglin Zhao, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijia Guan, Kai-Wei Chang, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy W. Bickmore, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang, Smit Desai
2025 — conf
Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface & Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots.
CUI
Mukesh Rajmohan, Smit Desai, Sanchari Das
2025 J jnl
Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface & Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots.
CoRR
Mukesh Rajmohan, Smit Desai, Sanchari Das
2025 — conf
Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities.
CUI
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Thomas Mildner, Laura Spillner
2025 J jnl
Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities.
CoRR
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Thomas Mildner, Laura Spillner
2025 J jnl
Toward Metaphor-Fluid Conversation Design for Voice User Interfaces.
CoRR
Smit Desai, Jessie Chin, Dakuo Wang, Benjamin R. Cowan, Michael B. Twidale
2025 J jnl
Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks.
CoRR
Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai
2024 J jnl
Beyond Functionality: Co-Designing Voice User Interfaces for Older Adults' Well-being.
CoRR
Xinhui Hu, Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin
2024 — conf
CUI@CHI 2024: Building Trust in CUIs - From Design to Deployment.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Smit Desai, Christina Ziying Wei, Jaisie Sin, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Shashank Ahire, Martin Porcheron, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Minha Lee, Heloisa Candello, Joel E. Fischer, Cosmin Munteanu, Benjamin R. Cowan
2024 J jnl
CUI@CHI 2024: Building Trust in CUIs-From Design to Deployment.
CoRR
Smit Desai, Christina Wei, Jaisie Sin, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Shashank Ahire, Martin Porcheron, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Minha Lee, Heloisa Candello, Joel E. Fischer, Cosmin Munteanu, Benjamin R. Cowan
2024 B conf
Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design.
MUM
Nima Zargham, Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Thomas Mildner, Hanz-Joachim Belz
2024 J jnl
Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design.
CoRR
Nima Zargham, Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Thomas Mildner, Hanz-Joachim Belz
2024 — conf
EduCUI: The First International Workshop for Conversational User Interfaces in Education.
CUI
Justin Edwards, Adelson de Araujo, Smit Desai, Jan de Wit, Heloisa Candello, Daniel J. Rough, Leigh Clark, Anni-Sofia Roberts, Benjamin R. Cowan
2024 — conf
Examining Humanness as a Metaphor to Design Voice User Interfaces.
CUI
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Luis A. Leiva
2024 J jnl
Examining Humanness as a Metaphor to Design Voice User Interfaces.
CoRR
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Luis A. Leiva
2024 J jnl
Human and LLM-Based Voice Assistant Interaction: An Analytical Framework for User Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors.
CoRR
Szeyi Chan, Shihan Fu, Jiachen Li, Bingsheng Yao, Smit Desai, Mirjana Prpa, Dakuo Wang
2024 J jnl
Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood.
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Jessie Chin, Smit Desai, Sheny (cheng-Hsuan) Lin, Shannon Mejía
2024 — conf
Voicecraft: Designing Task-specific Voice Assistant Personas.
CUI
Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Nima Zargham, Anuschka Schmitt
2023 — conf
"A Painless Way to Learn: " Designing an Interactive Storytelling Voice User Interface to Engage Older Adults in Informal Health Information Learning.
CUI
Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin
2023 J jnl
A detailed review of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
CoRR
Nayak Bhatia, Sanchit Bansal, Smit Desai
2023 J jnl
Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood.
CoRR
Jessie Chin, Smit Desai, Sheny Lin, Shannon Mejía
2023 J jnl
Metaphors in Voice User Interfaces: A Slippery Fish.
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact.
Smit Desai, Michael B. Twidale
2023 A* conf
OK Google, Let's Learn: Using Voice User Interfaces for Informal Self-Regulated Learning of Health Topics among Younger and Older Adults.
CHI
Smit Desai, Jessie Chin
2023 — conf
Using ChatGPT in HCI Research - A Trioethnography.
CUI
Smit Desai, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha
2023 J jnl
Using ChatGPT in HCI Research - A Trioethnography.
CoRR
Smit Desai, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha
2023 B conf
Using Experience-Based Participatory Approach to Design Interactive Voice User Interfaces for Delivering Physical Activity Programs with Older Adults.
HAI
Smit Desai, Xinhui Hu, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin
2022 — conf
Is Alexa like a computer? A search engine? A friend? A silly child? Yes.
CUI
Smit Desai, Michael B. Twidale
2021 — conf
Hey Google, Can You Help Me Learn?
CUI
Smit Desai, Jessie Chin