DIGITAL INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS LAB

RESEARCH

Note: Blue names indicate lab members at the time of publication or during the work described.

2026

Omar A. Khan, Lee Lisle, and Tiffany D. Do

Non-Human Body Parts in Social VR: A Survey of Furry and Kemonomimi Communities.

Poster, 2 pages | To Appear in Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (SUI).

Omar A. Khan, Bao Han Trinh, Lee Lisle, and Tiffany D. Do

Having Dog Ears" for Real": Effects of Active and Passive Haptics on Embodying Non-Human Body Parts in VR.

To Appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).

Full Paper, 11 pages | PDF

Arijit Chakma, Peng He, Zeyuan Wang, Honglu Liu, Tingting Li, Tiffany D. Do, and Feng Liu

DrawSim-PD: simulating student science drawings to support NGSS-aligned teacher diagnostic reasoning.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). Springer.

Full Paper, 16 pages | DOI | PDF

2025

Vishnu Menon, Andy Cherney, Elizabeth Cloude, Li Zhang, and Tiffany D. Do

Evaluating the Impact of LLM-guided Reflection on Learning Outcomes with Interactive AI-generated Educational Podcasts.

AIME-Con 2025 (NCME SIG on AI in Measurement).

Full Paper, 8 pages | ACL Anthology | PDF

Nathalia Gomez, S. Sue Batham, Matias Volonte, and Tiffany D. Do

Virtual Interviewers, Real Results: Exploring AI-Driven Mock Technical Interviews on Student Readiness and Confidence.

Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW Companion '25)

Late-Breaking Work, 7 pages | DOI | PDF

Tiffany D. Do, Usama Bin Shafqat, Elsie Ling, and Nikhil Sarda

PAIGE: Examining Learning Outcomes and Experiences with Personalized AI-Generated Educational Podcasts.

Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

Full Paper (Best Paper Award) 🏆, 12 pages | DOI | PDF

Tiffany D. Do, Martez E. Mott, John Tang, Sasa Junuzovic, Ann Paradiso, and Edward Cutrell

Exploring AI-Driven Affective Avatars for Autistic Adults and Adults with Social Anxiety in Virtual Meetings.

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Late-Breaking Work, 9 pages | DOI

Sagar A Vankit, Vivian Genaro Motti, Tiffany D. Do, Samaneh Zamanifard, Deyrel Diaz, Andrew T Duchowski, Bart P Knijnenburg, Matias Volonte

Path Modeling of Visual Attention, User Perceptions, and Behavior Change Intentions in Conversations With Embodied Agents in VR

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Full paper, 10 pages | DOI

2024

Tiffany D. Do, Juanita Benjamin, Camille Isabella Protko, and Ryan P. McMahan

Cultural Reflections in Virtual Reality: The Effects of User Ethnicity in Avatar Matching Experiences on Sense of Embodiment.

IEEE Transactions on Visualizations and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

Full Paper, 11 pages | DOI | PDF

Tiffany D. Do, Camille Isabella Protko, and Ryan P. McMahan

Stepping into the Right Shoes: The Effects of User-Matched Avatar Ethnicity and Gender on Sense of Embodiment in Virtual Reality.

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

Full Paper (Best Paper HM) 🏆, 10 pages | DOI