DIGITAL INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS LAB

RESEARCH

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

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.

To Appear in AIME-Con 2025 (NCME SIG on AI in Measurement). (Accepted, to appear in ACL Anthology)

Full Paper, 8 pages | 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.

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

Late-Breaking Work, 7 pages | 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