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Thanks for hosting, Peter and others present for the great discussion that followed!

If you're running a lab in academia, then you have a leadership job and a leadership development job. It's part of your job to be a good leader now to the people in your group as well as to help them grow as leaders so they will be prepared for their future careers.

Great talks from Ujwal Gadiraju CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute and #ISPPitt ! Find him at #HCOMP2024 this week! HCOMP 2024

The #HCOMP2024 registration desk is ready for you to pick your badges up. Gianluca Demartini and I are excited to kick things off with the opening reception this evening. Do join us! Attendees can enjoy the ACM UIST program today before coming over to the reception. 🥳

#HCOMP2024 has begun! Ujwal Gadiraju and Gianluca Demartini introducing our first keynote speaker, Vivek Seshadri.

Congratulations Aashish Sheshadri and Matt Lease on winning the inaugural #HCOMP2024 Test of Time Award!

Reminded again that while research may be what I do, my impact will be primarily measured by the relationships I build.

💫 Here are some highlights from my visits to University of Pittsburgh CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute, passing by ACM UIST, and co-chairing HCOMP 2024 with Gianluca Demartini. link.medium.com/pS2WXSGG3Nb #HCOMP2024 #UIST2024

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[Sinatra crooner voice] Start spreading the newwws! Here it is, the preliminary call for papers for UMAP, UUUU-MAP! Check it out on the #umap2025 website - yes, that's the official hashtag. um.org/umap2025/call-… #RecSys #HCI #UM

Congrats to everyone who submitted a paper to the #CSCW2025 October cycle! We received 586 full papers and will now begin the review process. For that to be successful, we need your help. Consider volunteering to be an AC by completing this form: forms.gle/WaHnUwacNVSugK…

Was an amazing experience presenting our🥉#BlueSky paper. Thank you everyone, for the inspiring questions and new ideas on #multimodal approaches to tackle #misinformation in #podcasts. Ujwal Gadiraju Damiano Spina 🦋@damianospina.com Thank you, Organizers and CCC for the Award 🏆. #icmi2024

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1/ Is Conversational XAI All You Need? Maybe not. In a recent #IUI2025 paper, we conducted an empirical study to compare conversational XAI interfaces against the XAI dashboard. This is a joint work with Ujwal Gadiraju and Nilay Aishwarya at WIS Delft.

1/ With high-level planning and external toolkits, LLM agents have shown good promises as assistants. In a recent #CHI2025 work, we conducted an empirical study with LLM agents as a daily assistant. This work is a collaboration with Gianluca Demartini and Ujwal Gadiraju.

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