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Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations
Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CCD-Bench: Probing Cultural Conflict in Large Language Model Decision-Making
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Misalignment Has a Personality: A Big Five Account of Emergent Misalignment
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.26389
Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of AI-Mediated Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department
Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Interactive Health Conference
The Differential Effects of Agreeableness and Extraversion on Older Adults' Perceptions of Conversational AI Explanations in Assistive Settings
arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08164
Behavior-Adaptive Conversational Agents: Toward a Fluid Personality Framework
Bridging AI and Behavior Change (ABC), AAAI-26 Bridge Program
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PhD in Interdisciplinary Design and Media
- Research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human-AI Interaction.
- Exploring conversational AI and conversational user interfaces.
- Advised by Dr. Smit Desai.
BSc in Computer Science and Interactive Media
- Capstone: "Search-Based Optimization of Matrix Multiplication in the MLIR Auto-Scheduler."
- Capstone advised by Dr. Riyadh Baghdadi.
Equitech Scholar
- Explored ethical implications of technology, focusing on human-centered design and societal impacts of AI.
- Advised by Dr. Abhilash Mishra.