Smit Desai
Scholar

Smit Desai

Google Scholar ID: hgPIm1UAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Metaphors in HCIConversational AIAging and TechnologyVoice User InterfacesMental Models
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Citations & Impact
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Citations
395
 
H-index
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Publications
20
 
Co-authors
8
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Publications
9 items
"Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations
2026
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The Differential Effects of Agreeableness and Extraversion on Older Adults'Perceptions of Conversational AI Explanations in Assistive Settings
2026
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Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Non-Display Smart Glasses Use
2026
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Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks
2025
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Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface&Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots
2025
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Designing AI Tools for Clinical Care Teams to Support Serious Illness Conversations with Older Adults in the Emergency Department
2025
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Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities
2025
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Toward Metaphor-Fluid Conversation Design for Voice User Interfaces
2025
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Resume (English only)
Research Experience
  • Research at CHAI LAB; Research projects include:
  • - Metaphor fluid voice interfaces
  • - Voice interfaces as teachers
  • - Voice interfaces as storytellers
  • - Voice interfaces as exercise coaches
  • - Voice assistants as research assistants
  • - Miscellaneous Projects:
  • - Voice assistants as co-workers
  • - Projects currently brewing
Background
  • I am a conversational AI researcher, designer, and an engineer—existentialist and a storyteller
Co-authors
8 total
Jessie Chin
Jessie Chin
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Twidale
Michael Twidale
Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois
Co-author 3
Co-author 3
Mateusz Dubiel
Mateusz Dubiel
University of Luxembourg
Dakuo Wang
Dakuo Wang
Northeastern University
Co-author 6
Co-author 6
Tanusree Sharma
Tanusree Sharma
Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Luis A. Leiva
Luis A. Leiva
University of Luxembourg