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Smit Desai
Google Scholar ID: hgPIm1UAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Metaphors in HCI
Conversational AI
Aging and Technology
Voice User Interfaces
Mental Models
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17 items
Annie, Are You Okay? How Style- and Context-Based Personalization Shape AI-Assisted Decision-Making
2026
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Deflecting the Value Compass: Interacting with Large Language Models Temporarily Shifts Human Value Priorities Toward Personal Focus
2026
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"MeBo Leaves a Piece of You Behind": Designing a Relational Voice-Based Memory Companion for Older Adults
2026
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When a Story Feels Like Mine: How Personalized Narratives and Humor Shape Older Adults' Empathy toward LLM-Generated Peer Health Stories
2026
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Misalignment Has a Personality: A Big Five Account of Emergent Misalignment
2026
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Behavior-Adaptive Conversational Agents: Toward a Fluid Personality Framework
2026
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Explanations as Dialogues: Toward Human-Centered Conversational Explainable AI
2026
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Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of AI-Mediated Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department
2026
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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
6 total
Jessie Chin
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Twidale
Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois
Mateusz Dubiel
University of Luxembourg
Dakuo Wang
Northeastern University
Tanusree Sharma
Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Luis A. Leiva
University of Luxembourg