Recommender systems are software applications that help users to find items of interest in
situations of information overload. Current research often assumes a one-shot interaction …

Since the emergence of conversational agents, this technology has seen continuous
development and research. Today, advanced conversational agents are virtually …

Conversational information seeking (CIS) is concerned with a sequence of interactions
between one or more users and an information system. Interactions in CIS are primarily …

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) frame opportunities and challenges for user interface
design. Principles for human-AI interaction have been discussed in the human-computer …

Despite its benefits for children's skill development and parent-child bonding, many parents
do not often engage in interactive storytelling by having story-related dialogues with their …

Large language models (LLMs) provide a new way to build chatbots by accepting natural
language prompts. Yet, it is unclear how to design prompts to power chatbots to carry on …

Thanks to their conversational capabilities, smart speaker-based voice assistants are
gaining attention for their potential to support the aging population, though the empirical …

Text-based conversational systems, also referred to as chatbots, have grown widely popular.
Current natural language understanding technologies are not yet ready to tackle the …

Background: Conversational assistants, such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant, are
ubiquitous and are beginning to be used as portals for medical services. However, the …

Although voice assistants are increasingly being adopted by older adults, we lack empirical
research on how they interact with these devices for health information seeking. Also, prior …