{"682160":{"#nid":"682160","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Niharika Mathur ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E: Designing Assistive and Explainable AI Systems for Older Adults Aging in Place\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENiharika Mathur\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. Student in Human-Centered Computing (HCC)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ETuesday, May 13th, 2025\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;3-5 pm EST\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ECODA C1015 or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/7602608991\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/7602608991\u0022\u003EJoin via Zoom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Elizabeth Mynatt (Advisor) - Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Sonia Chernova (Co-advisor) - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Thomas Ploetz - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mark Riedl - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jodi Forlizzi - School of Computer Science and HCII, Carnegie Mellon University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. James Landay, School of Engineering and Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis dissertation conducts a human-centered examination of the challenges and opportunities for designing assistive AI systems for older adults. Motivated by the growing population of older adults requiring trustworthy technological support as they age in place, this dissertation investigates the challenges that older adults face while interacting with AI systems, including frequent conversational breakdowns and lack of contextual explanations. Through a multi-stage research process involving participatory design with older adults and a longitudinal field deployment, this dissertation develops a human-centered design framework for generating AI explanations that are tailored to older adults\u2019 goals and motivations. This framework leverages the diverse information sources present in a user\u0027s sociotechnical environment and offers ways to generate contextually grounded and personalized explanations. The proposed work for this dissertation discusses a field deployment study to incorporate this framework into an LLM-based Conversational AI system for older adults in an assisted living facility. Through presenting evidence-based insights on older adults\u2019 interactions with AI systems and a generative design framework, this dissertation contributes to the fields of Human-Centered Computing, Human-Centered Explainable AI, and assistive technologies for aging populations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDesigning Assistive and Explainable AI Systems for Older Adults Aging in Place\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Designing Assistive and Explainable AI Systems for Older Adults Aging in Place"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2025-05-01 15:50:59","changed_gmt":"2025-05-01 15:51:34","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-05-13T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-05-13T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-05-13T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-05-13 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-05-13 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-05-13 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"CODA C1015 or Join via Zoom","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}