Uncovering The Values Of The Metaverse For Leisure Use By Individuals: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach,
2025
Singapore Management University
Uncovering The Values Of The Metaverse For Leisure Use By Individuals: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach, Ruilin Zheng, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
The metaverse is a computer-mediated environment where users take the form of digital avatars when participating in activities and interacting with one another. Given the popularity of the metaverse, especially among the younger population, we identified the values offered by the metaverse for leisure use by its users. Using the Value-Focused Thinking (VFT) approach, we identified these values in the form of fundamental and means objectives. The VFT approach was applied in interviewing users who conduct leisure activities in the metaverse and in analyzing the data collected. A total of 27 metaverse users were interviewed, which generated 8 fundamental objectives …
International Workshop On Multimodal Generative Search And Recommendation (Mmgensr@Cikm 2025),
2025
Singapore Management University
International Workshop On Multimodal Generative Search And Recommendation (Mmgensr@Cikm 2025), Yi Bin, Haoxuan Li, Haokai Ma, Yang Zhang, Wenjie Wang, Yunshan Ma, Yang Yang, Tat‑Seng Chua
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Recent breakthroughs in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) have ignited a revolutionary wave across information retrieval and recommender systems. This workshop serves as a premier interdisciplinary platform to explore how generative models, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) and Large Multimodal Models (LMMs), are transforming multimodal search and recommendation paradigms [3, 6, 9, 10, 12-14]. We aim to convene researchers and practitioners to discuss innovative architectures, methodologies, and evaluation strategies spanning generative document retrieval [5, 8] generative image retrieval [ 7, 16], grounded answer generation [17], generative recommendation [2, 4, 11], and related tasks involving multiple modalities [1,15]. The workshop will facilitate …
Designing For Novice Debuggers: A Pilot Study On An Ai-Assisted Debugging Tool,
2025
Singapore Management University
Designing For Novice Debuggers: A Pilot Study On An Ai-Assisted Debugging Tool, Oka Kurniawan, Erick Chandra, Christopher M. Poskitt, Yannic Noller, Kenny T.W. Choo, Cyrille Jegourel
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Debugging is a fundamental skill that novice programmers must develop. Numerous tools have been created to assist novice programmers in this process. Recently, large language models (LLMs) have been integrated with automated program repair techniques to generate fixes for students' buggy code. However, many of these tools foster an over-reliance on AI and do not actively engage students in the debugging process. In this work, we aim to design an intuitive debugging assistant, CodeHinter, that combines traditional debugging tools with LLM-based techniques to help novice debuggers fix semantic errors while promoting active engagement in the debugging process. We present findings …
Instructors’ Strategies In Creating And Implementing Constructivist Llm-Based Learning Activities,
2025
Singapore Management University
Instructors’ Strategies In Creating And Implementing Constructivist Llm-Based Learning Activities, Emily Aurelia, Shun Yi Yeo, Michelle Lui, Effie Lai-Chong Law, Anthony Tang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being integrated into educational settings, enabling more adoption of constructivist teaching and learning approaches in classrooms. This paper explores the strategies instructors are currently using to incorporate LLMs into learning activities that align with constructivist principles, which emphasize that learners actively construct their own knowledge. Through interviews with nine instructors who have designed eleven distinct LLM-based activities and using reflexive thematic analysis, this study identifies various types of learning activities with respect to four different aspects of the constructivist learning theory. The strategies employed and challenges faced to foster constructivist student-LLM interaction were also …
Seeing Culture: A Benchmark For Visual Reasoning And Grounding,
2025
Singapore Management University
Seeing Culture: A Benchmark For Visual Reasoning And Grounding, Burak Satar, Zhixin Ma, Patrick Amadeus Irrawan, Wilfried Ariel Mulyawan, Jing Jiang, Ee-Peng Lim, Chong-Wah Ngo
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) have made substantial progress in various tasks that require a combined understanding of visual and textual content, particularly in cultural understanding tasks, with the emergence of new cultural datasets. However, these datasets frequently fall short of providing cultural reasoning while underrepresenting many cultures.In this paper, we introduce the Seeing Culture Benchmark (SCB), focusing on cultural reasoning with a novel approach that requires VLMs to reason on culturally rich images in two stages: i) selecting the correct visual option with multiple-choice visual question answering (VQA), and ii) segmenting the relevant cultural artifact as evidence of reasoning. Visual …
Seeing Is Fixing: Cross-Modal Reasoning With Multimodal Llms For Visual Software Issue Fixing,
2025
Singapore Management University
Seeing Is Fixing: Cross-Modal Reasoning With Multimodal Llms For Visual Software Issue Fixing, Kai Huang, Jian Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Chunyang Chen
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Large language model (LLM)-based automated program repair (APR) techniques have shown promising results in resolving real-world github issue tasks. Existing APR systems are primarily evaluated in unimodal settings (e.g., SWE-bench), relying solely on textual issue descriptions and source code. However, these autonomous systems struggle to resolve multimodal problem scenarios (e.g., SWE-bench M) due to limitations in interpreting and leveraging visual information. In multimodal scenarios, LLMs need to rely on visual information in the graphical user interface (GUI) to understand bugs and generate fixes. To bridge this gap, we propose GUIRepair, a cross-modal reasoning approach for resolving multimodal issue scenarios by …
Mmlu-Prox: A Multilingual Benchmark For Advanced Large Language Model Evaluation,
2025
Singapore Management University
Mmlu-Prox: A Multilingual Benchmark For Advanced Large Language Model Evaluation, Weihao Xuan, Et. Al.
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Existing large language model (LLM) evaluation benchmarks primarily focus on English, while current multilingual tasks lack parallel questions that specifically assess cross-lingual reasoning abilities. This dual limitation makes it challenging to assess LLMs’ performance in the multilingual setting comprehensively. To fill this gap, we introduce MMLU-ProX, a comprehensive benchmark covering 29 languages, built on an English benchmark. Each language version consists of 11,829 identical questions, enabling direct cross-lingual comparisons. Additionally, to meet efficient evaluation needs, we provide a lite version containing 658 questions per language. To ensure the high quality of MMLU-ProX, we employ a rigorous development process that involves …
From Personas To Talks: Revisiting The Impact Of Personas On Llm-Synthesized Emotional Support Conversations,
2025
Singapore Management University
From Personas To Talks: Revisiting The Impact Of Personas On Llm-Synthesized Emotional Support Conversations, Shenghan Wu, Yimo Zhu, Wynne Hsu, Mong-Li Lee, Yang Deng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized the generation of emotional support conversations (ESC), offering scalable solutions with reduced costs and enhanced data privacy. This paper explores the role of personas in the creation of ESC by LLMs. Our research utilizes established psychological frameworks to measure and infuse persona traits into LLMs, which then generate dialogues in the emotional support scenario. We conduct extensive evaluations to understand the stability of persona traits in dialogues, examining shifts in traits post-generation and their impact on dialogue quality and strategy distribution. Experimental results reveal several notable findings: 1) LLMs can …
Adasteer: Your Aligned Llm Is Inherently An Adaptive Jailbreak Defender,
2025
Singapore Management University
Adasteer: Your Aligned Llm Is Inherently An Adaptive Jailbreak Defender, Weixiang Zhao, Jiahe Guo, Yulin Hu, Yang Deng, An Zhang, Xingyu Sui, Xinyang Han, Yanyan Zhao, Bing Qin, Tat-Seng Chua, Ting Liu
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Despite extensive efforts in safety alignment, large language models (LLMs) remain vulnerable to jailbreak attacks. Activation steering offers a training-free defense method but relies on fixed steering coefficients, resulting in suboptimal protection and increased false rejections of benign inputs. To address this, we propose AdaSteer, an adaptive activation steering method that dynamically adjusts model behavior based on input characteristics. We identify two key properties: Rejection Law (R-Law), which shows that stronger steering is needed for jailbreak inputs opposing the rejection direction, and Harmfulness Law (H-Law), which differentiates adversarial and benign inputs. AdaSteer steers input representations along both the Rejection Direction …
Intentionframe: A Semi-Structured, Multi-Aspect Framework For Fine-Grained Conversational Intention Understanding,
2025
Singapore Management University
Intentionframe: A Semi-Structured, Multi-Aspect Framework For Fine-Grained Conversational Intention Understanding, Zailong Tian, Zhuoheng Han, Lizi Liao, Lizi Liao
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Understanding user intentions in multi-turn dialogues is critical for conversational AI, yet existing approaches—relying on rigid slot-value structures or unstructured free-text—fail to fully capture conversational complexity. In this paper, we propose IntentionFrame, a semi-structured framework inspired by psychological and cognitive intention theories, which organizes conversational intents into four interrelated aspects: situation, emotion, action, and knowledge. This design not only retains interpretability but also provides LLMs with a rich context to accurately parse and respond to nuanced user inputs. To efficiently scale IntentionFrame annotations, we introduce a Weakly-supervised Reinforced Generation (WeRG) method that leverages a small set of high-quality human annotations …
One Planner To Guide Them All! Learning Adaptive Conversational Planners For Goal-Oriented Dialogues,
2025
Singapore Management University
One Planner To Guide Them All! Learning Adaptive Conversational Planners For Goal-Oriented Dialogues, Huy Dao, Lizi Liao
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Goal-oriented dialogues, such as recommendation and negotiation, often require balancing multiple, conflicting objectives. Existing methods typically involve training separate models for specific combinations of objectives, leading to computational and scalability issues. In this work, we aim to develop a new dialogue policy method that can adapt to varying objective preferences at inference time without retraining. This raises several challenges in terms of both (1) optimization strategy and (2) knowledge utilization. To address these, we propose a novel learning framework, Preference Adaptive Dialogue Policy Planner (PADPP), for multi-objective goal-oriented dialogues. Specifically, to tackle the former, we introduce a novel policy optimization …
Context-Aware Hierarchical Taxonomy Generation For Scientific Papers Via Llm-Guided Multi-Aspect Clustering,
2025
Singapore Management University
Context-Aware Hierarchical Taxonomy Generation For Scientific Papers Via Llm-Guided Multi-Aspect Clustering, Kun Zhu, Lizi Liao, Yuxuan Gu, Lei Huang, Xiaocheng Feng, Bing Qin
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
The rapid growth of scientific literature demands efficient methods to organize and synthesize research findings. Existing taxonomy construction methods, leveraging unsupervised clustering or direct prompting of large language models (LLMs), often lack coherence and granularity. We propose a novel context-aware hierarchical taxonomy generation framework that integrates LLM-guided multi-aspect encoding with dynamic clustering. Our method leverages LLMs to identify key aspects of each paper (e.g., methodology, dataset, evaluation) and generates aspect-specific paper summaries, which are then encoded and clustered along each aspect to form a coherent hierarchy. In addition, we introduce a new evaluation benchmark of 156 expert-crafted taxonomies encompassing 11.6k …
Why Stop At One Error? Benchmarking Llms As Data Science Code Debuggers For Multi-Hop And Multi-Bug Errors,
2025
Singapore Management University
Why Stop At One Error? Benchmarking Llms As Data Science Code Debuggers For Multi-Hop And Multi-Bug Errors, Zhiyu Yang, Shuo Wang, Yukun Yan, Yang Deng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
LLMs are transforming software development, yet current code generation and code repair benchmarks mainly assess syntactic and functional correctness in simple, single-error cases. LLMs’ capabilities to autonomously find and fix runtime logical errors in complex data science code remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we introduce DSDBench: the Data Science Debugging Benchmark, the first benchmark for systematic evaluation of LLMs on multi-hop error tracing and multi-bug detection in data science code debugging. DSDBench adapts datasets from existing data science task benchmarks, such as DABench and MatPlotBench, featuring realistic data science debugging tasks with automatically synthesized multi-hop, multi-bug code snippets. …
Quantum Leap: Harnessing Quantum–Ai Synergy For Resilient Supply Chains And Predictive Routing Under Tariff Shocks,
2025
Lynn University
Quantum Leap: Harnessing Quantum–Ai Synergy For Resilient Supply Chains And Predictive Routing Under Tariff Shocks, Andrew Burnstine, Raouf Ghattas
Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Persepsi Mahasiswa Ilmu Perpustakaan Terhadap Penggunaan Perangkat Ai Llm Dalam Pencarian Informasi,
2025
Universitas Indonesia
Persepsi Mahasiswa Ilmu Perpustakaan Terhadap Penggunaan Perangkat Ai Llm Dalam Pencarian Informasi, Danisya Laila Zahra, Muhamad Prabu Wibowo
Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan
The increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) among university students is driving changes in the way they seek and manage information, including in academic contexts. ChatGPT and DeepSeek AI are two AI platforms based on Large Language Models (LLMs) that are increasingly utilized as tools to support information seeking processes. This study aims to analyze the preferences of students from the Library and Information Science Program, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia (FIB UI), in using these two platforms. The research employs a case study method with a qualitative approach, involving in-depth interviews with ten students. This study explores their …
Mosquito Classification And Explainability From Image Data Via Deep Learning Techniques,
2025
University of South Florida
Mosquito Classification And Explainability From Image Data Via Deep Learning Techniques, Farhat Binte Azam
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth, responsible for more human deaths annually than any other species. Mosquito-borne illnesses continue to pose severe risks to global health. In 2015 alone, there were an estimated 214 million malaria cases worldwide. Similarly, a 2016 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that Puerto Rico’s Department of Health received over 62,500 suspected cases of Zika, with 29,345 confirmed positive cases. In 2019, Southeast Asia experienced its worst dengue outbreak in recorded history. Of the approximately 4,500 mosquito species distributed across 34 genera, …
Applying Machine Learning Methods To Laser Acceleration Of Protons: Synthetic Data For Exploring The High Repetition Rate Regime,
2025
The Ohio State University
Applying Machine Learning Methods To Laser Acceleration Of Protons: Synthetic Data For Exploring The High Repetition Rate Regime, John J. Felice, Ronak Desai, Nathaniel Tamminga, Joseph R. Smith, Alona Kryshchenko, Christopher M. Orban, Michael L. Dexter, Anil K. Patnaik
Faculty Publications
Advances in ultra‐intense laser technology have increased repetition rates and average power for chirped‐pulse laser systems, which offer a promising solution for many applications including energetic proton sources. An important challenge is the need to optimize and control the proton source by varying some of the many degrees of freedom inherent to the laser‐plasma interactions. Machine learning can play an important role in this task, as our work examines. Building on our earlier work in Desai et al. 2024, we generate a large ∼1.5 million data point synthetic data set for proton acceleration using a physics‐informed analytic model that we …
Enhancing Llm Code Generation: A Systematic Evaluation Of Multi-Agent Collaboration And Runtime Debugging For Improved Accuracy, Reliability, And Latency,
2025
United Arab Emirates University
Enhancing Llm Code Generation: A Systematic Evaluation Of Multi-Agent Collaboration And Runtime Debugging For Improved Accuracy, Reliability, And Latency, Nazmus Ashrafi
Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses
The use of large language models (LLMs) for automated code generation has emerged as a significant focus within AI research. As these pretrained models continue to evolve, their ability to understand and generate complex code structures has opened up new possibilities for automating intricate programming tasks with greater accuracy. Although contemporary foundational models demonstrate promising results, researchers continue to explore optimal post-training strategies to enhance code quality. These include supervised fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), debugging, and many others. In this thesis, I combine two such widely used post training approaches—namely (1) multi-agent collaboration and (2) runtime execution of information-based debugging—for …
Shifted Frequency Analysis Hybrid Simulation Algorithm Based On Multi-Rate Asynchronous Coordination,
2025
Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Shifted Frequency Analysis Hybrid Simulation Algorithm Based On Multi-Rate Asynchronous Coordination, Yankan Song, Libin Wen, Ying Chen, Jinji Xi, Haoyuan Zhang, Li Xiong
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Large-scale AC/DC power systems exhibit complex dynamics across multiple time scales, and existing hybrid simulations suffer from interface delays and frequency losses during multi-rate coordination, compromising accuracy. To address this issue, a multi-rate asynchronous coordination method was proposed to construct hybrid simulations using shifted frequency analysis (SFA). Within the multi-area Thevenin equivalence (MATE) framework, the algorithm introduced an interpolation-based asynchronous coordination mechanism, effectively eliminating interface delays; by extending SFA theory and designing a universal interface model, it achieved lossless data exchange between partitions with different rates and model types. Case studies on an AC/DC test system demonstrate that …
Path Planning Of Improved Rrt Algorithm Based On Deep Reinforcement Learning,
2025
College of Electrical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
Path Planning Of Improved Rrt Algorithm Based On Deep Reinforcement Learning, Xiuman Liang, Ziliang Liu, Zhendong Liu
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: To address the low planning efficiency, poor safety, and limited practicability of the RRT algorithm in global path planning within complex three-dimensional environments, which fail to meet the requirements of planning the safe flight path of UAVs, an improved SAC-RRT algorithm was proposed, which fused SAC deep reinforcement learning algorithm and RRT algorithm. A target point bias strategy and a dynamic step size based on the SAC decision-making network were designed to reduce the blindness of RRT. A random point correction process was designed to optimize the position of random points based on actions from the decision network and …
