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The Interactive Computing group @ UIUC will have a strong presence at #CHI26, with several papers receiving paper awards. 🏆

We’re starting by highlighting our award-winning papers and where you can catch them during the conference
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🔍 [6/6] "From Plausible to Causal: Counterfactual Semantics for Policy Evaluation in Simulated Online Communities" received a Best Paper Award at the PoliSim@#CHI26 Workshop.

📍Thu, 16 Apr | P1 - Room 111

By @_agam_goyal_, @Gabriel72479401, @eshwar_chan, and @harisundaram0.

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Current benchmarks for argument summarization overlook the nuance and messiness of online arguments. @gurjar_omkar’s #EMNLP2025 paper ft. @_agam_goyal_ @eshwar_chan @siebelschool introduces a new benchmark built from naturally-occurring Reddit debates.

📝https://t.co/fdfXUkjNLg

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@_agam_goyal_ @harisundaram0 @siebelschool work with Vedant Rathi, William Yeh, @Gabriel72479401 , and Yuan Chen

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Another work from #EMNLP2025 asks "Making LLMs less toxic is tough...and what features do you tweak and how? Read @_agam_goyal_, @harisundaram0 et al.'s work from @siebelschool uses Sparse Autoencoders to surface the right knobs and dial toxicity down.
📝https://t.co/9iXN05bqZy

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AI companions can help you open up… and quietly make you feel more alone...
Check out this thoughtful piece by @siebelschool's @kous2v on the paradox of ''synthetic friends'' and why design should point people back to people!
https://t.co/6pOMbjvdFl

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When 1 LLM can’t handle all the chaos of online moderation, assemble a team!
@_agam_goyal_'s #EMNLP2025 paper ft. @kous2v, @eshwar_chan @siebelschool introduces MoMoE, a Mixture of Moderation Experts where models work toward fairer, scalable moderation.
📝https://t.co/FQiNIupag5

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Journalism shares information, but not always without cost. New paper presented at @ACM_CSCW by Yian Wang, Mukhilshankar Umashankar, @eshwar_chan & @harisundaram0 studies antisocial behavior online shapes what journalists say and what they hold back.
📝https://t.co/BSNiTvNx7X

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Another @ACM_CSCW: @Mshi24Shi & @wendy915_ studied mental health challenges & tech needs evolve for Alzheimer’s (AD/ADRD) family caregivers. Care isn’t static and design shouldn’t be either.
📝https://t.co/BAJx7NDRUC
ft. @dongwhi_yoo, @MaybeRaviKarkar, @kous2v from @siebelschool

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ICYMI: Moderation isn’t just rules; it’s how communities learn to stay fair.
Vinay presented Venire @ACM_CSCW. A tool that learns from Reddit mod decisions to flag borderline cases for group review.
📝https://t.co/WPeqF6bkYr ft. Fred, YS, @harisundaram0, @eshwar_chan, @kkarahal

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