| 2026 | CHI | Non-Linear Journeys with Voice Assistants: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis of Older Adults' Long-Term Home Use. | Wen-Ning Chen, Smit Desai, Carrie O'Connell, Sarah Leiser, Kelly Quinn, Naoko Muramatsu, David Marquez, Catherine O'Brien, Jessie Chin |
| 2026 | CHI | "Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations. | Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai |
| 2026 | CHI | Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks. | Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai |
| 2026 | CHI | Finding MeBo: Delivering Reminiscence Therapy for Older Adults Using LLM-Based Voice User Interfaces. | Manasi Atul Vaidya, Ryan Bruggeman, Jessie Chin, Maitraye Das, Smit Desai |
| 2026 | CHI | Balancing Efficiency and Empathy: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on AI-Supported Workflows for Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department. | Menglin Zhao, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijian Hannah Guan, Kai-Wei Chang, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy W. Bickmore, Zhan Zhang, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang, Smit Desai |
| 2026 | CHI | Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Smart Glasses Use. | Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld, Smit Desai, Eileen McGivney |
| 2025 | IVA | DEBP-PVA: Designing and Evaluating Behavioral Paradigms With Proactive Virtual Agents. | Alafate Abulimiti, Paola Raquel Pea, Fatemeh Alizadeh, Shashank Ahire, Heloisa Candello, Smit Desai, Justin Edwards, Yuan He, Darragh Higgins, Alberto Jovane, Matthias Kraus, Guy Laban, Rachel McDonnell, Jairo Prez-Osorio, Tanja Schneeberger, Jaisie Sin, Tobias Thejll-Madsen, Nima Zargham, Benjamin R. Cowan |
| 2024 | CHI | CUI@CHI 2024: Building Trust in CUIs - From Design to Deployment. | Smit Desai, Christina Ziying Wei, Jaisie Sin, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Shashank Ahire, Martin Porcheron, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Minha Lee, Heloisa Candello, Joel E. Fischer, Cosmin Munteanu, Benjamin R. Cowan |
| 2024 | MUM | Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design. | Nima Zargham, Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Thomas Mildner, Hanz-Joachim Belz |
| 2023 | CHI | OK Google, Let's Learn: Using Voice User Interfaces for Informal Self-Regulated Learning of Health Topics among Younger and Older Adults. | Smit Desai, Jessie Chin |
| 2023 | HAI | Using Experience-Based Participatory Approach to Design Interactive Voice User Interfaces for Delivering Physical Activity Programs with Older Adults. | Smit Desai, Xinhui Hu, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin |