{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4385438855","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606800","title":"VISAR: A Human-AI Argumentative Writing Assistant with Visual Programming and Rapid Draft Prototyping","display_name":"VISAR: A Human-AI Argumentative Writing Assistant with Visual Programming and Rapid Draft Prototyping","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-10-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4385438855","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606800"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3586183.3606800","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606800","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3586183.3606800","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3586183.3606800","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081039383","display_name":"Zheng Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-2326"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107639228","display_name":"University of Notre Dame","ror":"https://ror.org/00mkhxb43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zheng Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-2326","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102833144","display_name":"Jie Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-6471"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107639228","display_name":"University of Notre Dame","ror":"https://ror.org/00mkhxb43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I152815399","display_name":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","ror":"https://ror.org/05j6fvn87","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}],"countries":["SG","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jie Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-6471","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107639228","https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011334930","display_name":"Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-0614"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107639228","display_name":"University of Notre Dame","ror":"https://ror.org/00mkhxb43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of English, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of English, University of Notre Dame, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-0614","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of English, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of English, University of Notre Dame, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007240808","display_name":"Toby Jia-Jun Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-7625"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107639228","display_name":"University of Notre Dame","ror":"https://ror.org/00mkhxb43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Toby Jia-Jun Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-7625","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107639228"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":30.643,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":97,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99777409,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":97,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"30"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.993399977684021,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.993399977684021,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12070","display_name":"Writing and Handwriting Education","score":0.9930999875068665,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9785000085830688,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/argumentative","display_name":"Argumentative","score":0.8218623399734497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/brainstorming","display_name":"Brainstorming","score":0.7728762030601501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7012032270431519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.6410980820655823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/argument","display_name":"Argument (complex analysis)","score":0.45606860518455505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rapid-prototyping","display_name":"Rapid prototyping","score":0.41276177763938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.38818782567977905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3344731330871582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.18164056539535522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1735166311264038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linguistics","display_name":"Linguistics","score":0.09612220525741577}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781306805","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4789761","display_name":"Argumentative","level":2,"score":0.8218623399734497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150672426","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191183","display_name":"Brainstorming","level":2,"score":0.7728762030601501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7012032270431519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6410980820655823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98184364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780131","display_name":"Argument (complex analysis)","level":2,"score":0.45606860518455505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780395129","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128971","display_name":"Rapid prototyping","level":2,"score":0.41276177763938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.38818782567977905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3344731330871582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.18164056539535522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1735166311264038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.09612220525741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3586183.3606800","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606800","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3586183.3606800","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3586183.3606800","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606800","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3586183.3606800","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.8500000238418579,"display_name":"Quality Education"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1887447798","display_name":"Collaborative Research: SHF: Medium: Towards More Human-like AI Models of Source Code","funder_award_id":"2211428","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309480","display_name":"Nvidia","ror":"https://ror.org/03jdj4y14"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4385438855.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4385438855.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":50,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W92881974","https://openalex.org/W629601335","https://openalex.org/W1514520715","https://openalex.org/W1987429368","https://openalex.org/W1994204810","https://openalex.org/W1994486031","https://openalex.org/W2038142291","https://openalex.org/W2042659035","https://openalex.org/W2043062223","https://openalex.org/W2111841958","https://openalex.org/W2147131746","https://openalex.org/W2274279295","https://openalex.org/W2482721905","https://openalex.org/W2588517461","https://openalex.org/W2592406839","https://openalex.org/W2741686183","https://openalex.org/W2773941630","https://openalex.org/W2913121033","https://openalex.org/W2944664695","https://openalex.org/W2964523010","https://openalex.org/W2972018816","https://openalex.org/W2979666134","https://openalex.org/W3022697243","https://openalex.org/W3023929040","https://openalex.org/W3028947997","https://openalex.org/W3094211608","https://openalex.org/W3128904553","https://openalex.org/W3160638507","https://openalex.org/W3178696750","https://openalex.org/W3185341429","https://openalex.org/W3206079177","https://openalex.org/W4212984397","https://openalex.org/W4213014074","https://openalex.org/W4220747294","https://openalex.org/W4220867331","https://openalex.org/W4225012671","https://openalex.org/W4225129570","https://openalex.org/W4229375200","https://openalex.org/W4245782759","https://openalex.org/W4248685047","https://openalex.org/W4283768751","https://openalex.org/W4285154848","https://openalex.org/W4285220829","https://openalex.org/W4292760860","https://openalex.org/W4293792253","https://openalex.org/W4297845997","https://openalex.org/W4298847509","https://openalex.org/W4309125528","https://openalex.org/W4360991155","https://openalex.org/W6778883912"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2965892119","https://openalex.org/W3189036019","https://openalex.org/W3123017387","https://openalex.org/W4361982223","https://openalex.org/W3094046600","https://openalex.org/W2971866894","https://openalex.org/W2030594842","https://openalex.org/W2995714616","https://openalex.org/W4226218582","https://openalex.org/W2976405147"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"argumentative":[1,142],"writing,":[2],"writers":[3,85],"must":[4],"brainstorm":[5,86],"hierarchical":[6,89],"writing":[7,48,68,79,93,122,143],"goals,":[8],"ensure":[9],"the":[10,133,141],"persuasiveness":[11,107],"of":[12,137],"their":[13,19,92,121],"arguments,":[14],"and":[15,17,50,58,60,66,87,102,105,119,135],"revise":[16,88],"organize":[18,95],"plans":[20,123],"through":[21,35,98],"drafting.":[22],"Recent":[23],"advances":[24],"in":[25,139],"large":[26],"language":[27],"models":[28],"(LLMs)":[29],"have":[30],"made":[31],"interactive":[32],"text":[33,100],"generation":[34],"a":[36],"chat":[37],"interface":[38],"(e.g.,":[39],"ChatGPT)":[40],"possible.":[41],"However,":[42],"this":[43],"approach":[44],"often":[45],"neglects":[46],"implicit":[47],"context":[49],"user":[51,56],"intent,":[52],"lacks":[53],"support":[54],"for":[55,64],"control":[57],"autonomy,":[59],"provides":[61],"limited":[62],"assistance":[63],"sensemaking":[65],"revising":[67],"plans.":[69],"To":[70],"address":[71],"these":[72],"challenges,":[73],"we":[74],"introduce":[75],"VISAR,":[76],"an":[77],"AI-enabled":[78],"assistant":[80],"system":[81],"designed":[82],"to":[83,115],"help":[84],"goals":[90],"within":[91],"context,":[94],"argument":[96],"structures":[97],"synchronized":[99],"editing":[101],"visual":[103],"programming,":[104],"enhance":[106],"with":[108],"argumentation":[109],"spark":[110],"recommendations.":[111],"VISAR":[112,138],"allows":[113],"users":[114],"explore,":[116],"experiment":[117],"with,":[118],"validate":[120],"using":[124],"automatic":[125],"draft":[126],"prototyping.":[127],"A":[128],"controlled":[129],"lab":[130],"study":[131],"confirmed":[132],"usability":[134],"effectiveness":[136],"facilitating":[140],"planning":[144],"process.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":24},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":48},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-08-12T07:12:00.856984","created_date":"2023-08-01T00:00:00"}