{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4406975180","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089","title":"Controlling AI Agent Participation in Group Conversations: A Human-Centered Approach","display_name":"Controlling AI Agent Participation in Group Conversations: A Human-Centered Approach","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-03-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4406975180","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3708359.3712089","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074805097","display_name":"Stephanie Houde","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2183"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087032","display_name":"Cambridge Scientific (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001s4dh65","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Stephanie Houde","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2183","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067037429","display_name":"Kristina Brimijoin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-9567"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kristina Brimijoin","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-9567","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026028381","display_name":"Michael M\u00fcller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7860-163X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087032","display_name":"Cambridge Scientific (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001s4dh65","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael Muller","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7860-163X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065499398","display_name":"Steven Ross","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2533-9946"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087032","display_name":"Cambridge Scientific (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001s4dh65","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Steven I. Ross","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2533-9946","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102691680","display_name":"Dario Andres Silva Moran","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210106698","display_name":"Biochemistry Research Institute of La Plata","ror":"https://ror.org/018gb4016","country_code":"AR","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I151201029","https://openalex.org/I4210106698","https://openalex.org/I4210123736","https://openalex.org/I4210138160","https://openalex.org/I4387155568","https://openalex.org/I874386039"]}],"countries":["AR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dario Andres Silva Moran","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-3139","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210106698"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067623601","display_name":"Gabriel Enrique Gonzalez","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210113979","display_name":"Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense","ror":"https://ror.org/0313pb684","country_code":"AR","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210113979"]}],"countries":["AR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gabriel Enrique Gonzalez","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4818-1205","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210113979"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5116082793","display_name":"Siya Kunde","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siya Kunde","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0138-3862","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5116082794","display_name":"Morgan A. Foreman","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210156936","display_name":"IBM Research - Austin","ror":"https://ror.org/05gjbbg60","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210114115","https://openalex.org/I4210156936"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Morgan A. Foreman","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Houston, Texas, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-5853","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Houston, Texas, USA,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210156936"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011883289","display_name":"Justin D. Weisz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-2398"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Justin D. Weisz","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-2398","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA,","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5074805097"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087032"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":34.7721,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":16,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99640373,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"390","last_page":"408"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12128","display_name":"AI in Service Interactions","score":0.7412999868392944,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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/T12128","display_name":"AI in Service Interactions","score":0.7412999868392944,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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/T10883","display_name":"Ethics and Social Impacts of AI","score":0.7379000186920166,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"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/T12805","display_name":"Cognitive Science and Mapping","score":0.7034000158309937,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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/group","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","score":0.6391793489456177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4153047502040863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.3666149973869324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chemistry","display_name":"Chemistry","score":0.11542946100234985}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781311116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83306","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","level":2,"score":0.6391793489456177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4153047502040863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3666149973869324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.11542946100234985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3708359.3712089","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2501.17258","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17258","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17258","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4393918464","display_name":"ArXiv.org","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3708359.3712089","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3708359.3712089","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":67,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W78536566","https://openalex.org/W1635768081","https://openalex.org/W2012279340","https://openalex.org/W2034025926","https://openalex.org/W2059216172","https://openalex.org/W2109463833","https://openalex.org/W2123179704","https://openalex.org/W2124654639","https://openalex.org/W2144244493","https://openalex.org/W2152562124","https://openalex.org/W2290652328","https://openalex.org/W2482371029","https://openalex.org/W2561158378","https://openalex.org/W2602896535","https://openalex.org/W2796000004","https://openalex.org/W2890307675","https://openalex.org/W2922256442","https://openalex.org/W2940824926","https://openalex.org/W2942454454","https://openalex.org/W2942671448","https://openalex.org/W2955853369","https://openalex.org/W3031000691","https://openalex.org/W3043359018","https://openalex.org/W3093223973","https://openalex.org/W3102606416","https://openalex.org/W3113988938","https://openalex.org/W3117150885","https://openalex.org/W3130426944","https://openalex.org/W3163054706","https://openalex.org/W3173222693","https://openalex.org/W3184436113","https://openalex.org/W3191131351","https://openalex.org/W3195850212","https://openalex.org/W4210888212","https://openalex.org/W4213145388","https://openalex.org/W4221086478","https://openalex.org/W4236677243","https://openalex.org/W4295210883","https://openalex.org/W4295955444","https://openalex.org/W4296830306","https://openalex.org/W4321013654","https://openalex.org/W4360991235","https://openalex.org/W4381185498","https://openalex.org/W4381190733","https://openalex.org/W4383682782","https://openalex.org/W4384890810","https://openalex.org/W4385210529","https://openalex.org/W4385734158","https://openalex.org/W4385988359","https://openalex.org/W4386322397","https://openalex.org/W4386707955","https://openalex.org/W4387394580","https://openalex.org/W4390813588","https://openalex.org/W4391417542","https://openalex.org/W4391506256","https://openalex.org/W4393118307","https://openalex.org/W4393118629","https://openalex.org/W4393335480","https://openalex.org/W4393872032","https://openalex.org/W4393970695","https://openalex.org/W4396832390","https://openalex.org/W4396832396","https://openalex.org/W4396833086","https://openalex.org/W4399465031","https://openalex.org/W4400361079","https://openalex.org/W4400763603","https://openalex.org/W4407075514"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Conversational":[0],"AI":[1,25,60,84,153,179],"agents":[2],"are":[3,16,34,169],"commonly":[4],"applied":[5],"within":[6,37,63],"single-user,":[7],"turn-taking":[8],"scenarios.":[9],"The":[10],"interaction":[11,32],"mechanics":[12],"of":[13,58,69,144,189],"these":[14,46],"scenarios":[15],"trivial:":[17],"when":[18,92],"the":[19,24,31,67,74,83,87,93,98,110,118,187],"user":[20],"enters":[21],"a":[22,28,64,142,151,156],"message,":[23],"agent":[26,43,85,94,154],"produces":[27],"response.":[29],"However,":[30],"dynamics":[33],"more":[35],"complex":[36],"group":[38,70,123,157],"settings.":[39],"How":[40],"should":[41,158],"an":[42,59],"behave":[44],"in":[45,66,86,155,186],"settings?":[47],"We":[48],"report":[49],"on":[50],"two":[51],"experiments":[52],"aimed":[53],"at":[54],"uncovering":[55],"users'":[56],"experiences":[57],"agent's":[61,119],"participation":[62],"group,":[65,88],"context":[68],"ideation":[71],"(brainstorming).":[72],"In":[73,109],"first":[75],"study,":[76,112],"participants":[77,90],"benefited":[78],"from":[79],"and":[80,100,129,149,165,171],"preferred":[81],"having":[82],"but":[89],"disliked":[91],"seemed":[95],"to":[96,125,177,181],"dominate":[97],"conversation":[99],"they":[101],"desired":[102],"various":[103],"controls":[104,116,145,168],"over":[105,117],"its":[106,163],"interactive":[107],"behaviors.":[108],"second":[111],"we":[113,140],"created":[114],"functional":[115],"behavior,":[120,164],"operable":[121],"by":[122],"members,":[124],"validate":[126],"their":[127],"utility":[128],"probe":[130],"for":[131,146],"additional":[132],"requirements.":[133],"Integrating":[134],"our":[135],"findings":[136],"across":[137],"both":[138],"studies,":[139],"developed":[141],"taxonomy":[143,174],"when,":[147],"what,":[148],"where":[150],"conversational":[152,191],"respond,":[159],"who":[160],"can":[161],"control":[162],"how":[166],"those":[167],"specified":[170],"implemented.":[172],"Our":[173],"is":[175],"intended":[176],"aid":[178],"creators":[180],"think":[182],"through":[183],"important":[184],"considerations":[185],"design":[188],"mixed-initiative":[190],"agents.":[192]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}