Interactive Computing @ UIUC

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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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.

📝go.illinois.edu/emnlp3

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.
📝aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-mai…

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!
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/not-ju…

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.
📝go.illinois.edu/emnlp2