Publications

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Designing for Children to Build Conversational Agents and Learn about Artificial Intelligence
Xiaoyi Tian
PhD Dissertation, University of Florida, August, 2024

Examining LLM Prompting Strategies for Automatic Evaluation of Learner-created Computational Artifacts [Paper] [Poster]
Xiaoyi Tian, Amogh Mannekote, Carly Solomon, Yukyeong Song, Christine Fry Wise, Tom McKlin, Joanne Barrett, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer and Maya Israel.
Poster in Educational Data Mining (EDM), July, 2024.

Investigating Linguistic Alignment in Collaborative Dialogue: A Study of Syntactic and Lexical Patterns in Middle School Students [Paper] [data and code]
Xiaoyi Tian, Amanda E. Griffith, Zane Price, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, and Kevin Tang.
Journal article in Language and Speech, 00, 1-24.

Investigating the Relationship between Math Literacy and Linguistic Synchrony in Online Mathematical Discussions through Large Scale Data Analytics [paper]
Yukyeong Song, Wanli Xing, Chenglu Li, Xiaoyi Tian and Yingbo Ma.
Journal article in British Journal of Educational Technology. 00, 1-31

A Framework for Inclusive AI Learning Design for Diverse Learners [paper]
Yukyeong Song, Lauren Weisberg, Shan Zhang, Xiaoyi Tian, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, and Maya Israel.
Journal article in Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 6, 100212.

Artificial Intelligence Unplugged: Designing Unplugged Activities for a Conversational AI Summer Camp [paper] [slides]
Yukyeong Song, Xiaoyi Tian, Nandika Regatti, Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer and Maya Israel.
Paper in Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). March, 2024.

AMBY: A Development Environment for Youth to Create Conversational Agents [paper]
Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Carly E Solomon, Kaceja D Calder, Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Yukyeong Song, Mehmet Celepkolu, Lydia Pezzullo, Joanne Barrett, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Maya Israel.
Journal article in International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 38, 100618.

Guide, Safety Net, Project Tester, and More: Investigating the Roles of Facilitators in an AI Summer Camp [paper] [poster]
Yukyeong Song, Xiaoyi Tian, Joanne Barrett, Maya Israel, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer.
Poster in 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). June, 2023.

Are We on the Same Page? Modeling Linguistic Synchrony and Math Literacy in Mathematical Discussions [paper]
Best Short Paper Award
Yukyeong Song, Wanli Xing, Xiaoyi Tian and Chenglu Li.
Paper in 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK). March, 2023.

A Summer Camp Experience to Engage Middle School Learners in AI through Conversational App Development [paper]
Best Paper Award
Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Yvonika Auguste, Yukyeong Song, Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Mehmet Celepkolu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Joanne Barrett, Maya Israel, Tom McKlin.
Paper in Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). March, 2023.

AI Made By Youth: A Conversational AI Curriculum for Middle School Summer Camps [paper]
Yukyeong Song, Gloria Katuka, Joanne Barrett, Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Tom McKlin, Mehmet Celepkolu, Maya Israel, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer.
Paper in The Thirteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI). February, 2023.

Early Design of a Conversational AI Development Platform for Middle Schoolers [paper]
Amit Kumar, Xiaoyi Tian, Mehmet Celepkolu, Maya Israel, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer.
Poster in IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC). September, 2022.

Modeling Frustration Trajectories and Problem-Solving Behaviors in Adaptive Learning Environments for Introductory Computer Science [paper] [slides]
Xiaoyi Tian, Joseph B. Wiggins, Fahmid Morshed Fahid, Andrew Emerson, Dolly Bounajim, Andy Smith, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Eric Wiebe, Bradford Mott, James Lester.
Short paper in Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). June, 2021.

Progression Trajectory-Based Student Modeling for Novice Block-Based Programming [paper] [presentation]
Fahmid Morshed Fahid, Xiaoyi Tian, Andrew Emerson, Joseph B. Wiggins, Dolly Bounajim, Andy Smith, Eric Wiebe, Bradford Mott, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, James Lester.
Full paper in Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP). June, 2021.

Let’s Talk It Out: A Chatbot for Effective Study Habit Behavioral Change [paper] [slides] [presentation] [system demo]
Xiaoyi Tian, Zak Risha, Ishrat Ahmed, Arun Balajiee Lekshmi Narayanan, Jacob Biehl.
Journal article in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5. CSCW1. April, 2021.

Understanding Rapport over Multiple Sessions with a Social, Teachable Robot [paper] [poster]
Xiaoyi Tian, Nichola Lubold, Leah Friedman, Erin Walker.
Short paper in Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). July, 2020.

Dominance as an Indicator of Rapport and Learning in Human-Agent Communication [paper] [presentation]
Amanda Buddemeyer, Xiaoyi Tian, Erin Walker.
Student Research Workshop paper in Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). July, 2020.

Online Educational Information Quality Modeling and Perceived Difference Comparison
Xiaoyi Tian, Jing Li, Qin Yu.
Journal of Hefei Normal University. 2016, 34(5).