Projects
Textfocals: AI-Generated Views for Writing Support
Team: Jiho Kim, Ray C. Flanagan, Noelle E. Haviland, ZeAi Sun, Souad N. Yakubu, Edom A. Maru, Kenneth C. Arnold
Status: Published at HAI-GEN Workshop 2024
Textfocals is a UI prototype that provides LLM-generated summaries, questions, and advice in a sidebar of a text editor, encouraging reflection and self-driven revision in writing without direct text generation. This approach maintains full authorship while leveraging AI to support the writing process.
AI for Writers 2024-2025
Students: Jason Chew, Daniel Kim | Advisor: Kenneth C. Arnold
Completed: May 8, 2025
A Microsoft Word add-in that generates next-sentence suggestions at varying levels of semantic completeness to enhance the writing process. The tool offers four types of suggestions: thought completion, questions, vocabulary, and rhetorical strategies. Published to the Microsoft Store and tested with 9 participants who found the single-sentence scale contributed to more natural, recursive writing workflows.
Promoting End-to-End Intentionality with LLMs
Team: Jason Chew, Daniel Kim, Jiho Kim, Ray Flanagan | Lead: Kenneth C. Arnold
Status: Ongoing Research
Research investigating how large language models can be designed to promote intentional, goal-directed thinking and support sustained cognitive effort in complex problem-solving scenarios.