Human Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collaboration

Welcome

By way of introduction, I am an Associate Professor in the School of Information (UMSI) at the University of Michigan and a core faculty member of Michigan Robotics (Robotics). I am also an affiliate of the Center for Hybrid Intelligence Systems (HyIntS Center) and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) all at the University of Michigan and the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication (CCMC) at Indiana University.

My research in the area of human-artificial intelligence collaboration typically involves understanding how to facilitate more effective collaborations with artificial intelligence agents. Below you will find my published research in this area.

Research Papers

Journal Articles

Robinson, K. P., Eglash, R., Robert, L.P., Bennett, A., and Guzdial, M (2024). Computing for Community-Based Economies: A Sociotechnical Ecosystem for Democratic, Egalitarian and Sustainable Futures, The Information Society, accepted.

Eglash, R., Robinson, K., Bennett, A., Robert, L., Garvin, M. (2023). Computational Reparations as Generative Justice: Decolonial Transitions to Unalienated Circular Value Flow, Big Data & Society, 11(1), (pdf), https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231221732.

Melville, N. P., Robert, L.P. and Xiao, X. (2023). Putting Humans Back in the Loop: An Affordance Conceptualization of the 4th Industrial Revolution, Information Systems Journal, 33(4) 733-757 (pdf), http://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12422 copy provided by the author: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6639.

Paul, S., Yuan, L., Jain, H. K., Robert, L. P., Spohrer, J., & Lifshitz-Assaf, H. (2022). Intelligence Augmentation: Human Factors in AI and Future of Work, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 14(3), 426-445 (pdf), https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00174 link to the copy provided by the author: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6494.

Liang, T-P, Robert, L. P., Suprateek, S., Christy, C.; Matt, C., Trenz, M., Turel, O. (2021). Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Individuals’ Lives: How to Align Technological Possibilities and Ethical Issues, Internet Research, link to the copy provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/164967.

Kim, J., Park, S., Robert, L. P. (2020). Bridging the Health Disparity of African Americans through Conversational Agents, Digital Government: Research and Practice, 2(1), (pdf), Article 4 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3428122.

Robinson, K.P., Eglash, R., Bennett, A., Nandakumar, S. and Robert, L.P. (2020). Authente-Kente: Enabling Authentication for Artisanal Economies with Deep Learning, AI & Society, (pdf), link to the copy provided the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/156393.

Robert, L. P., Gaurav, B., & Lütge, C. (2020). ICIS 2019 SIGHCI Workshop Panel Report: Human–Computer Interaction Challenges and Opportunities for Fair, Trustworthy and Ethical Artificial Intelligence, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, (pdf), 12(2), 96-108. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00130 accepted author's copy: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155874.

Robert, L. P., Pierce, C., Marquis, E., Kim, S., Alahmad, R. (2020). Designing Fair AI for Managing Employees in Organizations: A Review, Critique, and Design Agenda, Human-Computer Interaction, (pdf), 35(5-6), 545-575. accepted author's copy: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/153812.

Eglash, R., Robert, L. P., Bennett, A., Robinson, K. P., Lachney, M. Babbitt, W., (2020). Automation for the Artisanal Economy: Enhancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Crafting Professions with Human-Machine Collaboration, AI & Society, (pdf), 35, 595–609, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-019-00915-w link provided the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/150492.

Published Conference Proceedings

Dhillon, P., Molaei, S., Li., S., Golub, M., Zheng, S., Robert, L.P. (2024). Shaping Human-AI Collaboration: Varied Scaffolding Levels in Co-writing with Language Models, Proceedings of the 42h ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), (pdf), (Acceptance rate: 26.3%), 11-16 May 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii. (accepted with minor revisions)

Kim, J., Muhic, J., Robert, L. P. and Park, S. (2022). Designing Chatbots with Black Americans with Chronic Conditions: Overcoming Challenges against COVID-19, Proceedings of the 40th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022), (pdf), (Acceptance rate: 24.8%), April 30 - May 6, 2022, New Orleans, LA ACM digital library: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502116 open access link: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/3808.

Alahmad, R. and Robert, L. P. (2021). Capturing the Complexity of Cognitive Computing Systems: Co-Adaptation Theory for Individuals, Proceedings of 2021 ACM SIGMIS-CPR ’21, (pdf), June 30, 2021, Virtual Event, Germany, linked to author's copy: http://dx.doi.org/10.7302/857 or ACM Digital Library: https://doi.org/10.1145/3458026.3462148.

Esterwood, C. and Robert, L. P. (2020). Personality in Healthcare Human-Robot Interaction (H-HRI): A Literature Review and Brief Critique, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2020), (Acceptance rate: 38%), (pdf), November 10-13, Sydney, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415075. link provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/156252.

Esterwood, C. and Robert, L. P. (2020). Human-Robot Team Design, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2020), (pdf), November 10-13, Sydney, Australia. link provided by the author:

Tarafdar, M., Teodorescu, M., Tanriverdi, H., Robert, L. P., and Morse, L. 2020. Seeking Ethical use of Algorithms: Challenges and Mitigations, Proceedings of the 41th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020), (pdf), (Acceptance rate: 28%), December 13-16, India, https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/panels/panels/1/ link provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/162590.

Alahmad, R. and Robert, L. P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IT identity: Antecedents Identifying with AI Applications, Proceedings of the 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, (AMCIS 2020), (pdf), Aug 13-15, Salt Lake City, UT. Link to AIS eLibrary coming soon and copy provided by the author http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155362.

Eglash, R., Robert, L. P., Bennett, A., Robinson, K. P., Lachney, M. and Babbitt, W. (2019). AI for a Generative Economy: Intelligent Systems and Work in a Just and Sustainable Future presented at AAAI Fall Symposium on AI and Work, (pdf), Arlington, Virginia USA, November 7-9, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/150647.

Book Chapters

Garvin, M., Eglash, R., Robinson, K., Robert, L. P., Guzdial, M., Bennett, A. (2023). Counter-hegemonic AI: the role of artisanal identity in the design of automation for a liberated economy. In Michael Filimowicz (ed) AI and the Future of Work. Routledge.

Eglash, R., Bennett, A., Robert, L. P., Robinson, K., Garvin, M., Guzdial, M. (2022). Decolonization, Computation, Propagation: Phyto-human alliances in the pathways towards generative justice. In Jane Prophet and Helen Pritchard (Eds) Plants by Numbers. Bloomsbury.

Workshop (Published & Unpublished) Papers

Kim, S. and Robert, L. P. (2022). What makes AI a Supportive Listener? The Effects of Responses Types of a AI on Well-Being and Job Satisfaction, Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines Working Conference (WAIM 2022), 6-7 June 2022 in Washington DC.

Kim, J., Muhic, J., Robert, L. P. and Park, S. Seeking Trustworthy Information on COVID-19: A Qualitative Study with the African American Community, Extended Abstracts of the 40th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022), April 30 - May 6 2022, New Orleans, LA ACM digital library: coming soon

Kim, J. Park, S.J. and Robert, L. P. (2019). Conversational Agents for Health and Wellbeing: Review and Future Agendas presented at the Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Human–AI Collaboration in Healthcare at the 22th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019), (pdf), Austin, Texas. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/151800.