Publications

Social Desirability Bias and Engagement in Systems Designed for Long-Term Health Tracking
PhD Dissertation, 2013
Laura M. Vardoulakis
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Conference Papers

A Human-Centered Evaluation of a Deep Learning System Deployed in Clinics for the Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy
CHI, 2020, Honolulu, HI Honorable Mention
Beede, E., Baylor, E., Hersch, F., Iurchenko, A., Wilcox, L., Ruamvibooonsuk, P., Vardoulakis, L.M.
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Using Mobile Phones to Present Medical Information to Hospital Patients
CHI, 2012, Austin, TX
Pfeifer Vardoulakis, L., Karlson, A., Morris, D., Smith, G., Gatewood, J., Tan, D.
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Relational Agents Improve Engagement and Learning in Science Museum Visitors
Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L., Schulman, D.
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Is the Media Equation a Flash in the Pan? The Durability and Longevity of Social Responses to Computers
CHI, 2011, Vancouver, BC
Pfeifer, L., Bickmore, T.
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Should Agents Talk Like, um, Humans? The Use of Conversational Fillers by Virtual Agents
Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2009, Amsterdam
Pfeifer, L., and Bickmore, T.
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Taking the Time to Care: Empowering Low Health Literacy Hospital Patients with Virtual Nurse Agents
CHI, 2009, Boston, MA.
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L., and Jack, B.
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Health Document Explanation by Virtual Agents
Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2007, Paris, France
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L., and Paasche-Orlow, M.
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Journal Articles

Predicting inpatient medication orders from electronic health record data
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020
Rough, K., Dai, A.M., Zhang, K., Xue, Y., Vardoulakis, L.M., Cui, C., Butte, A.J., Howell, M.D. and Rajkomar, A.
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Automatically Charting Symptoms From Patient-Physician Conversations Using Machine Learning
JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(6):836–838, 2019
Rajkomar, A., Kannan, A., Chen, K., Vardoulakis, L., Chou, K., Cui, C., Dean, J.
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Creating new technologies for companionable agents to support isolated older adults
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS), 8(3):1-27, 2018
Sidner, C.L., Bickmore, T., Nooraie, B., Rich, C., Ring, L., Shayganfar, M. and Vardoulakis, L.
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Response to a Relational Agent by Hospital Patients with Depressive Symptoms
Interacting with Computers, special issue on Mental Health, 22(4), 289-298, 2010
Bickmore, T., Mitchell, S., Jack, B., Paasche-Orlow, M., Pfeifer, L., O'Donnell, J.
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Maintaining Reality: Relational Agents for Antipsychotic Medication Adherence
Interacting with Computers, special issue on Mental Health, 22(4), 276-288, 2010
Bickmore, T., Puskar., K, Schlenk, E., Pfeifer, L., Sereika, S.
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Usability of Conversational Agents by Patients with Inadequate Health Literacy: Evidence from Two Clinical Trials
Journal of Health Communication, 15, 197-210, 2010
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L., Byron, D., Forsythe, S., Henault, L., Jack, B., Silliman, R., Paasche-Orlow, M.
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Using Computer Agents to Explain Medical Documents to Patients with Low Health Literacy
Patient Education and Counseling, 75(3), 315-320, 2009
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L., and Paasche-Orlow, M.
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The Role of Gesture in Document Explanation by Embodied Conversational Agents
International Journal of Semantic Computing, 2(1), 47–70, 2008
Bickmore, T., Pfeifer, L. and Yin L.
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Conference Workshops and Posters

Personal Tasks at Work: An Exploration
CSCW, 2017
McRoberts, S. and Vardoulakis, L.
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Longitudinal Remote Follow-Up by Intelligent Conversational Agents for Post-Hospitalization
AAAI Spring Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Health Communication, 2011, Palo Alto, CA.
Pfeifer, L., Bickmore, T.
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Designing Embodied Conversational Agents to Conduct Longitudinal Health Interviews
Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.
Pfeifer, L., and Bickmore, T.
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Longitudinal Health Interviewing by Embodied Conversational Agents: Directions for Future Research
AAAI Fall Symposium on Virtual Healthcare Interaction, 2009, Washington D.C.
Pfeifer, L., and Bickmore, T.
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Public Displays of Affect: Deploying Relational Agents in Public Spaces
CHI Extended Abstracts, 2008, Florence, Italy
Bickmore, T. and Pfeifer, L., Schulman, D., Perera, S., Senanayake, C. and Nazmi, I.
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Relational Agents for Antipsychotic Medication Adherence
CHI Workshop on Technology in Mental Health, 2008, Florence, Italy
Bickmore, T. and Pfeifer, L.
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