publications

2025

1. IUI

   Personalising AI assistance based on overreliance rate in AI-assisted decision making

   Siddharth Swaroop, Zana Buçinca, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2025

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{swaroop2025personalising,
     title = {Personalising AI assistance based on overreliance rate in AI-assisted decision making},
     author = {Swaroop, Siddharth and Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Gajos, Krzysztof Z. and Doshi-Velez, Finale},
     year = {2025},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces},
     series = {IUI '25},
     publisher = {ACM},
     pubtype = {conference},
   }

2. CHI

   

   Contrastive Explanations That Anticipate Human Misconceptions Can Improve Human Decision-Making Skills

   Zana Buçinca, Siddharth Swaroop, Amanda E Paluch, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025

   Honorable Mention Bib PDF

   Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

   @inproceedings{buccinca2024contrastive,
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Swaroop, Siddharth and Paluch, Amanda E and Doshi-Velez, Finale and Gajos, Krzysztof Z},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     series = {CHI '25},
     title = {Contrastive Explanations That Anticipate Human Misconceptions Can Improve Human Decision-Making Skills},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04253},
   }

2024

1. IUI

   

   Accuracy-Time Tradeoffs in AI-Assisted Decision Making under Time Pressure

   Siddharth Swaroop, Zana Buçinca, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2024

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{swaroop2024accuracy,
     author = {Swaroop, Siddharth and Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Gajos, Krzysztof Z. and Doshi-Velez, Finale},
     title = {Accuracy-Time Tradeoffs in AI-Assisted Decision Making under Time Pressure},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces},
     publisher = {ACM},
     pubtype = {conference},
     series = {IUI '24},
     year = {2024}
   }

2. CHI

   

   Optimizing Decision-Maker’s Intrinsic Motivation for Effective Human-AI Decision-Making

   Zana Buçinca

   In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

   Bib PDF Sketch credits

   Sketch by Chris Noessel.

   @inproceedings{buccinca2024optimizing,
     title = {Optimizing Decision-Maker's Intrinsic Motivation for Effective Human-AI Decision-Making},
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana},
     booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     pages = {1--5},
     notes_name = {Sketch credits},
     notes = {Sketch by <a href="https://about.me/chrisnoessel">Chris Noessel</a>.},
     year = {2024},
   }

3. arXiv

   

   Towards Optimizing Human-Centric Objectives in AI-Assisted Decision-Making With Offline Reinforcement Learning

   Zana Buçinca, Siddharth Swaroop, Amanda E Paluch, and 2 more authors

   (under review) arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05911, 2024

   Bib PDF

   @article{buccinca2024towards,
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Swaroop, Siddharth and Paluch, Amanda E and Murphy, Susan A and Gajos, Krzysztof Z},
     journal = {(under review) arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05911},
     title = {Towards Optimizing Human-Centric Objectives in AI-Assisted Decision-Making With Offline Reinforcement Learning},
     year = {2024},
   }

4. CHI

   Trust and Reliance in Evolving Human-AI Workflows (TREW)

   Zahra Ashktorab, Gagan Bansal, Zana Buçinca, and 5 more authors

   In Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{10.1145/3613905.3636319,
     author = {Ashktorab, Zahra and Bansal, Gagan and Bu\c{c}inca, Zana and Holstein, Kenneth and Hullman, Jessica and Smith-Renner, Alison Marie and Wu, Tongshuang and Zhang, Wenjuan},
     title = {Trust and Reliance in Evolving Human-AI Workflows (TREW)},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     articleno = {496},
     numpages = {6},
     series = {CHI EA '24},
   }

2023

1. arXiv

   

   AHA!: Facilitating AI Impact Assessment by Generating Examples of Harms

   Zana Buçinca, Chau Minh Pham, Maurice Jakesch, and 3 more authors

   (under review) arXiv e-prints, 2023

   Bib PDF

   @article{bucinca2023aha,
     title = {AHA!: Facilitating AI Impact Assessment by Generating Examples of Harms},
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Pham, Chau Minh and Jakesch, Maurice and Tulio Ribeiro, Marco and Olteanu, Alexandra and Amershi, Saleema},
     journal = {(under review) arXiv e-prints},
     pages = {arXiv--2306},
     year = {2023},
   }

2. CHI

   Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams (TRAIT)

   Gagan Bansal, Zana Buçinca, Kenneth Holstein, and 4 more authors

   In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{10.1145/3544549.3573831,
     author = {Bansal, Gagan and Bu\c{c}inca, Zana and Holstein, Kenneth and Hullman, Jessica and Smith-Renner, Alison Marie and Stumpf, Simone and Wu, Sherry},
     title = {Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams (TRAIT)},
     year = {2023},
     booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     articleno = {371},
     numpages = {6},
     keywords = {human-centered artificial intelligence, reliance, trust, uncertainty},
     series = {CHI EA '23},
   }

2022

1. HCAI@NeurIPS

   Beyond end predictions: stop putting machine learning first and design human-centered AI for decision support

   Zana Buçinca, Alexandra Chouldechova, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, and 1 more author

   In HCAI@NeurIPS, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{buccinca2022beyond,
     title = {Beyond end predictions: stop putting machine learning first and design human-centered AI for decision support},
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Chouldechova, Alexandra and Vaughan, Jennifer Wortman and Gajos, Krzysztof Z},
     booktitle = {HCAI@NeurIPS},
     year = {2022}
   }

2. FAccT

   

   How different groups prioritize ethical values for responsible AI

   Maurice Jakesch, Zana Buçinca, Saleema Amershi, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{jakesch2022different,
     title = {How different groups prioritize ethical values for responsible AI},
     author = {Jakesch, Maurice and Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Amershi, Saleema and Olteanu, Alexandra},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency},
     pages = {310--323},
     year = {2022}
   }

2021

1. CSCW

   

   To trust or to think: cognitive forcing functions can reduce overreliance on AI in AI-assisted decision-making

   Zana Buçinca, Maja Barbara Malaya, and Krzysztof Z Gajos

   In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2021

   Bib PDF Sketch credits

   Many thanks to Chris Noessel at IBM for crafting and sharing this fun sketch that beautifully reflects the ideas of our paper.

   @article{buccinca2021trust,
     title = {To trust or to think: cognitive forcing functions can reduce overreliance on AI in AI-assisted decision-making},
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Malaya, Maja Barbara and Gajos, Krzysztof Z},
     journal = {In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction},
     volume = {5},
     number = {CSCW1},
     pages = {1--21},
     year = {2021},
     notes_name = {Sketch credits},
     notes = {Many thanks to <a href="https://about.me/chrisnoessel">Chris Noessel</a> at IBM for crafting and sharing this fun sketch that beautifully reflects the ideas of our paper.},
     publisher = {ACM New York, NY, USA},
   }

2020

1. IUI

   

   Proxy Tasks and Subjective Measures Can Be Misleading in Evaluating Explainable AI Systems

   Zana Buçinca, Phoebe Lin, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2020

   Best Paper Award Bib PDF

   Best Paper Award

   @inproceedings{bucinca20:proxy,
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     author = {Bu\c{c}inca, Zana and Lin, Phoebe and Gajos, Krzysztof Z. and Glassman, Elena L.},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces},
     publisher = {ACM},
     pubtype = {conference},
     series = {IUI '20},
     title = {Proxy Tasks and Subjective Measures Can Be Misleading in Evaluating Explainable AI Systems},
     year = {2020},
     dimensions = {true},
   }

2. IEEE TAC

   

   AffectON: Incorporating affect into dialog generation

   Zana Buçinca, Yücel Yemez, Engin Erzin, and 1 more author

   IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2020

   Bib PDF

   @article{buccinca2020affecton,
     title = {AffectON: Incorporating affect into dialog generation},
     author = {Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Yemez, Y{\"u}cel and Erzin, Engin and Sezgin, Metin},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing},
     volume = {14},
     number = {1},
     pages = {823--835},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2017

1. Interspeech

   

   Analysis of Engagement and User Experience with a Laughter Responsive Social Robot.

   Bekir Berker Türker, Zana Buçinca, Engin Erzin, and 1 more author

   In Interspeech, 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{turker2017analysis,
     title = {Analysis of Engagement and User Experience with a Laughter Responsive Social Robot.},
     author = {T{\"u}rker, Bekir Berker and Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Erzin, Engin and Yemez, Y{\"u}cel},
     year = {2017},
     booktitle = {Interspeech},
   }