Carrie J. Cai

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Carrie J. Cai is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Carrie J. Cai has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 8 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Carrie J. Cai's work include Software Engineering Research (7 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (5 papers) and Topic Modeling (5 papers). Carrie J. Cai is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (7 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (5 papers) and Topic Modeling (5 papers). Carrie J. Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Carrie J. Cai's co-authors include Michael Terry, Michael S. Bernstein, Meredith Ringel Morris, Percy Liang, Joon Sung Park, Joseph O’Brien, Tongshuang Wu, Lauren Wilcox, David F. Steiner and Samantha Winter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medical Internet Research, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.

In The Last Decade

Carrie J. Cai

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2022 2022 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior
    2023 544 citations Joon Sung Park, Joseph O’Brien et al. profile →
  2. AI Chains: Transparent and Controllable Human-AI Interaction by Chaining Large Language Model Prompts
    2022 247 citations Tongshuang Wu, Michael Terry et al. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems profile →
  3. Social Simulacra: Creating Populated Prototypes for Social Computing Systems
    2022 104 citations Carrie J. Cai, Meredith Ringel Morris et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carrie J. Cai United States 20 1.2k 373 331 319 308 38 2.5k
Brian Y. Lim Singapore 19 1.3k 1.1× 367 1.0× 454 1.4× 289 0.9× 228 0.7× 52 2.4k
Dakuo Wang United States 28 1.0k 0.9× 278 0.7× 310 0.9× 232 0.7× 410 1.3× 95 2.4k
Jina Suh United States 19 1.1k 0.9× 438 1.2× 352 1.1× 171 0.5× 207 0.7× 58 2.2k
Michael Terry Canada 26 928 0.8× 638 1.7× 269 0.8× 345 1.1× 429 1.4× 80 2.9k
Besmira Nushi United States 13 1.0k 0.9× 212 0.6× 501 1.5× 157 0.5× 382 1.2× 19 2.1k
Adam Fourney United States 18 636 0.6× 231 0.6× 252 0.8× 183 0.6× 264 0.9× 54 1.5k
Todd Kulesza United States 11 1.0k 0.9× 304 0.8× 314 0.9× 198 0.6× 194 0.6× 18 1.6k
Brian Magerko United States 24 789 0.7× 345 0.9× 378 1.1× 933 2.9× 293 1.0× 132 2.8k
Mihaela Vorvoreanu United States 15 554 0.5× 166 0.4× 256 0.8× 229 0.7× 233 0.8× 47 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Carrie J. Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carrie J. Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carrie J. Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carrie J. Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carrie J. Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carrie J. Cai. Carrie J. Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petridis, Savvas, James Wexler, Mahima Pushkarna, et al.. (2024). ConstitutionMaker: Interactively Critiquing Large Language Models by Converting Feedback into Principles. 853–868. 11 indexed citations
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Petridis, Savvas, Michael Terry, & Carrie J. Cai. (2024). PromptInfuser: How Tightly Coupling AI and UI Design Impacts Designers’ Workflows. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 743–756. 10 indexed citations
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Petridis, Savvas, et al.. (2024). In Situ AI Prototyping: Infusing Multimodal Prompts into Mobile Settings with MobileMaker. 44. 121–133. 1 indexed citations
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Fiannaca, Alexander J., Chinmay Kulkarni, Carrie J. Cai, & Michael Terry. (2023). Programming without a Programming Language: Challenges and Opportunities for Designing Developer Tools for Prompt Programming. 1–7. 21 indexed citations
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Petridis, Savvas, Michael Terry, & Carrie J. Cai. (2023). PromptInfuser: Bringing User Interface Mock-ups to Life with Large Language Models. 1–6. 22 indexed citations
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Chang, Minsuk, Stefania Druga, Alexander J. Fiannaca, et al.. (2023). The Prompt Artists. Creativity and Cognition. 75–87. 49 indexed citations
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Park, Joon Sung, Joseph O’Brien, Carrie J. Cai, et al.. (2023). Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior. 1–22. 544 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Tongshuang, Michael Terry, & Carrie J. Cai. (2022). AI Chains: Transparent and Controllable Human-AI Interaction by Chaining Large Language Model Prompts. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–22. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna, et al.. (2020). Human-AI Co-creation in Songwriting. International Symposium/Conference on Music Information Retrieval. 708–716. 1 indexed citations
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Coenen, Andy, et al.. (2020). Novice-AI Music Co-Creation via AI-Steering Tools for Deep Generative Models. 1–13. 142 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J. & Michael Terry. (2020). On the Making and Breaking of Social Music Improvisation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J., Emily Reif, Narayan Hegde, et al.. (2019). Human-Centered Tools for Coping with Imperfect Algorithms During Medical Decision-Making. 1–14. 222 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J., et al.. (2019). The effects of example-based explanations in a machine learning interface. 258–262. 119 indexed citations
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Paredes, Pablo, Nur Al-huda Hamdan, Dav Clark, et al.. (2017). Evaluating In-Car Movements in the Design of Mindful Commute Interventions: Exploratory Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(12). e372–e372. 22 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J., et al.. (2017). WaitSuite. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 24(1). 1–41. 14 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J.. (2015). Wait-Learning. 13–16. 1 indexed citations
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Yue, Zhen, Eden Litt, Carrie J. Cai, et al.. (2014). Photographing information needs. 1545–1554. 14 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J., Philip J. Guo, James Glass, & Robert C. Miller. (2014). Wait-learning. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2239–2244. 13 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J.. (2013). Adapting arcade games for learning. 2665–2670. 10 indexed citations
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Cai, Carrie J., Robert C. Miller, & Stephanie Seneff. (2013). Enhancing speech recognition in fast-paced educational games using contextual cues. 54–59. 7 indexed citations

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