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The scientific literature's exponential growth makes it increasingly challenging to navigate and synthesize knowledge across disciplines. Large language models (LLMs) are powerful tools for understanding scientific text, but they fail to…

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While AI innovation accelerates rapidly, the intellectual process behind breakthroughs -- how researchers identify gaps, synthesize prior work, and generate insights -- remains poorly understood. The lack of structured data on scientific…

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The rapid acceleration of scientific publishing has created substantial challenges for researchers attempting to discover, contextualize, and interpret relevant literature. Traditional keyword-based search systems provide limited semantic…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Sina Jani , Arman Heidari , Amirmohammad Anvari , Zahra Rahimi

Scientific innovation relies on detailed workflows, which include critical steps such as analyzing literature, generating ideas, validating these ideas, interpreting results, and inspiring follow-up research. However, scientific…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Xingjian Zhang , Yutong Xie , Jin Huang , Jinge Ma , Zhaoying Pan , Qijia Liu , Ziyang Xiong , Tolga Ergen , Dongsub Shim , Honglak Lee , Qiaozhu Mei

Generative AI (GenAI) tools are radically expanding the scope and capability of automation in knowledge work such as academic research. While promising for augmenting cognition and streamlining processes, AI-assisted research tools may also…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Runlong Ye , Matthew Varona , Oliver Huang , Patrick Yung Kang Lee , Michael Liut , Carolina Nobre

Autonomous AI research agents aim to accelerate scientific discovery by automating the research pipeline, from hypothesis generation to peer review. However, existing benchmarks rarely test a fundamental bottleneck: whether Large Language…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Sy-Tuyen Ho , Minghui Liu , Huy Nghiem , Furong Huang

How does the progressive embracement of Large Language Models (LLMs) affect scientific peer reviewing? This multifaceted question is fundamental to the effectiveness -- as well as to the integrity -- of the scientific process. Recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Luca Demetrio , Giovanni Apruzzese , Kathrin Grosse , Pavel Laskov , Emil Lupu , Vera Rimmer , Philine Widmer

Given the remarkable performance of Large Language Models (LLMs), an important question arises: Can LLMs conduct human-like scientific research and discover new knowledge, and act as an AI scientist? Scientific discovery is an iterative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Tingting Chen , Srinivas Anumasa , Beibei Lin , Vedant Shah , Anirudh Goyal , Dianbo Liu

Synthesizing knowledge from large document collections is a critical yet increasingly complex aspect of qualitative research and knowledge work. While AI offers automation potential, effectively integrating it into human-centric sensemaking…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Runlong Ye , Patrick Yung Kang Lee , Matthew Varona , Oliver Huang , Carolina Nobre

Abstract. Automatically generating scientific literature surveys is a valuable task that can significantly enhance research efficiency. However, the diverse and complex nature of information within a literature survey poses substantial…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Yuxuan Lai , Yupeng Wu , Yidan Wang , Wenpeng Hu , Chen Zheng

Scientific breakthroughs typically emerge through the surprising violation of established research ideas, yet quantifying surprise has remained elusive because it requires a coherent model of all contemporary scientific worldviews. Deep…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Zhen Zhang , James Evans

Advances in large language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming scientific work, yet empirical evidence on how these systems reshape research activities remains limited. We report a mixed-methods pilot evaluation of an AI-orchestrated…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Yuan An

Large Language Models (LLMs) have introduced a paradigm shift in interaction with AI technology, enabling knowledge workers to complete tasks by specifying their desired outcome in natural language. LLMs have the potential to increase…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Michelle Brachman , Amina El-Ashry , Casey Dugan , Werner Geyer

Artificial intelligence (AI) has acquired notorious relevance in modern computing as it effectively solves complex tasks traditionally done by humans. AI provides methods to represent and infer knowledge, efficiently manipulate texts and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-01-23 José de la Torre-López , Aurora Ramírez , José Raúl Romero

Large language models (LLMs) have emerged as a widely-used tool for information seeking, but their generated outputs are prone to hallucination. In this work, our aim is to allow LLMs to generate text with citations, improving their factual…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Tianyu Gao , Howard Yen , Jiatong Yu , Danqi Chen

Judging the novelty of research ideas is crucial for advancing science, enabling the identification of unexplored directions, and ensuring contributions meaningfully extend existing knowledge rather than reiterate minor variations. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Tim Schopf , Michael Färber

Analogies have been central to creative problem-solving throughout the history of science and technology. As the number of scientific papers continues to increase exponentially, there is a growing opportunity for finding diverse solutions…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Hyeonsu B. Kang , Xin Qian , Tom Hope , Dafna Shahaf , Joel Chan , Aniket Kittur

As artificial intelligence advances, models are not improving uniformly. Instead, progress unfolds in a jagged fashion, with capabilities growing unevenly across tasks, domains, and model scales. In this work, we examine this dynamic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Shray Mathur , J. Anibal Boscoboinik , Esther H. R. Tsai , Kevin G. Yager

With the rapid growth of research publications, empowering scientists to keep oversight over the scientific progress is of paramount importance. In this regard, the Leaderboards facet of information organization provides an overview on the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Salomon Kabongo , Jennifer D'Souza , Sören Auer

Current research has explored how Generative AI can support the brainstorming process for content creators, but a gap remains in exploring support-tools for the pre-writing process. Specifically, our research is focused on supporting users…

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