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While Online Learning is growing and becoming widespread, the associated curricula often suffer from a lack of coverage and outdated content. In this regard, a key question is how to dynamically define the topics that must be covered to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Mohammad Moein , Mohammadreza Molavi Hajiagha , Abdolali Faraji , Mohammadreza Tavakoli , Gàbor Kismihòk

Recent advances in the development of large language models are rapidly changing how online applications function. LLM-based search tools, for instance, offer a natural language interface that can accommodate complex queries and provide…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Sofia Eleni Spatharioti , David M. Rothschild , Daniel G. Goldstein , Jake M. Hofman

This study evaluates the effectiveness of various large language models (LLMs) in performing tasks common among undergraduate computer science students. Although a number of research studies in the computing education community have…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Vibhor Agarwal , Madhav Krishan Garg , Sahiti Dharmavaram , Dhruv Kumar

Until recently, search engines were the predominant method for people to access online information. The recent emergence of large language models (LLMs) has given machines new capabilities such as the ability to generate new digital…

Large Language Models (LLMs) have garnered considerable interest due to their impressive natural language capabilities, which in conjunction with various emergent properties make them versatile tools in workflows ranging from complex code…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-22 Ge Lei , Ronan Docherty , Samuel J. Cooper

This paper investigates the potential of AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs), to support knowledge exploration and augment human creativity during ideation. We present "Latent Lab" an interactive tool for discovering…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Kevin Dunnell , Trudy Painter , Andrew Stoddard , Andy Lippman

Large language models (LLMs) have shown significant potential to change how we write, communicate, and create, leading to rapid adoption across society. This dissertation examines how individuals and institutions are adapting to and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Weixin Liang

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming materials science. This review examines recent LLM applications across the materials discovery pipeline, focusing on three key areas: mining scientific literature , predictive modelling,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Fengxu Yang , Weitong Chen , Jack D. Evans

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown the potential to be valuable teaching tools, with the potential of giving every student a personalized tutor. However, one challenge with using LLMs to learn new concepts is that when learning a topic…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Steve Oney , Yue Shen , Fei Wu , Young Suh Hong , Ziang Wang , Yamini Khajekar , Jiacheng Zhang , April Yi Wang

Interest in the role of large language models (LLMs) in education is increasing, considering the new opportunities they offer for teaching, learning, and assessment. In this paper, we examine the impact of LLMs on educational NLP in the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Sowmya Vajjala , Bashar Alhafni , Stefano Bannò , Kaushal Kumar Maurya , Ekaterina Kochmar

Education that suits the individual learning level is necessary to improve students' understanding. The first step in achieving this purpose by using large language models (LLMs) is to adjust the textual difficulty of the response to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Seiji Gobara , Hidetaka Kamigaito , Taro Watanabe

Large language models (LLMs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools transforming how research is conducted. However, their use in research has been met with skepticism, due to concerns about hallucinations, biases and potential…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Ruian Ke , Ruy M. Ribeiro

Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have prompted academic concerns about their impact on academic writing. Existing studies have primarily examined LLM usage in academic writing through quantitative approaches, such as word…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Tong Bao , Yi Zhao , Jin Mao , Chengzhi Zhang

While Large Language Models (LLMs) are often used as virtual tutors in computer science (CS) education, this approach can foster passive learning and over-reliance. This paper presents a novel pedagogical paradigm that inverts this model:…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Xinming Yang , Haasil Pujara , Jun Li

Prior research has raised concerns about students' over-reliance on large language models (LLMs) in higher education. This paper examines how Computer Science students and instructors engage with LLMs across five scenarios: "Writing",…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Xinrui Lin , Heyan Huang , Shumin Shi , John Vines

As a cornerstone of modern information access, search engines have become indispensable in everyday life. With the rapid advancements in AI and natural language processing (NLP) technologies, particularly large language models (LLMs),…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Fengran Mo , Kelong Mao , Ziliang Zhao , Hongjin Qian , Haonan Chen , Yiruo Cheng , Xiaoxi Li , Yutao Zhu , Zhicheng Dou , Jian-Yun Nie

The progress of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT raises the question of how they can be integrated into education. One hope is that they can support mathematics learning, including word-problem solving. Since LLMs can handle…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Anselm R. Strohmaier , Wim Van Dooren , Kathrin Seßler , Brian Greer , Lieven Verschaffel

Due to the remarkable language understanding and generation abilities of large language models (LLMs), their use in educational applications has been explored. However, little work has been done on investigating the pedagogical ability of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-23 An-Zi Yen , Wei-Ling Hsu

In many scientific fields, large language models (LLMs) have revolutionized the way text and other modalities of data (e.g., molecules and proteins) are handled, achieving superior performance in various applications and augmenting the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Yu Zhang , Xiusi Chen , Bowen Jin , Sheng Wang , Shuiwang Ji , Wei Wang , Jiawei Han

This report aims to evaluate the performance of large language models (LLMs) in solving high school science questions and to explore their potential applications in the educational field. With the rapid development of LLMs in the field of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Zhu Jiawei , Chen Wei