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How can AI enhance creative coding experiences for families? This study explores the potential of large language models (LLMs) in helping families with creative coding using Scratch. Based on our previous user study involving a prototype AI…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Stefania Druga , Nancy Otero

We introduce PATHWAYS, a benchmark of 250 multi-step decision tasks that test whether web-based agents can discover and correctly use hidden contextual information. Across both closed and open models, agents typically navigate to relevant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Shifat E. Arman , Syed Nazmus Sakib , Tapodhir Karmakar Taton , Nafiul Haque , Shahrear Bin Amin

Recent advancements in vision-language models have increased interest in Device-Control Agents (DC agents) for managing graphical user interfaces (GUIs). With the growing complexity and integration of such agents into various applications,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Shaoqing Zhang , Kehai Chen , Zhuosheng Zhang , Rumei Li , Rongxiang Weng , Yang Xiang , Min Zhang

As Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) advance, multimodal agents show promise in real-world tasks like web navigation and embodied intelligence. However, due to limitations in a lack of external feedback, these agents struggle with…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Tianyi Men , Zhuoran Jin , Pengfei Cao , Yubo Chen , Kang Liu , Jun Zhao

Autonomous GUI agents interact with environments by perceiving interfaces and executing actions. As a virtual sandbox, the GUI World model empowers agents with human-like foresight by enabling action-conditioned prediction. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Yuhao Zheng , Li'an Zhong , Yi Wang , Rui Dai , Kaikui Liu , Xiangxiang Chu , Linyuan Lv , Philip Torr , Kevin Qinghong Lin

Graphical User Interface (GUI) agents adopt an end-to-end paradigm that maps a screenshot to an action sequence, thereby automating repetitive tasks in virtual environments. However, existing GUI agents are evaluated almost exclusively on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Chunyi Li , Longfei Li , Zicheng Zhang , Xiaohong Liu , Min Tang , Weisi Lin , Guangtao Zhai

Recent advances in AI-assisted programming have empowered agents to execute complex workflows via command-line interfaces, however, existing benchmarks are limited by short task horizons, data contamination from GitHub scraping, and a lack…

Automated GUI agents aims to facilitate user interaction by automatically performing complex tasks in digital environments, such as web, mobile, desktop devices. It receives textual task instruction and GUI description to generate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Jing Huang , Zhixiong Zeng , Wenkang Han , Yufeng Zhong , Liming Zheng , Shuai Fu , Jingyuan Chen , Lin Ma

Simulated user agents are increasingly used in usability testing to support fast, iterative UX workflows, as they generate rich data such as action logs and think-aloud reasoning, but the unstructured nature of this output often obscures…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Steffen Holter , Eunyee Koh , Mustafa Doga Dogan , Gromit Yeuk-Yin Chan

Graphical User Interface (GUI) grounding - the task of mapping natural language instructions to screen coordinates - is essential for autonomous agents and accessibility technologies. Existing systems rely on monolithic models or one-shot…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-18 SeokJoo Kwak , Jihoon Kim , Boyoun Kim , Jung Jae Yoon , Wooseok Jang , Jeonghoon Hong , Jaeho Yang , Yeong-Dae Kwon

Existing online benchmarks for mobile GUI agents remain largely app-centric and task-homogeneous, failing to reflect the diversity and instability of real-world mobile usage. To this end, we introduce VenusBench-Mobile, a challenging online…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Yichen Gong , Zhuohan Cai , Sunhao Dai , Yuqi Zhou , Zhangxuan Gu , Changhua Meng , Shuheng Shen

Even though demonstrating extraordinary capabilities in code generation and software issue resolving, AI agents' capabilities in the full software DevOps cycle are still unknown. Different from pure code generation, handling the DevOps…

To close the gap between LLM-based agents and humans in planning and reasoning, agents need large-scale, diverse environments for continuous learning -- yet building such environments is itself prohibitively expensive. We present C-World,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Ziqiao Xi , Shuang Liang , Qi Liu , Jiaqing Zhang , Letian Peng , Fang Nan , Meshal Nayim , Tianhui Zhang , Rishika Mundada , Lianhui Qin , Biwei Huang , Kun Zhou

As large language models (LLMs) evolve into autonomous agents capable of acting in open-ended environments, ensuring behavioral alignment with human values becomes a critical safety concern. Existing benchmarks, focused on static,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Weixiang Zhao , Haozhen Li , Yanyan Zhao , xuda zhi , Yongbo Huang , Hao He , Bing Qin , Ting Liu

With the rapid development of Large Vision Language Models, the focus of Graphical User Interface (GUI) agent tasks shifts from single-screen tasks to complex screen navigation challenges. However, real-world GUI environments, such as PC…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Haolong Yan , Yeqing Shen , Xin Huang , Jia Wang , Kaijun Tan , Zhixuan Liang , Hongxin Li , Zheng Ge , Osamu Yoshie , Si Li , Xiangyu Zhang , Daxin Jiang

As interfaces evolve from static user pathways to dynamic human-AI collaboration, no standard methods exist for selecting appropriate interface patterns based on user needs and task complexity. Existing frameworks only provide guiding…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Shruthi Andru , Shrut Kirti Saksena

As artificial intelligence research advances, the platforms used to evaluate AI agents need to adapt and grow to continue to challenge them. We present the Polycraft World AI Lab (PAL), a task simulator with an API based on the Minecraft…

Block-based programming environments such as Scratch are increasingly popular in programming education, in particular for young learners. While the use of blocks helps prevent syntax errors, semantic bugs remain common and difficult to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yuan Si , Daming Li , Hanyuan Shi , Jialu Zhang

As embodied intelligence emerges as a core frontier in artificial intelligence research, simulation platforms must evolve beyond low-level physical interactions to capture complex, human-centered social behaviors. We introduce FreeAskWorld,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Yuhang Peng , Yizhou Pan , Xinning He , Jihaoyu Yang , Xinyu Yin , Han Wang , Xiaoji Zheng , Chao Gao , Jiangtao Gong

Assessing student handwritten scratchwork is crucial for personalized educational feedback but presents unique challenges due to diverse handwriting, complex layouts, and varied problem-solving approaches. Existing educational NLP primarily…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Dingjie Song , Tianlong Xu , Yi-Fan Zhang , Hang Li , Zhiling Yan , Xing Fan , Haoyang Li , Lichao Sun , Qingsong Wen