publications

2025

1. 

   Unequal Opportunities: Examining the Bias in Geographical Recommendations by Large Language Models

   Shiran Dudy, Thulasi Tholeti, Resmi Ramachandranpillai, and 3 more authors

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

   Bib PDF Code

   @inproceedings{dudy2025unequal,
     title = {Unequal Opportunities: Examining the Bias in Geographical Recommendations by Large Language Models},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Tholeti, Thulasi and Ramachandranpillai, Resmi and Ali, Muhammad and Li, Toby Jia-Jun and Baeza-Yates, Ricardo},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces},
     pages = {1499--1516},
     year = {2025},
     award = {Honorable Mention Award},
   }

2. 

   Optimizing Speaker Diarization for the Classroom: Applications in Timing Student Speech and Distinguishing Teachers from Children

   Jiani Wang, Shiran Dudy, Xinlu He, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2025

   Bib

   @article{Wang_Dudy_He_Wang_Southwell_Whitehill_2025,
     title = {Optimizing Speaker Diarization for the Classroom: Applications in Timing Student Speech and Distinguishing Teachers from Children},
     volume = {17},
     url = {https://jedm.educationaldatamining.org/index.php/JEDM/article/view/841},
     doi = {10.5281/zenodo.14871875},
     author = {Wang, Jiani and Dudy, Shiran and He, Xinlu and Wang, Zhiyong and Southwell, Rosy and Whitehill, Jacob},
     year = {2025},
     journal = {Journal of Educational Data Mining},
     pages = {98–125},
   }

2024

1. 

   Bias in Retrieval Systems

   Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Leena Murgai, and Shiran Dudy

   2024

   Bib PDF

   @book{10.1145/3674127.3674138,
     author = {Baeza-Yates, Ricardo and Murgai, Leena and Dudy, Shiran},
     title = {Bias in Retrieval Systems},
     year = {2024},
     isbn = {9798400710506},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     edition = {1},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3674127.3674138},
     journal = {Information Retrieval: Advanced Topics and Techniques},
     pages = {389–444},
     numpages = {56},
   }

2. 

   Analyzing Cultural Representations of Emotions in LLMs Through Mixed Emotion Survey

   Shiran Dudy, Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Ryoko Kitajima, and 1 more author

   In 2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) , 2024

   Bib Code

   @inproceedings{dudy2024analyzing,
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Ahmad, Ibrahim Said and Kitajima, Ryoko and Lapedriza, Agata},
     booktitle = { 2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) },
     title = { Analyzing Cultural Representations of Emotions in LLMs Through Mixed Emotion Survey },
     year = {2024},
     pages = {346-354},
     doi = {10.1109/ACII63134.2024.00044},
     url = {https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ACII63134.2024.00044},
     publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
     address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
     award = {Best Paper Award},
   }

3. 

   Are Generative Language Models Multicultural? A Study on Hausa Culture and Emotions using ChatGPT

   Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Shiran Dudy, Resmi Ramachandranpillai, and 1 more author

   Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP, 2024

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   @article{ahmad2024generative,
     title = {Are Generative Language Models Multicultural? A Study on Hausa Culture and Emotions using ChatGPT},
     author = {Ahmad, Ibrahim Said and Dudy, Shiran and Ramachandranpillai, Resmi and Church, Kenneth},
     journal = {Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP},
     year = {2024},
   }

4. Speaker Diarization in the Classroom: How Much Does Each Student Speak in Group Discussions?

   Jiani Wang, Shiran Dudy, Xinlu He, and 3 more authors

   Educational Data Mining, 2024

   Bib PDF

   @article{wang2024speaker,
     title = {Speaker Diarization in the Classroom: How Much Does Each Student Speak in Group Discussions?},
     author = {Wang, Jiani and Dudy, Shiran and He, Xinlu and Wang, Zhiyong and Southwell, Rosy and Whitehill, Jacob},
     year = {2024},
     journal = {Educational Data Mining},
   }

2023

1. 

   Dependency Dialogue Acts–Annotation Scheme and Case Study

   Jon Z Cai, Brendan King, Margaret Perkoff, and 8 more authors

   International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology, 2023

   Bib PDF

   @article{cai2023dependency,
     title = {Dependency Dialogue Acts--Annotation Scheme and Case Study},
     author = {Cai, Jon Z and King, Brendan and Perkoff, Margaret and Dudy, Shiran and Cao, Jie and Grace, Marie and Wojarnik, Natalia and Ganesh, Ananya and Martin, James H and Palmer, Martha and others},
     journal = {International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology},
     year = {2023},
   }

2. 

   2nd Workshop on Perspectivist Approaches to NLP (NLPerspectives 2023)

   Gavin Abercrombie, Valerio Basile, Davide Bernardi, and 6 more authors

   In CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2023

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   @inproceedings{abercrombie20232nd,
     title = {2nd Workshop on Perspectivist Approaches to NLP (NLPerspectives 2023)},
     author = {Abercrombie, Gavin and Basile, Valerio and Bernardi, Davide and Dudy, Shiran and Frenda, Simona and Havens, Lucy and Leonardelli, Elisa and Tonelli, Sara and others},
     booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
     volume = {3494},
     pages = {1--2},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {CEUR-WS},
   }

3. 

   The Dimensions of Reflection Coding Scheme: A New Tool for Measuring the Impact of Designing for Reflection in Early Childhood

   Layne Jackson Hubbard, Norielle Adricula, Chelsea Brown, and 4 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 2023

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{hubbard2023dimensions,
     title = {The Dimensions of Reflection Coding Scheme: A New Tool for Measuring the Impact of Designing for Reflection in Early Childhood},
     author = {Hubbard, Layne Jackson and Adricula, Norielle and Brown, Chelsea and Perkoff, E Margaret and Dudy, Shiran and Colunga, Eliana and Yeh, Tom},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition},
     pages = {519--528},
     year = {2023},
   }

2022

1. 

   Open-domain dialogue generation: What we can do, cannot do, and should do next

   Katharina Kann, Abteen Ebrahimi, Joewie Koh, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on NLP for Conversational AI, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{kann2022open,
     title = {Open-domain dialogue generation: What we can do, cannot do, and should do next},
     author = {Kann, Katharina and Ebrahimi, Abteen and Koh, Joewie and Dudy, Shiran and Roncone, Alessandro},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on NLP for Conversational AI},
     pages = {148--165},
     year = {2022},
   }

2. 

   Interdisciplinary approaches to getting ai experts and education stakeholders talking

   Rachel Dickler, Shiran Dudy, Areej Mawasi, and 3 more authors

   In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{dickler2022interdisciplinary,
     title = {Interdisciplinary approaches to getting ai experts and education stakeholders talking},
     author = {Dickler, Rachel and Dudy, Shiran and Mawasi, Areej and Whitehill, Jacob and Benson, Alayne and Corbitt, Amy},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education},
     pages = {115--118},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {Springer International Publishing Cham},
   }

3. Personalization and Relevance in NLG

   Shiran Dudy

   In Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference, 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{dudy2022personalization,
     title = {Personalization and Relevance in NLG},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran},
     booktitle = {Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference},
     pages = {1178--1178},
     year = {2022},
   }

4. A Comprehensive Comparison of Neural Networks as Cognitive Models of Inflection

   Adam Wiemerslage, Shiran Dudy, and Katharina Kann

   In Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{wiemerslage2022comprehensive,
     title = {A Comprehensive Comparison of Neural Networks as Cognitive Models of Inflection},
     author = {Wiemerslage, Adam and Dudy, Shiran and Kann, Katharina},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing},
     pages = {1933--1945},
     year = {2022},
   }

5. 

   Expansive Participatory AI: Supporting Dreaming within Inequitable Institutions

   Michael Alan Chang, and Shiran Dudy

   Human-Centered AI workshop, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @article{chang2022expansive,
     title = {Expansive Participatory AI: Supporting Dreaming within Inequitable Institutions},
     author = {Chang, Michael Alan and Dudy, Shiran},
     journal = {Human-Centered AI workshop},
     year = {2022},
   }

2021

1. 

   BciPy: brain–computer interface software in python

   Tab Memmott, Aziz Koçanaoğulları, Matthew Lawhead, and 4 more authors

   Brain-Computer Interfaces, 2021

   Bib HTML Code

   @article{memmott2021bcipy,
     title = {BciPy: brain--computer interface software in python},
     author = {Memmott, Tab and Ko{\c{c}}anao{\u{g}}ullar{\i}, Aziz and Lawhead, Matthew and Klee, Daniel and Dudy, Shiran and Fried-Oken, Melanie and Oken, Barry},
     journal = {Brain-Computer Interfaces},
     volume = {8},
     number = {4},
     pages = {137--153},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
   }

2. 

   Refocusing on Relevance: Personalization in NLG

   Shiran Dudy, Steven Bedrick, and Bonnie Webber

   In Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2021

   Bib PDF Video Poster

   @inproceedings{dudy2021refocusing,
     title = {Refocusing on Relevance: Personalization in NLG},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven and Webber, Bonnie},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing},
     year = {2021},
   }

2020

1. 

   Long-Tail Predictions with Continuous-Output Language Models

   Shiran Dudy, and Steven Bedrick

   In Proceedings of the The Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing Workshop, 2020

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{dudy2020long,
     title = {Long-Tail Predictions with Continuous-Output Language Models},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the The Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing Workshop},
     pages = {119--122},
     year = {2020},
   }

2. 

   Are Some Words Worth More than Others?

   Shiran Dudy, and Steven Bedrick

   In Proceedings of the First Workshop on Evaluation and Comparison of NLP Systems, 2020

   Bib PDF Video Code Poster

   @inproceedings{dudy2020some,
     title = {Are Some Words Worth More than Others?},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the First Workshop on Evaluation and Comparison of NLP Systems},
     pages = {131--142},
     year = {2020},
   }

3. SSVEP BCI and eye tracking use by individuals with late-stage ALS and visual impairments

   Betts Peters, Steven Bedrick, Shiran Dudy, and 8 more authors

   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020

   Bib HTML

   @article{peters2020ssvep,
     title = {SSVEP BCI and eye tracking use by individuals with late-stage ALS and visual impairments},
     author = {Peters, Betts and Bedrick, Steven and Dudy, Shiran and Eddy, Brandon and Higger, Matt and Kinsella, Michelle and McLaughlin, Deirdre and Memmott, Tab and Oken, Barry and Quivira, Fernando and others},
     journal = {Frontiers in Human Neuroscience},
     volume = {14},
     pages = {595890},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {Frontiers Media SA},
   }

4. 

   Overcoming Limitations of Categorical Language Modeling

   Shiran Dudy

   Oregon Health & Science University, 2020

   Bib HTML

   @phdthesis{dudy2020overcoming,
     title = {Overcoming Limitations of Categorical Language Modeling},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran},
     year = {2020},
     school = {Oregon Health \& Science University},
   }

2019

1. 

   Noisy neural language modeling for typing prediction in BCI communication

   Rui Dong, David A Smith, Shiran Dudy, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies, 2019

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{dong2019noisy,
     title = {Noisy neural language modeling for typing prediction in BCI communication},
     author = {Dong, Rui and Smith, David A and Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies},
     pages = {44--51},
     year = {2019},
   }

2018

1. 

   A multi-context character prediction model for a brain-computer interface

   Shiran Dudy, Steven Bedrick, Shaobin Xu, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. North American Chapter, 2018

   Bib PDF Code Poster

   @inproceedings{dudy2018multi,
     title = {A multi-context character prediction model for a brain-computer interface},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven and Xu, Shaobin and Smith, David A},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. North American Chapter},
     volume = {2018},
     pages = {72},
     year = {2018},
     organization = {NIH Public Access},
   }

2. 

   Automatic analysis of pronunciations for children with speech sound disorders

   Shiran Dudy, Steven Bedrick, Meysam Asgari, and 1 more author

   Computer speech & language, 2018

   Bib HTML

   @article{dudy2018automatic,
     title = {Automatic analysis of pronunciations for children with speech sound disorders},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven and Asgari, Meysam and Kain, Alexander},
     journal = {Computer speech \& language},
     volume = {50},
     pages = {62--84},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Academic Press},
   }

3. 

   Compositional language modeling for icon-based augmentative and alternative communication

   Shiran Dudy, and Steven Bedrick

   In Proceedings of the conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. Meeting, 2018

   Bib PDF Code Poster

   @inproceedings{dudy2018compositional,
     title = {Compositional language modeling for icon-based augmentative and alternative communication},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. Meeting},
     volume = {2018},
     pages = {25},
     year = {2018},
     organization = {NIH Public Access},
   }

4. Effects of simulated visual acuity and ocular motility impairments on SSVEP brain-computer interface performance: an experiment with Shuffle Speller

   Betts Peters, Matt Higger, Fernando Quivira, and 8 more authors

   Brain-Computer Interfaces, 2018

   Bib HTML

   @article{peters2018effects,
     title = {Effects of simulated visual acuity and ocular motility impairments on SSVEP brain-computer interface performance: an experiment with Shuffle Speller},
     author = {Peters, Betts and Higger, Matt and Quivira, Fernando and Bedrick, Steven and Dudy, Shiran and Eddy, Brandon and Kinsella, Michelle and Memmott, Tab and Wiedrick, Jack and Fried-Oken, Melanie and others},
     journal = {Brain-Computer Interfaces},
     volume = {5},
     number = {2-3},
     pages = {58--72},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
   }

2015

1. 

   OHSU@MediaEval 2015: Adapting textual techniques to multimedia search.

   Shiran Dudy, and Steven Bedrick

   In MediaEval, 2015

   Bib PDF Code

   @inproceedings{dudy2015ohsu,
     title = {OHSU@MediaEval 2015: Adapting textual techniques to multimedia search.},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Bedrick, Steven},
     booktitle = {MediaEval},
     year = {2015},
   }

2. 

   Pronunciation analysis for children with speech sound disorders

   Shiran Dudy, Meysam Asgari, and Alexander Kain

   In 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{dudy2015pronunciation,
     title = {Pronunciation analysis for children with speech sound disorders},
     author = {Dudy, Shiran and Asgari, Meysam and Kain, Alexander},
     booktitle = {2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)},
     pages = {5573--5576},
     year = {2015},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }