DiscipLink: Unfolding Interdisciplinary Information Seeking Process via Human-AI Co-Exploration

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00447v1
• Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 10:36:00 GMT
• Title: DiscipLink: Unfolding Interdisciplinary Information Seeking Process via Human-AI Co-Exploration
• Authors: Chengbo Zheng, Yuanhao Zhang, Zeyu Huang, Chuhan Shi, Minrui Xu, Xiaojuan Ma,
• Abstract summary: In this paper, we introduce DiscipLink, a novel interactive system that facilitates collaboration between researchers and large language models (LLMs) Based on users' topics of interest, DiscipLink initiates exploratory questions from the perspectives of possible relevant fields of study. Our evaluation, comprising a within-subject comparative experiment and an open-ended exploratory study, reveals that DiscipLink can effectively support researchers in breaking down disciplinary boundaries.
• Score: 34.23942131024738
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Interdisciplinary studies often require researchers to explore literature in diverse branches of knowledge. Yet, navigating through the highly scattered knowledge from unfamiliar disciplines poses a significant challenge. In this paper, we introduce DiscipLink, a novel interactive system that facilitates collaboration between researchers and large language models (LLMs) in interdisciplinary information seeking (IIS). Based on users' topics of interest, DiscipLink initiates exploratory questions from the perspectives of possible relevant fields of study, and users can further tailor these questions. DiscipLink then supports users in searching and screening papers under selected questions by automatically expanding queries with disciplinary-specific terminologies, extracting themes from retrieved papers, and highlighting the connections between papers and questions. Our evaluation, comprising a within-subject comparative experiment and an open-ended exploratory study, reveals that DiscipLink can effectively support researchers in breaking down disciplinary boundaries and integrating scattered knowledge in diverse fields. The findings underscore the potential of LLM-powered tools in fostering information-seeking practices and bolstering interdisciplinary research.

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