@inproceedings{Ahire2022UbiquitousWorkAssistant,
	abstract = {Recent research in Human-Computer Interaction for work has shown that conversational agents (CA) are beneficial for supporting focused work and well-being while at work. Knowledge workers struggle in maintaining focus, work schedule, and well-being. Typically, they rely on multiple tools and services for work productivity, scheduling tasks, and reminding breaks. With the goal of tackling these problems, we propose the concept of a ubiquitous work assistant (UWA), which consists of two components: a stationary CA (S-CA) and a wearable CA (W-CA). S-CA is meant to be placed on user’s work desk while W-CA is fixed on the user’s wrist. The UWA interface is distributed between S-CA and W-CA. We initiated our study by conducting semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers (N = 14). We identified their expectations from conversational agents (CAs) that would assist them in their daily work life. From the interview findings, we developed an UWA prototype that could assist users by briefing their daily schedule, monitoring their schedule, and reminding breaks. We conducted a lab study simulating a home-office environment. The findings of the study show that the knowledge workers see potential in the UWA system. Further, we discuss implications of distributed user interface (DUI) for UWA design.},
	title = {Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work},
	author = {Ahire, Shashank and Rohs, Michael and Simon, Benjamin},
	booktitle = {2022 Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work},
	location = {Durham, NH, USA},
	doi = {10.1145/3533406.3533420},
	isbn = {9781450396554},
	year = {2022},
	papertype = {fullpaper}
}