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Nikita Soni

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Computer Science

Nikita Soni is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

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University of Illinois Chicago

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human-computer interaction design user interfaces communication interaction design cognitive science educational technology user experience education virtual reality child-computer interaction mobile computing embodied cognition multi-touch spherical displays child development social media mass communication intelligent user interfaces child psychology semantic evaluation applied linguistics immersive technologies science education computer-supported collaborative learning collaborative learning natural language interactive learning nlp task human-centered design user-centered design interaction techniques translational idc recommender systems child language screen medium wireless communications digital medicine early childhood language learning computer graphics information visualization human-machine interfaces speechlanguage pathology mobile interaction mobile learning human-machine interaction 3d user interaction human interaction digital learning active learning bias detection disinformation detection informal learning privacy enhancing technologies educational communication social context touch user interface user interface design language technologies language engineering llm-based agent visual analytics interactive spherical displays gestural interactions user-defined gestures ocean data visualization app designers above-the-surface gestures human language modeling science museum field study touchscreen interactive gestures topic exposure dissonant stance informal learning spaces family-based privacy education technology human-centered computing human-ai interaction computing education creative computing

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Evaluation of Llms-Based Hidden States as Author Representations for Psychological Human-Centered NLP Tasks. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2022 (2025)

computational linguisticslanguage processing in the brainauthor representationslanguage learninglinguisticssemantic evaluationnatural language processinglanguage engineeringapplied linguisticsnlp taskllms-based hidden stateslanguage technologiesllm-based agentlanguagelanguage modelsnatural language

Immersive Analytics at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (2025)

human-computer interactiondesigninteractive visualizationcomputer graphicsvisualization (graphics)information visualizationvisualizationvisual analyticsvirtual realitydata and information visualizationelectronic visualization laboratory

Systematic Evaluation of Auto-Encoding and Large Language Model Representations for Capturing Author States and Traits. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2022 (2025)

computational linguisticslarge language modelsnatural language generationlinguisticssemantic evaluationnatural language processingmachine translationcapturing author statesauthor profilingsystematic evaluationlanguagelanguage models

Who We Are, Where We Are: Mental Health at the Intersection of Person, Situation, and Large Language Models. (2025)

mental health interventionslarge language modelsconversation analysismental healthmental health monitoringworld psychiatrypsychologylanguagepsychiatric care

A Comparative Usability Study of Physical Multi-Touch Versus Virtual Desktop-Based Spherical Interfaces. (2024)

Nikita SoniOluwatomisin ObajemuKatarina JurczykChaitra PeddireddyMaeson ValleeAilish TierneyNiloufar SaririanCameron John ZuckKathryn A. StoferLisa Anthony

human-computer interactioncomparative usability studyapplied physicsuser interfaces

Automatic Implicit Motives Codings Are as Accurate as Humans’, Cheaper, and 99% Faster. (2024)

August NilssonJ. Malte RungeOscar Nils Erik KjellNikita soniAdithya V GanesanCarl Viggo Nilsson

computer sciencemachine learning

Comparing Pre-Trained Human Language Models: Is It Better With Human Context as Groups, Individual Traits, or Both?. (2024)

Nikita SoniNiranjan BalasubramanianH. Andrew SchwartzDirk Hovy

individual traitslanguagehuman contextlanguage models

Exploring Design Opportunities for Family-Based Privacy Education in Informal Learning Spaces. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (2024)

Lanjing LiuLan GaoNikita SoniYaxing Yao

designinformal learningtechnologyeducationeducational technologyprivacy enhancing technologiesfamily-based privacy educationinformal learning spacesdesign opportunities

From Text to Context: Contextualizing Language With Humans, Groups, and Communities for Socially Aware NLP. (2024)

Adithya V GanesanSiddharth MangalikVasudha VaradarajanNikita SoniSwanie JuhngJoão SedocH. Andrew SchwartzSalvatore GiorgiRyan L Boyd

human-computer interactionsociolinguisticslinguisticsnatural language processingcontextualizing languageaware nlpnlp taskcommunicationsocial contextlanguagecontext (linguistics)

Large Human Language Models: A Need and the Challenges. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Nikita SoniH. SchwartzJoão SedocNiranjan Balasubramanian

linguistics

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Nikita Soni

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Computer Science

Nikita Soni is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

Honors

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Experiences

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University of Illinois Chicago

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Evaluation of Llms-Based Hidden States as Author Representations for Psychological Human-Centered NLP Tasks. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2022 (2025)

Immersive Analytics at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (2025)

Systematic Evaluation of Auto-Encoding and Large Language Model Representations for Capturing Author States and Traits. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2022 (2025)

Who We Are, Where We Are: Mental Health at the Intersection of Person, Situation, and Large Language Models. (2025)

mental health interventionslarge language modelsconversation analysismental healthmental health monitoringworld psychiatrypsychologylanguagepsychiatric care

A Comparative Usability Study of Physical Multi-Touch Versus Virtual Desktop-Based Spherical Interfaces. (2024)

Nikita SoniOluwatomisin ObajemuKatarina JurczykChaitra PeddireddyMaeson ValleeAilish TierneyNiloufar SaririanCameron John ZuckKathryn A. StoferLisa Anthony

human-computer interactioncomparative usability studyapplied physicsuser interfaces

Automatic Implicit Motives Codings Are as Accurate as Humans’, Cheaper, and 99% Faster. (2024)

August NilssonJ. Malte RungeOscar Nils Erik KjellNikita soniAdithya V GanesanCarl Viggo Nilsson

computer sciencemachine learning

Comparing Pre-Trained Human Language Models: Is It Better With Human Context as Groups, Individual Traits, or Both?. (2024)

Nikita SoniNiranjan BalasubramanianH. Andrew SchwartzDirk Hovy

individual traitslanguagehuman contextlanguage models

Exploring Design Opportunities for Family-Based Privacy Education in Informal Learning Spaces. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (2024)

Lanjing LiuLan GaoNikita SoniYaxing Yao

designinformal learningtechnologyeducationeducational technologyprivacy enhancing technologiesfamily-based privacy educationinformal learning spacesdesign opportunities

From Text to Context: Contextualizing Language With Humans, Groups, and Communities for Socially Aware NLP. (2024)

Adithya V GanesanSiddharth MangalikVasudha VaradarajanNikita SoniSwanie JuhngJoão SedocH. Andrew SchwartzSalvatore GiorgiRyan L Boyd

human-computer interactionsociolinguisticslinguisticsnatural language processingcontextualizing languageaware nlpnlp taskcommunicationsocial contextlanguagecontext (linguistics)

Large Human Language Models: A Need and the Challenges. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Nikita SoniH. SchwartzJoão SedocNiranjan Balasubramanian

linguistics

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