publications

2025

1. IJHCS

   

   Generative AI Personas Considered Harmful? Examining the Risks of Algorithmic User Representations in HCI Design

   Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard Jansen, and 2 more authors

   International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2025

   Published

   Bib HTML

   @article{amin2025genai_harmful,
     title = {Generative AI Personas Considered Harmful? Examining the Risks of Algorithmic User Representations in HCI Design},
     author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard and Shin, Joongi and Kim, Dong Hun},
     journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Published},
   }

2. CHI’2026

   

   The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Generative AI in Personas: A Systematic Review of 81 Research Manuscripts

   Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Farhan Ahmed, and 3 more authors

   Conference on Human Computer Interaction’2026, 2025

   In review

   Bib

   @article{amin2025generative_review,
     title = {The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Generative AI in Personas: A Systematic Review of 81 Research Manuscripts},
     author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Ahmed, Farhan and Tervola, M.H. Sonja and Sethi, Sankalp and Jansen, Bernard},
     journal = {Conference on Human Computer Interaction'2026},
     year = {2025},
     note = {In review},
   }

3. IUI’2026

   

   "One Metric to Rule Them All?": Proposing A Quantitative Framework for Persona Set Diversity Measurement Toward Inclusive User Representation

   Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, and Bernard Jansen

   2025

   In review

   Bib

   @article{amin2025diversity_personas,
     title = {"One Metric to Rule Them All?": Proposing A Quantitative Framework for Persona Set Diversity Measurement Toward Inclusive User Representation},
     author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard},
     year = {2025},
     booktitle = {Interactive User Interfaces'2026},
     note = {In review},
   }

4. AICCSA’25

   

   How Is AI Used for User Representation?: An Analysis of 83 Persona Prompts

   Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, and Bernard Jansen

   In ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, 2025

   In publication

   Slides
5. AICCSA’25

   

   Representing Religious Practices via AI-Generated Personas: A Case Study of Ramadan Behaviors from Four Predominantly Muslim Countries

   Leen Alqadi, Soon-gyo Jung, Danial Amin, and 3 more authors

   In ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, 2025

   In publication
6. HCI

   

   On the Need for Computational Resources for the Scientific Benchmarking of Data-Driven Personas

   Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, and Bernard Jansen

   Human-Computer Interaction, 2025

   Under Review
7. ESRA’25

   

   Quality In, Quality Out: Investigating the Impact of Survey Response Quality on Data-Driven Persona Development

   Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, and Bernard Jansen

   In Conference of the European Survey Research Association, 2025

   In publication
8. AH’25

   

   The Use of Large Language Models in HCI: A Critical Analysis of Synthetic Users

   Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Soon-gyo Jung, and 1 more author

   In Augmented Humans Conference, 2025

   Poster

   HTML Poster
9. CHI’25

   

   "When AI Writes Personas": Analyzing Lexical Diversity in LLM-Generated Persona Descriptions

   Sankalp Sethi, Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, and 1 more author

   In Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{sethi2025lexical_diversity,
     title = {"When AI Writes Personas": Analyzing Lexical Diversity in LLM-Generated Persona Descriptions},
     author = {Sethi, Sankalp and Salminen, Joni and Amin, Danial and Jansen, Bernard},
     booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3719712},
   }

2024

1. CRC Press

   

   Large language models (LLMs) in human-computer interaction: Using LLM-generated personas to model everything from minority views to entire ecosystems

   Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard Jansen, and 2 more authors

   In Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models: A Scientific Perspective, 2024

   In press

   Bib

   @incollection{amin2024llm_personas,
     title = {Large language models (LLMs) in human-computer interaction: Using LLM-generated personas to model everything from minority views to entire ecosystems},
     author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard and Kaate, Ilkka and Akhtar, Waleed},
     booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence \& Large Language Models: A Scientific Perspective},
     publisher = {CRC Press},
     year = {2024},
     note = {In press},
   }

2021

1. ICASE’21

   

   The Role of National Centers in Sustainable Development of Pakistan

   Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, and 2 more authors

   In International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering, 2021
2. ICASE’21

   

   Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Creation of Space Awareness and Outreach in Pakistan

   Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, and 2 more authors

   In International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering, 2021

2017

1. ICASE’17

   

   Role of subject matter experts in creating awareness through space technology education and popularization (STEP): World space week celebrations — A case study

   Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, and 1 more author

   In International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering, 2017
2. ICASE’17

   

   Unification of traditional and scientific pedagogy in Space Technology Education and Popularization (STEP): Space summer school—A case study

   Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, and 1 more author

   In International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering, 2017