Presentations
Pal, S., Murali, N., Jadhav, A. V., Bizovi, J., Satchidanand, A., Golleru, M., … & Srihari, R. K. (2026, March). SPICA: Scalable and Personalized Conversational Agent Framework for AAC Users. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 218-235). https://doi.org/10.1145/3742413.3789116
Possemato, F., Satchidanand, A., Higginbotham, J. (Under Review). Repair Under Constraint: Interaction Ecologies and Composition Delay in AAC-Mediated Conversation. Arxiv preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kwsze_v1
Koroschetz, J., Possemato, F. & Higginbotham, J. (nb). The Intersubjective Consequences of Utterance Composition Using Speech-Generating Devices.
Ibrahim, S., Griffiths, T., Clarke, M., Judge, S., Higginbotham, J. (nd). Before the Technological Fix: Scoping AI and AAC for Social Futures. (To be submitted to ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction). https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772363.3798436
Satchidanand, A., & Higginbotham, J. (Under Review). Demonstrations of Agency and Interactional Competence in SGD-Mediated Conversation.
Satchidanand, A., Martino, G., Rayman, A., Higginbotham, J. Self-Repair Using a Speech Generating Device: Methods of Deletion and the Efficiency of Self-Editing. (to be submitted to Augmentative and Alternative Communication).
Higginbotham, J., Golleru, M., Pal, S., Satchidanand, A., Bizovi, J., Hutchinson, T., Buckley, M., Mathy, P., Agarwal, S., Srihari, R. (2025). Developing Artificial Intelligence Applications for Human Conversation: Perspectives, Tools, Exploratory Analyses. Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 19, 13-32.
Satchidanand, A. (2025). Other-Initiated Repair in Augmented Conversation Using a Speech Generating Device (SGD): A Quantitative, Interaction-Based Study. (PhD Dissertation, University at Buffalo).
Kurlenkova, S., & Satchidanand, A. (2024). Extended repair in SGD-mediated conversation involving speakers with dysarthria: Epistemics and third person involvement. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 15(2), 59-91.
Székely, É., Higginbotham, J., & Possemato, F. (2024). Voice and choice: Investigating the role of prosodic variation in request compliance and perceived politeness using conversational TTS. 25th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), pp. 466-476).
Golleru, M. (2024). Enhancing Engagement and Interaction in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): A Comparative Study on the Impact of Front-Facing Partner Display in SGD Mediated Conversations (Master’s thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo).
Pal, S., Das, S., Srihari, R. K., Higginbotham, J., & Bizovi, J. (2024, November). Empowering AAC Users: A Systematic Integration of Personal Narratives with Conversational AI. In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Customizable NLP: Progress and Challenges in Customizing NLP for a Domain, Application, Group, or Individual (CustomNLP4U) (pp. 12-25).
Golleru, M., Higginbotham, J., Cavuoto, L. A., & Mathy, P. (2024). Enhancing engagement and interaction in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): A comparative study on the impact of front-facing partner display in SGD mediated conversations. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
Nader, D. T., Satchidanand, A., Benson-Goldberg, S., & Higginbotham, J. (2025). Using microanalysis to capture interactions involving aided AAC technologies. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2498990
Pullin, G., Williams, K., Sellwood, D., Preece, J., Sullivan, E., Allan, M. Hutchinson, T., Brown, K., Tams-Gray, F., Higginbotham, J. (2025). Discussing future AAC: technology, interactions and ownership. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. July, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2524364
Rayman, A. S., Satchidanand, A., & Higginbotham, J. (2024). Simulation of other-initiated repair using AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 40(2), 115–124.
Higginbotham, J., Satchidanand, A., Mathy, P., Bizovi, J., Golleru, M., Agarwal, S., Buckley, M. (2025). Raising DEAN (Dynamic, Expressive, Augmented Narrator): An AI-Enhanced AAC Prototype. Seminar presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Washington, DC. Link to presentation
Mathy, P., Golleru, M. & Higginbotham, J. (2025). The Effect of Augmentative Communication Device Output Mode on Conversational Engagement. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Washington, DC. Link to poster
Satchidanand, A., Fulcher-Rood, K., Golleru, M. & Higginbotham, J. (2025). Examining Uses of Word Emphasis with Speech Generating Devices. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Washington, DC. Link to poster
Koroschetz, J., Possemato, F., & Higginbotham, J. (2025). The Impact of Composition Activity and Co-Occurring Talk on Shared Meaning in SGD Conversations. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Washington, DC. Link to poster
Higginbotham (2026). Talking in and out of time: Temporal organization in AAC-mediated interaction. UB Linguistics Colloquium.
Seray B Ibrahim, Tom Griffiths, Michael Clarke, Simon Judge, Petr Slovak, Graham Pullin, and Jeff Higginbotham. 2026. Before the Technological Fix: Scoping AI and AAC for Social Futures. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 113, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798436
Workshop – Accepted: Possemato, F. & Higginbotham, J. (2024). Exploring Technology-Mediated Interactions: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Robotics and AI. University of Groningen, October.
Székely, É., Higginbotham, J., & Possemato, F. (2024, September). Voice and choice: Investigating the role of prosodic variation in request compliance and perceived politeness using conversational TTS. In the 25th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (pp. 466-476). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).
Higginbotham, J. (2024). Talking with AI: Using Social Bots for Conversational Purposes: Current Challenges in Integrating AI to Enhance AAC-Mediated Conversations. Presented to the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (Online).
Golleru, M., Higginbotham, D. J., Cavuoto, L. A., & Mathy, P. (2024). Enhancing engagement and interaction in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): A comparative study on the impact of front-facing partner display in SGD mediated conversations. Presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting., September.
Satchidanand, A. & Higginbotham, J. (2024). Talking in Time: Addressing Challenges for Augmented Speakers. Colloquium, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, November.
Higginbotham, J., Mathy, P., Satchidanand, A. (2025). Making AAC Devices Conversant: Designing for Engagement and Pragmatic Action. Presented to the Assistive Technology Industry Association, Orlando.
Higginbotham, J., Golleru, M., Hutchinson, T. (2025). Conversational Artificial Intelligence: Promises and Current Realities. Presented to the Assistive Technology Industry Association, Orlando.
Higginbotham, J. (2025) Taking a deep dive into conversational AI for AAC. Innovations in AAC & Future Trends. May 2, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Center, Toronto, Ontario, CA.
Higginbotham, J. (2025). The influence of interaction media on grounding in technologically mediated conversation: A case study in Augmentative communication. Distinguished Speaker Series, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, March.
Pullin, G., Allan, M., Williams, K., Sellwood, D., Preece, J., Sullivan, S., Hutchinson, T., Brown, K., Tams-Gray, F., Higginbotham, J. (2023). Imagining alternative futures for AAC together: what interactions do we want with each other? Presented at the International Society for Alternative and Augmentative Communication. Cancun, July.
Mathy, P., & Satchidanand, A., Higginbotham, J. (2024). Developing AAC Technologies to Promote Engagement and Pragmatic Action. Presentation to the Assistive Technology Industry Association, Orlando, January.
Martino, G. & Higginbotham, J. (2023). Communication Rates for Augmented Speakers Across Access Method and Social Communication Task. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Boston, November.
Satchidanand, A., Rayman, A., Vecchio, C., & Higginbotham, J. (2023). Repair and Composition Delay in Augmented Conversation. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Boston, November.
Higginbotham, J. & Possemato, F. (2023). Time, Temporality, and Composition Delay in Interactions Involving Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices. Presentation at the International Conference of Conversation Analysis, Sydney, Australia, 2023.
Higginbotham, J. (2023). Talking Through a Typewriter. Conversing in Time with Augmented Communication Technology. Division of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, October 4th.
Higginbotham, J., Possemato, F., Arecy, F., Székely, É., Hutchinson, T. (2023). AAC-37 Project Converse: Pragmatically Effective Phrases Interface. Presentation to the Assistive Technology Industry Association, Orlando, February.
Satchidanand, A., & Higginbotham, J. (2022). Referencing in Robot-Assisted Surgery. Poster presented at the Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, November.
Possemato, F., & Higginbotham, J. (2022). Augmentative Communication and the problems with the temporality of language use in interaction. Poster presented at the Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, November.
Higginbotham, J., Satchidnand, A. Arecy, F., Koroschetz, Bizovi, J. (2022). Composition Delay in Speech Generating Device-Mediated Talk-in-Interaction. Atypical Interaction Conference. Newcastle University, England, June, 2022.