Danial AminDoctoral researcher · University of Vaasa

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31 entries, 2017–2026, generated frompapers.bib — 12 with a DOI, 38 co-authors. Every entry carries its BibTeX.

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  • 01

    "Are These AI Personas Really Personas?": Investigating to What Extent LLM-Generated Personas Follow Persona Design Theory

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    CUI'2026In review

  • 02

    “Designing Prompts to Design Personas”: A Review of Prompt Design for AI-Generated Personas from Techno-Fairness Perspective

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Ilkka Kaate, Bernard J. Jansen

    IJHCIIn review

  • 03

    “Half My Survey Data Is Bad; The Problem Is, I Can't Tell Which Half”: Evaluating the Validatablity of Large-Scale Survey Data Using 176 Algorithmically Generated Personas

    Bernard J. Jansen, Marwan Akari, Safa Amin, Soon-Gyo Jung, Danial Amin, Joni Salminen

    HT'2026Accepted

  • 04

    "Pathways to the Metaverse": Exploring the User Experience Mechanisms Driving Technology Acceptance in Virtual Lab Visits with an LLM-powered Avatar

    Xinyi Tu, Francesco Biondani, Danial Amin, Angelica Fabillar, Thi Thu Trang Xuan, Bano Huma Adeel, M.H. Sonja Tervola, Carlo Berlingeri, Franco Fummi, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    IUI'20261 cit.

  • 05

    AI Representing Personas Representing User Groups: Applying the Agency Theory to Examine Interaction Challenges of Conversational Personas as Decision-Making Tools

    Joni Salminen, Soon-gyo Jung, Ilkka Kaate, Trang Xuan, Jinan Azem, Aldous Kholoud, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    DSS'20261 cit.

  • 06

    Assessing Inter-Rater Agreement Among Large Language Model Judges: Evidence from Persona Evaluation Across Educational Risk Contexts

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    TFSCIn review

  • 07

    Bayesian Orchestration of Multi-LLM Agents for Cost-Aware Sequential Decision-Making

    Danial Amin

    arXivPublished, Preprint3 cit.

  • 08

    Creating and Evaluating Personas Using Generative AI: A Scoping Review of 81 Articles

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Farhan Ahmed, M.H. Sonja Tervola, Sankalp Sethi, Bernard J. Jansen

    CHI'202640 cit.

  • 09

    Do LLMs Know How Many Personas to Generate? A Benchmarking Study in Customer Segmentation

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    AICCSA'2026In review, Paper

  • 10

    From Generation to Simulation: Responsible Use of AI Personas in Human-Centered Design and Research

    A. Baki Kocaballi, Mirjana Prpa, Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    CHI'2026Published, Workshop1 cit.

  • 11

    From Priming Modalities to Educational AI Chatbot Engagement: A Study of 67 Learners

    Trang Xuan, Joni Salminen, Ilkka Kaate, Farhan Ahmed, Danial Amin, Rajat Patil, Soon-Gyo Jung, Jinan Y. Azem, Bernard J. Jansen

    IJHCI2 cit.

  • 12

    How Can Tensions in Sustainability Transitions Be Made Visible?: Challenging the Actor-Centered Ecosystem Approach through Persona-Based Modeling

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Farhan Ahmed, Emillia Zemskova, Bernard J. Jansen

    PalgraveIn review

  • 13

    How to Design Anthropomorphic Attributes for Conversational Agents?: A Meta Analysis of 79 Articles

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Angelica Fabillar, Sercan Sengün, Bernard J. Jansen

    TAFFC'2026In review

  • 14

    How to Model AI Agents as Personas?: Applying the Persona Ecosystem Playground to 41,300 Posts on Moltbook for Behavioral Insights

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    BITIn review1 cit.

  • 15

    Introducing Persona Ecosystem Playground (PEP): Generating Behaviorally Grounded Personas from Think-Aloud Data Using LLMs with RAG

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    CUI'2026

  • 16

    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 J. Jansen, Ilkka Kaate, Waleed Akhtar

    CRC Press2 cit.

  • 17

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

    Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    Plos OneIn review

  • 18

    PersonaBase: A Formative Evaluation Study of Computational Resources for Data-Driven Personas

    Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Ilkka Kaate, Bernard J. Jansen

    HT'2026Accepted

  • 19

    PersonaBase: Computational Resources for Advancing the Research and Practice of Data-Driven Personas

    Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Ilkka Kaate, Bernard J. Jansen

    NordiCHI'2026Accepted

  • 20

    Proposing a Quantitative Framework for Persona Set Diversity Measurement as a Pathway to Inclusive User Representation

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    IEEE AccessIn review

  • 21

    Reconceptualizing the Persona Perception Scale for Non-Human Personas: A Formative Validation Study

    Joni Salminen, Lene Nielsen, Farhan Ahmed, Trang Thi Thu Xuan, Rajat Patil, Ilkka Kaate, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    NordiCHI'2026Accepted

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  • 22

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

    Sankalp Sethi, Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    CHI'25Published, Extended Abstract16 cit.

  • 23

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

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen, Joongi Shin, Dong Hun Kim

    IJHCS18 cit.

  • 24

    How to Anthropomorphize Conversational Agents in Information Systems?: A Review of Humanizing Attributes

    Danial Amin, Joni Salminen, Angelica Fabillar, Sercan Sengün, Bernard J. Jansen

    OIRIn review

  • 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, Amani Alabed, Joni Salminen, Bernard J. Jansen

    AICCSA'253 cit.

  • 26

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

    Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Soon-gyo Jung, Bernard J. Jansen

    AH'25Published, Poster9 cit.

  • 27

    Using AI for User Representation: An Analysis of 83 Persona Prompts

    Joni Salminen, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen

    AICCSA'256 cit.

20212 items

  • 28

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

    Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, Danial Amin, Faizan Malik

    ICASE'213 cit.

  • 29

    The Role of National Centers in Sustainable Development of Pakistan

    Najam Naqvi, Faaiz Ahmed, Usama Ahmed, Danial Amin, Faizaan Malik

    ICASE'212 cit.

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