Lance T. Wilhelm

Human-Computer Interaction, Large Language Models, Leadership

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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

I am currently a Ph.D. Student in the SAIL Lab within the Computer Science Department at Virginia Tech. I am also an experienced team and laboratory leader with a demonstrated history of working in the Department of Defense (DoD) research industry. I am enthralled by the current state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) research and development, specifically at the intersection of large-language models (LLMs) and computational social science (CSS).

Education

M.S., Analytics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022

B.S., Physics, United States Air Force Academy, 2013

Research Interests

  • Human-AI Interaction
  • Large Language Models
  • Computational Social Science
  • Leadership Communication
  • System Design

News

Jul 7, 2025 Full paper accepted to ACM CUI ‘25, How Managers Perceive AI-Assisted Conversational Training for Workplace Communication 📄 🎉!
Jan 10, 2025 Contributed to Taufiq’s full paper accepted to ACM GROUP ‘25, Conversate: Supporting Reflective Learning in Interview Practice Through Interactive Simulation and Dialogic Feedback 📄
Sep 9, 2023 Joined the SAIL Lab at Virginia Tech advised by Dr. Eugenia Rho! ⛵
May 30, 2023 Accepted to the Virginia Tech Ph.D. in Computer Science program for Fall ‘23. Go Hokies!
May 7, 2023 USAF AAD Selection for AY23

Selected Publications

2025

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    How Managers Perceive AI-Assisted Conversational Training for Workplace Communication
    Lance T Wilhelm, Xiaohan Ding, Kirk McInnis Knutsen, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2025
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    Conversate: Supporting Reflective Learning in Interview Practice Through Interactive Simulation and Dialogic Feedback
    Taufiq Daryanto, Xiaohan Ding, Lance T. Wilhelm, and 3 more authors
    Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Jan 2025