%0 Conference Paper %1 Fok_2023 %A Fok, Raymond %A Kambhamettu, Hita %A Soldaini, Luca %A Bragg, Jonathan %A Lo, Kyle %A Hearst, Marti %A Head, Andrew %A Weld, Daniel S %B Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces %D 2023 %I ACM %K iui2023 navigation-support reading-support %P 476-490 %R 10.1145/3581641.3584034 %T Scim: Intelligent Skimming Support for Scientific Papers %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3581641.3584034 %X Scholars need to keep up with an exponentially increasing flood of scientific papers. To aid this challenge, we introduce Scim, a novel intelligent interface that helps experienced researchers skim – or rapidly review – a paper to attain a cursory understanding of its contents. Scim supports the skimming process by highlighting salient paper contents in order to direct a reader’s attention. The system’s highlights are faceted by content type, evenly distributed across a paper, and have a density configurable by readers at both the global and local level. We evaluate Scim with both an in-lab usability study and a longitudinal diary study, revealing how its highlights facilitate the more efficient construction of a conceptualization of a paper. We conclude by discussing design considerations and tensions for the design of future intelligent skimming tools.

@inproceedings{Fok_2023, abstract = {Scholars need to keep up with an exponentially increasing flood of scientific papers. To aid this challenge, we introduce Scim, a novel intelligent interface that helps experienced researchers skim – or rapidly review – a paper to attain a cursory understanding of its contents. Scim supports the skimming process by highlighting salient paper contents in order to direct a reader’s attention. The system’s highlights are faceted by content type, evenly distributed across a paper, and have a density configurable by readers at both the global and local level. We evaluate Scim with both an in-lab usability study and a longitudinal diary study, revealing how its highlights facilitate the more efficient construction of a conceptualization of a paper. We conclude by discussing design considerations and tensions for the design of future intelligent skimming tools.}, added-at = {2023-04-12T16:43:12.000+0200}, author = {Fok, Raymond and Kambhamettu, Hita and Soldaini, Luca and Bragg, Jonathan and Lo, Kyle and Hearst, Marti and Head, Andrew and Weld, Daniel S}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e3e947e0c169738e2bfd918537ce10b8/brusilovsky}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces}, description = {Scim: Intelligent Skimming Support for Scientific Papers | Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces}, doi = {10.1145/3581641.3584034}, interhash = {ec0c41a728b73b7549009f544904ce6e}, intrahash = {e3e947e0c169738e2bfd918537ce10b8}, keywords = {iui2023 navigation-support reading-support}, month = mar, pages = {476-490}, publisher = {{ACM}}, timestamp = {2023-04-12T16:54:11.000+0200}, title = {Scim: Intelligent Skimming Support for Scientific Papers}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3581641.3584034}, year = 2023 }