Flow Experience in Various Fields

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• Designing Singing Syllabi with Virtual Avatars: AI-Assisted Syllabus Reauthoring

  Xinxing Wu · 26 May 2026

  Traditional syllabi often function as static reference documents rather than engaging introductions to a course. In practical teaching, we observe that few students thoroughly read or fully comprehend the information provided in traditional, text-based course syllabi, which can leave essential infor…

• Rethinking the Diffusion Model from a Langevin Perspective

  Candi Zheng, Yuan Lan · 14 April 2026

  Diffusion models are often introduced from multiple perspectives, such as VAEs, score matching, or flow matching, accompanied by dense and technically demanding mathematics that can be difficult for beginners to grasp. One classic question is: how does the reverse process invert the forward process …

• Singing Syllabi with Virtual Avatars: Enhancing Student Engagement Through AI-Generated Music and Digital Embodiment

  Xinxing Wu · 11 March 2026

  In practical teaching, we observe that few students thoroughly read or fully comprehend the information provided in traditional, text-based course syllabi. As a result, essential details, such as course policies and learning outcomes, are frequently overlooked. To address this challenge, in this pap…

• Is Log-Traced Engagement Enough? Extending Reading Analytics With Trait-Level Flow and Reading Strategy Metrics

  Erwin Lopez, Atsushi Shimada · 24 February 2026

  Student engagement is a central construct in Learning Analytics, yet it is often operationalized through persistence indicators derived from logs, overlooking affective-cognitive states. Focusing on the analysis of reading logs, this study examines how trait-level flow - operationalized as the tende…

• Before the Vicious Cycle Starts: Preventing Burnout Across SOC Roles Through Flow-Aligned Design

  Kashyap Thimmaraju, Duc Anh Hoang, Souradip Nath, Jaron Mink, Gail-Joon Ahn · 17 February 2026

  The sustainability of Security Operations Centers depends on their people, yet 71% of practitioners report burnout and 24% plan to exit cybersecurity entirely. Flow theory suggests that when job demands misalign with practitioner capabilities, work becomes overwhelming or tedious rather than engagin…