Danial Amin

University of Vaasa

Espoo, Finland

+358 46 803 3843

I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Vaasa, Finland, under the supervision of Dr. Joni Salminen focusing on Generative AI (GenAI) and user representation research.

news

Mar 11, 2026	My very first PhD project, a book chapter titled LLMs in Human Computer Interaction, which introduced the concept of Persona Ecosystem Playground is published by CRC Press today. read here
Nov 06, 2025	I recently presented our work in progress at Quant UX Conference, a conference focused on bringing QuantUX researchers from both industry and academia together. read slides here
Oct 17, 2025	My first lead-author article, exploring the challenges of Generative AI personas, has just been published in the International Journal of Human–Computer Studies (IJHCS). The paper highlights twenty critical challenges that researchers and practitioners in the HCI community may face when working with Generative AI personas. read here
Oct 09, 2025	The article on Synthetic Users is published in Augmented Humans 2025 Proceedings on October 9, 2025. read here
Jun 15, 2025	I graduated from Rennes School of Business as an MBA graduate with distinction under the French Excellence Scholarship Program for Climate Change 2023-2024. read here

latest posts

Jan 09, 2026	The Time Series Blind Spot - Why Generative AI Failed at Forecasting
Dec 30, 2025	The Year of Firsts
Dec 01, 2025	Why Human-AI Interaction Will Always Need Humans
Nov 21, 2025	The Personality Problem - Why Your LLM's Character Matters More Than Its IQ
Nov 19, 2025	How Not to Supervise - Seven Principles That Actually Matter

selected publications

IJHCS

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

Danial Amin , Joni Salminen , Bernard J. Jansen, and 2 more authors

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2025

Published

DOI Bib HTML

@article{amin2025genai_harmful,
  title = {Generative AI Personas Considered Harmful? Examining the Risks of Algorithmic User Representations in HCI Design},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard J. and Shin, Joongi and Kim, Dong Hun},
  journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Published},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103657},
}

CHI’2026

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

Danial Amin , Joni Salminen , Farhan Ahmed, and 3 more authors

In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’26), 2026

Accepted, in press

DOI Bib

@inproceedings{amin2025generative_review,
  title = {Creating and Evaluating Personas Using Generative AI: A Scoping Review of 81 Articles},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Ahmed, Farhan and Tervola, M.H. Sonja and Sethi, Sankalp and Jansen, Bernard J.},
  booktitle = {CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'26)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Accepted, in press},
  doi = {10.1145/3772318.3790608},
}

IEEE Access

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

Danial Amin , Joni Salminen , and Bernard J. Jansen

IEEE Access, 2026

In review

Bib

@article{amin2025diversity_personas,
  title = {Proposing a Quantitative Framework for Persona Set Diversity Measurement as a Pathway to Inclusive User Representation},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard J.},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  year = {2026},
  note = {In review},
}

CUI’2026

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 , and Bernard J. Jansen

In Conversational User Interfaces’2026, 2026

In review

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{amin2026_moltbook,
  title = {How to Model AI Agents as Personas?: Applying the Persona Ecosystem Playground to 41,300 Posts on Moltbook for Behavioral Insights},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard J.},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Conversational User Interfaces'2026},
  note = {In review},
}

CRC Press

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, and 2 more authors

In Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models: A Scientific Perspective, 2026

Published

DOI Bib HTML

@incollection{amin2024llm_personas,
  title = {Large language models (LLMs) in human-computer interaction: Using LLM-generated personas to model everything from minority views to entire ecosystems},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Jansen, Bernard J. and Kaate, Ilkka and Akhtar, Waleed},
  booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence \& Large Language Models: A Scientific Perspective},
  publisher = {CRC Press},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Published},
  doi = {10.1201/9781003492252-10},
}

Palgrave

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, and 2 more authors

In Ecosystems and Networks for Sustainable Business, 2026

In review

Bib

@incollection{amin2026ecosystem,
  title = {How Can Tensions in Sustainability Transitions Be Made Visible?: Challenging the Actor-Centered Ecosystem Approach through Persona-Based Modeling},
  author = {Amin, Danial and Salminen, Joni and Ahmed, Farhan and Zemskova, Emillia and Jansen, Bernard J.},
  booktitle = {Ecosystems and Networks for Sustainable Business},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  year = {2026},
  note = {In review},
}

CHI’25

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

Sankalp Sethi , Joni Salminen , Danial Amin, and 1 more author

In Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems’2025, 2025

Published, Extended Abstract

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{sethi2025lexical_diversity,
  title = {"When AI Writes Personas": Analyzing Lexical Diversity in LLM-Generated Persona Descriptions},
  author = {Sethi, Sankalp and Salminen, Joni and Amin, Danial and Jansen, Bernard J.},
  booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems'2025},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Published, Extended Abstract},
  doi = {10.1145/3706599.3719712},
  url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3719712},
}