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    "abstract": "The diversification of information access systems, from RAG to autonomous agents, creates a critical need for comparative user studies. However, the technical overhead to deploy and manage these distinct systems is a major barrier. We present UXLab, an open-source system for web-based user studies that addresses this challenge. Its core is a web-based dashboard enabling the complete, no-code configuration of complex experimental designs. Researchers can visually manage the full study, from recruitment to comparing backends like traditional search, vector databases, and LLMs. We demonstrate UXLab\u0027s value via a micro case study comparing user behavior with RAG versus an autonomous agent. UXLab allows researchers to focus on experimental design and analysis, supporting future multi-modal interaction research.",
    "arxiv_id": "2601.09937",
    "authors": [
      "Saber Zerhoudi",
      "Michael Granitzer"
    ],
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    "doi": "10.1145/3786304.3787948",
    "journal_ref": "Proceedings of the 2026 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR \u002726)",
    "license": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "title": "From SERPs to Agents: A Platform for Comparative Studies of Information Interaction",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09937",
    "version": "v1"
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