SERUM: State Extraction and Refinement for User Modeling
Quick summary
arXiv:2607.29181v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Agentic assistants capable of proactive, personalized interactions require structured models of user intent and workflow. However, building these models from raw, unstructured screen activity remains an open challenge. We present SERUM, a multi-pass framework that extracts finite-state behavioral models directly from unstructured egocentric video using hierarchical VLM annotation. Processing screen recordings through a sliding window, SERUM alternates between activity-recognition and intent-inference passes, with each pass refining labels using
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2607.29181v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Agentic assistants capable of proactive, personalized interactions require structured models of user intent and workflow.
- However, building these models from raw, unstructured screen activity remains an open challenge.
- We present SERUM, a multi-pass framework that extracts finite-state behavioral models directly from unstructured egocentric video using hierarchical VLM annotation.
Why it matters
“SERUM: State Extraction and Refinement for User Modeling” illustrates how changes in the AI ecosystem can affect products, workflows and user expectations together. Its lasting significance depends on measurable adoption, cost and safety outcomes.

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