NEWS & TRAVEL.

Excited to share that our paper on AI simulation for law enforcement received the 🏆 “Best Paper Award” at IEEE AIxVR’26.

Three papers accepted by CHI’26. Shout-out to my amazing collaborators!

One paper accepted by the journal Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence.

Kicked off the new year with a paper I mentored on the multimodal interface accepted at IUI’26.

One paper accepted by Frontiers in Education focusing on speech-language development in individuals with special needs.

One paper accepted by AIxVR’26, another work showcasing our efforts in advancing human–AI interaction.

One session and one individual paper accepted by AERA’26, many thanks to my amazing collaborators!

One paper on parent-child interaction accepted by AECT’25.

I will serve as the AC for CHI 2026.

One paper on state space model accepted by ICML’25.

One paper on automating intervention discovery accepted by IJCAI’25.

Three papers accepted by AIED’25, celebrating the interdisciplinary teamwork that brought these ideas to life.

Two papers accepted by CHI’25, many thanks to my amazing collaborators for their support.

Welcoming the new year with a paper on AI clones accepted by Computers in Human Behaviors: Artificial Humans.

To host a Special Interest Group (SIG) on “The Responsible Use of Large Multi-modal AI for Human Behavior Analysis” at CSCW’24.

Interaction design Soap.AI accepted for the CSCW’24 Demo.

I will serve as the AC for CHI 2025.

Dissertation successfully defended — officially Dr. Zheng!

Ranked “Teaching Excellent” on UIUC’s Fall 2023 List of Teachers.

Presented research on large multi-modal models for special education at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).