Research

My research investigates how AI systems and emerging interactive technologies can help people work more meaningfully, connect more deeply, and reflect on possible futures, while preserving human agency, judgment, and accountability. For a complete publication record, see my Google Scholar.

Augmenting Professional Expertise through Human–AI Collaboration

  • SpatialTutorX: Exploring Shared AI Facilitation for Collaborative Procedural Learning in Mixed Reality
    CSCW 2026 Demo[LINK] People's Choice Best Demo Award
  • An adaptive AI-driven virtual reality simulation for de-escalation training in law enforcement: A mixed-methods study
    Computers & Graphics 2026[LINK]
  • Does Sequencing Matter? Evaluating AI and Human Simulations for High-Stakes Communication Training in Law Enforcement.
    CHI 2026[PDF]
  • Should the AI Speak First? Evaluating Proactive vs. Reactive Facilitation in Mixed-Reality Medical Training.
    CHI 2026[PDF]
  • EmSim: AI-Driven VR Simulation for De-Escalation Training in Law Enforcement.
    IEEE AIxVR 2026[PDF] Best Paper Award
  • AI-Enhanced Speech-Language Intervention Documentation: Opportunities and Design Goals.
    AIED 2025[PDF]
  • ASD-HI: A New Parent-child Interaction Dataset for Automated Assessment of an ASD Home-based Intervention.
    AIED 2025[PDF]
  • EvAlignUX: Advancing UX Evaluation through LLM-Supported Metrics Exploration.
    CHI 2025[PDF]
  • Evaluating Non-AI Experts’ Interaction with AI: A Case Study In Library Context.
    CHI 2025[PDF]
  • Automating Intervention Discovery from Scientific Literature: A Progressive Ontology Framework.
    IJCAI 2025[PDF]
  • SOAP.AI: A Collaborative Tool for Documenting Human Behavior in Videos through Multimodal Generative AI.
    CSCW 2024 Demo[PDF]

Understanding AI-Mediated Identity and Relationships

  • Conversational AI in children's home literacy learning: effectiveness, advantages, challenges, and family perception
    Computers and Education: AI 2026[PDF]
  • Learning Through AI-Clones: Enhancing Self-Perception and Presentation Performance.
    Computers in Human Behavior: AI 2025[PDF]
  • Understanding Safety Risks and Safety Design in Social VR Environments.
    CSCW 2023[PDF]
  • UX Research on Conversational Human-AI Interaction: A Literature Review.
    CHI 2022[PDF]
  • “PocketBot Is Like a Knock on the Door!”: Designing a Chatbot to Support Long-Distance Relationships
    CSCW 2021[PDF]

Exploring Embodied Interaction and Speculative Design

  • A Meat-Summer Night's Dream: A Tangible Design Fiction Exploration of Eating Biohybrid Flying Robots.
    CHI 2026[PDF]
  • From Visual to Multimodal Programming: Designing an Interface to Externalize Decomposition Thinking for Novice Learners
    IUI 2026[PDF]