I am a Human-Computer Interaction and Human-centered AI researcher studying the societal impacts of emerging AI and future socio-technical systems. My work examines how AI systems, especially AI agents, enter human life not only as tools, but as participants in everyday practices, relationships, and social organization.
I study this transformation from both human and technological perspectives. On the human and social side, I examine how emerging AI systems reshape the self—including identity, memory, agency, and wellbeing—as well as relationships and social life, including connection, intimacy, cooperation, and coordination. On the technological side, I investigate the capabilities and boundaries of these systems: what forms of agency they enable, what roles they can meaningfully take on, and where their limitations become consequential. Across these perspectives, I ask how emerging AI capabilities can be aligned with the complexities of human and social life, and what tensions arise when they cannot.
I approach these questions through empirical, speculative, and systems-oriented HCI. Drawing on theories from sociology, psychology, cognitive science, and behavioral science, I combine qualitative and quantitative inquiry with the design and deployment of interactive systems. I use designed systems and speculative inquiry as probes into possible futures, making emerging forms of computational agency and their societal implications tangible and open to inquiry before their social roles and consequences are fully established.
I received interdisciplinary training in technology and design, which grounds my work in HCI and Human-centered AI. I recently completed my Master of Science, advised by Prof. Carman Neustaedter at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University. Previously, I earned my B.Eng. in Computer Science, East China Normal University with the highest honors.
Research Focus
Understanding and shaping the societal impacts of emerging AI by aligning its capabilities with the complexities of human and social life.
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Human-Centered AI
- AI & Societal Impact
- Human Agency & Social Relationships
- Future Socio-technical Systems