Hey!
This is Kexin :D
I am a passionate HCI/AI Researcher with more than 5 years of experience in human-centered studies and with strong coding skills (Python, R, Machine Learning). I am curious about and interested in human-centered NLP/AI research in understanding ways to bring human-centered thinking to create interactive tools, thus better-supporting communities and special populations.
My HCI interests were brought by my first undergrad lab experience, where I worked with Prof. Yingqing Xu at Tsinghua University, the Future Lab. I was intrigued by the potential power that Human-AI could bring to humans, so I continued to explore more. Now I am a second PhD student at UIUC School supervised by Prof Jessie Chin and Prof Yun Huang. Please don't hesitate to connect with me!
What I've accomplished:
My Publications:
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Anonymous Authors (As the first author). Optimizing Decision-Making with SERA: The Role of Gist and Verbatim Summaries in Information-Overload Scenarios. Manuscript under review for Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25)
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Z. Huang, K. Quan, J. Chan, S. MacNeil. CausalMapper: Challenging designers to think in systems with Causal Maps and Large Language Model. In Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C’23), Online, 2023.
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Q. Yang, Y. Hao*, K. Quan*, S. Yang*, Y. Zhao*, V. Kuleshov, F. Wang. 2023. Harnessing Biomedical Literature to Calibrate Clinicians’ Trust in AI Decision Support Systems. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI’23) * co-second author
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S. MacNeil, Z. Ding, K. Quan, T. J. Parashos, Y. Sun, S. P. Dow. Creative Work: Helping Novices Frame Better Problems through Interactive Scaffolding. In Proceedings of the 2021 Conferences on Creativity and Cognition (C&C’21), Online, 2021.
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S. MacNeil, Z. Ding, K. Quan, Z. Huang, K. Chen, S. P. Dow. ProbMap: Automatically Constructing Design Galleries through Feature Extraction and Semantic Clustering. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’21 Demo), Online, 2021.
Sept 2024 | Submitted my first author's work to CHI'25!
June 2024| Attended the C&C'24 Conference in Chicago. It's great to meet old and new friends in person!
July 2023 | The First year of my PhD starts right now!
Mar. 2023 | Graduating from UCSD. I am wrapping up my master's from San Diego and am about to move to Illinois :(
Jan. 2023 | Our CHI paper got accepted in Januaray. Hooray!!
Sept. 2022 | Submitted our clinician decision-suggestion systems work to CHI'23.
Mar. 2022 | Joined Cornell University (DesignAI Group). Glad to work with Prof. Qian Yang!
Mar. 2022 | Joined Temple University (The HCI Lab). It's great to co-work with Prof. Stephen MacNeil again!
Sept. 2021 | Started my ECE Master Program at UCSD (Machine Learning & Data Science)
Aug. 2021 | Presented my work and finished my first industry internship at Axos Bank!
July 2021 | Our ProbMap demo paper got accepted at UIST 2021.
May. 2021 | Started my summer internship as a Data Analyst at Axos Bank.
Apr. 2021 | Our ProbLib paper got accepted at C&C 2021.
Mar. 2021 | Finished my undergrad studies and successfully graduated from UCSD!