CV

Kexin Quan's Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Name Kexin Quan
Professional Title PhD Student | HCI/AI Researcher
Email kq4@illinois.edu
Location School of Information Sciences, Champaign, Illinois IL 61820

Education

  • 2023 - now

    Champaign, IL

    Ph.D. in progress
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Information Sciences
    • Supervised by Prof. Jessie Chin
  • 2021 - 2023

    San Diego, CA

    M.S.
    University of California, San Diego
    Electrical & Computer Engineering
    • Machine Learning and Data Science
  • 2017 - 2021

    San Diego, CA

    B.S.
    University of California, San Diego
    Cognitive Science
    • Specialization in Machine Learning & Neural Computation

Skills

Programming Languages (Expert): Python, R, JavaScript, LaTeX, MATLAB, SQL, Java
Machine Learning & NLP (Expert): PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NLTK, OpenAI, pandas, spaCy, TextBlob
Visualization Tools (Advanced): Matplotlib, Seaborn, ggplot2, Plotly, Tableau, Excel
Fullstack Development (Advanced): Git, React.js, Flask, HTML, CSS, Firebase, Figma, Miro, Heroku

Academic Service

  • 2026 - 2026

    Publication Chair
    ACM Creativity & Cognition (C&C)
  • 2023 - 2026

    Reviewer (15+ papers)
    ACM CHI, C&C, DIS, CUI
  • 2021 - 2021

    Workshop Organizer
    San Diego Design Workshop (SDDW)
  • 2020 - 2020

    Workshop Coordinator
    Design for San Diego (D4SD) Community Design Jam

Languages

English : Fluent
Chinese : Native speaker

Interests

Research Interests: Brain-inspired AI, Affective Computing, Multi-Agent Systems, Human-AI Collaboration, Creativity Support Tools, Conversational Agents