Human–Computer Interaction, Human–AI Hybrid Intelligence, Human–AI Collaboration, Human-Centered AI, and Agentic User Interfaces

Our research group is currently recruiting master’s and PhD students, research interns, research assistants, and postdoctoral researchers interested in Human–AI Collaboration, Human-Centered AI, Human–Agent Interaction, and Agentic User Interfaces.

We investigate how to build AI systems that genuinely understand people and collaborate effectively with them. Our research covers topics including human–AI collaboration, user modeling, trust calibration, and explainable AI.

Our group fosters a highly flexible and international research environment. We encourage original interdisciplinary research at the intersection of HCI and AI and support students in submitting their work to leading international conferences and journals, including CHI, ACL, EMNLP, ICML, NeurIPS, CSCW, UIST, IUI, and TOCHI.

Students who are passionate about research, self-motivated, and eager to explore new ideas are warmly invited to join us in advancing the next generation of collaborative AI systems.

To apply, please send your CV to mashuai@iscas.ac.cn.

Sep. 2020 – Aug. 2024: PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2020: Master’s Degree, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2017: Bachelor’s Degree, Harbin Institute of Technology

Jan. 2026 – Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep. 2024 – Dec. 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University

Nov. 2023 – Jan. 2024: Visiting Scholar, ETH Zurich

• Jan. 1, 2026 – Mar. 1, 2026: Committee Member, ACM CHI 2026 Awards Committee
• Sep. 30, 2025 – Mar. 31, 2026: Associate Chair, ACM CHI 2026 Program Subcommittee
• Sep. 30, 2024 – Mar. 31, 2025: Associate Chair, ACM CHI 2025 Program Subcommittee

   

1. Adaptive Prompt Elicitation for Text-to-Image Generation, Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2026
2. PriorWeaver: Prior Elicitation via Iterative Dataset Construction, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2026 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2026, 2026
3. Echoes of Norms: Investigating Counterspeech Bots' Influence on Bystanders in Online Communities, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2026 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2026, 2026
4. "Shall We Dig Deeper?": Designing and Evaluating Strategies for LLM Agents to Advance Knowledge Co-Construction in Asynchronous Online Discussions, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2026 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2026, 2026
5. "AI Afterlife" as Digital Legacy: Perceptions, Expectations, and Concerns, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2025, 2025
6. Signaling Human Intentions to Service Robots: Understanding the Use of Social Cues during In-Person Conversations, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2025, 2025
7. DBox: Scaffolding Algorithmic Programming Learning through Learner-LLM Co-Decomposition, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2025, 2025
8. Scaffolded Turns and Logical Conversations: Designing Humanized LLM-Powered Conversational Agents for Hospital Admission Interviews, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2025, 2025
9. Towards Human-AI Deliberation: Design and Evaluation of LLM-Empowered Deliberative AI for AI-Assisted Decision-Making, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS, CHI 2025, 2025
10. When Traditional Medicine Meets AI: Critical Considerations for AI-Empowered Clinical Support in Traditional Medicine, Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Vol. 9, No. 7, Article CSCW524, 2025
11. Charting the Future of AI in Project-Based Learning: A Co-Design Exploration with Students, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS (CHI 2024), 2024
12. Towards Feature Engineering with Human and AI's Knowledge: Understanding Data Science Practitioners' Perceptions in Human&AI-Assisted Feature Engineering Design, Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2024
13. Unpacking ICT-supported Social Connections and Support of Late-life Migration: From the Lens of Social Convoys, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS (CHI 2024), 2024
14. "Are You Really Sure?" Understanding the Effects of Human Self-Confidence Calibration in AI-Assisted Decision Making, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYTEMS (CHI 2024), 2024
15. SelfGauge: An Intelligent Tool to Support Student Self-assessment in GenAI-enhanced Project-based Learning, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 37TH ANNUAL ACM SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY, UIST ADJUNCT 2024, 2024
16. Who Should I Trust: AI or Myself? Leveraging Human and AI Correctness Likelihood to Promote Appropriate Trust in AI-Assisted Decision-Making, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, CHI 2023, 2023
17. Modeling Adaptive Expression of Robot Learning Engagement and Exploring Its Effects on Human Teachers, ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-HUMAN INTERACTION, 2023
18. Competent but Rigid: Identifying the Gap in Empowering AI to Participate Equally in Group Decision-Making, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS (CHI 2023), 2023
19. Glancee: An Adaptable System for Instructors to Grasp Student Learning Status in Synchronous Online Classes, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS (CHI' 22), 2022
20. CASS: Towards Building a Social-Support Chatbot for Online Health Community, ACM CSCW, 2021
21. SmartEye: Assisting Instant Photo Taking via Integrating User Preference with Deep View Proposal Network, CHI 2019: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, 2019

Current students:

Tianyang Wen, PhD student

Tianzi Liu, PhD student

ACM CHI 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, 2025

ACM CHI 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, 2025

ACM CHI 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, 2025

Best Paper Award, GBA HCI Forum Pre-CHI 2024, 2024

ACM CHI 2019 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, 2019