I am currently a Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow working in the Computer Science Department. I earned my Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat) from the Technical University of Munich in 2024. I previously received my M.Sc. from the same institution in 2019 and dual B.Eng. degrees from Tongji University in Shanghai and Munich University of Applied Sciences in 2016.
My doctoral research focused on integrating human factors into AI model design to enhance user experience in human-AI interactions. At Rice University, I continue my work by advancing the trustworthiness and user-friendliness of AI systems through the development of human-centered explainable AI (XAI) techniques. I collaborate closely with Dr. Vaibhav Unhelkar. My overarching research goal is to design models that facilitate efficient and safe human-AI collaboration.
July 2024: One paper accepted to TKDD. July 2024: I defended my PhD thesis! May 2024: One paper accepted to ACL Findings. April 2024: I am pleased to be helping organize a session at the German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 2025. December 2023: One paper accepted to AAAI. November 2023: One paper accepted to TPAMI. October 2023: I received TUM Seed Fund to coordinate the EU Horizon project proposal. August 2023: I serve as a Diversity and Accessibility Chair at ETRA 2024 in Glasgow (ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications). May 2023: One paper accepted to UAI 2023. April 2023: I move to Munich and continue my Ph.D. at TU Munich in the group Human-Centered Technologies for Learning. March 2023: One paper accepted to End-to-End Autonomous Driving @ CVPR 2023. September 2022: I join DATA Lab led by Dr. Xia "Ben" Hu as a visiting scholar at Rice University, Houston. August 2022: I serve as a Diversity and Inclusion Chair at ETRA 2023 in Tübingen.
