Meet Chinese CHI 2021 Committee Members
Chinese CHI 2021, organized by International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI), will take place online on October 16–17, 2021, with free public livestreams.
Chinese CHI is an important connection among Chinese human–computer interaction scholars, academia, and industry worldwide. Since 2012, eight successful editions have taken place in Paris, Toronto, Seoul, Silicon Valley, Guangzhou, Montreal, Xiamen, and online.
As an important conference in the global Chinese human–computer interaction community, Chinese CHI has invited senior scholars from internationally renowned universities and companies to serve on its organizing committee.
GENERAL CHAIR
Shumin Zhai
Google Research
Shumin Zhai is Principal Scientist at Google, where he leads and directs research, design, and development of human-device input methods and haptics systems. He was named one of ACM's inaugural class of Distinguished Scientists in 2006 and Member of the CHI Academy and Fellow of the ACM in 2010. His research career has contributed to both foundational models and understandings of human-computer interaction (HCI) and practical user interface designs, inventions, and flagship products.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Can Liu
City University of Hong Kong
Can Liu is an assistant professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Her research is about designing future interfaces with ubiquitous technologies based on empirical user studies. She works with heterogeneous displays, voice interfaces and physical computing to augment our interaction with the physical world.
Jun Hu
Eindhoven University of Technology
Jun Hu is an Associate Professor in Design Research on Social Computing, at the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven university of Technology. He is a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Jiangnan University and a Guest Professor at Zhejiang University. His research interests include social computing, cyber-physical systems, IoT, HCI, and design education.
Guihuan Feng
Nanjing University
Guihuan Feng is an associate professor of Nanjing University, China. Her research interests include natural human-computer Interaction, multimodal interaction, software usability and software experience design, especially in pen/sketch-based interaction. She is a committee member of the International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction.
PAPER CHAIRS
Huawei Tu
La Trobe University
Huawei Tu is a lecturer at La Trobe University, Australia. His research area is Human-computer Interaction, with special interests in multimodal interaction, user interface design and user experience design. He is a committee member and the secretary general of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction.
Jian Zhao
University of Waterloo
Jian Zhao is an assistant professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, where he directs the WatVis (Waterloo Visualization) group. His research interests include information visualization, human-computer interaction, and data science. His work contributes to the development of advanced interactive visualizations that promote the interplay of human, machine, and data.
LATE BREAKING WORK CHAIRS
Mingming Fan
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Mingming Fan is an Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts and an Affiliated Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology starting in July 2021. He has been an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2019. His research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility. His research contributes to Assistive Technology, AI-Assisted UX Analysis Methods, and novel VR & Sensing Techniques.
Guanyun Wang
Zhejiang University
Guanyun Wang is an Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University, College of Computer Science and Technology. His research revolves around design and fabrication. As a designer, he has sought emerging interaction methods from science and nature. As a researcher, he has worked on designing and fabricating smart materials that are responsive, adaptive, and tunable. His works have been published and exhibited across science, engineering, design, and art.
PUBLICATION CHAIR
Kening Zhu
City University of Hong Kong
Kening Zhu is an Associate Professor jointly appointed by the School of Creative Media and the Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong. Kening Zhu received his PhD degree from the National University of Singapore, and his bachelor degree in Computer Science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His research mainly focuses on multimodal and embodied human-computer interaction, including gesture-based interfaces, haptic interfaces, and tangible user interfaces.
TECHNICAL CHAIR
Chen Wang
Kochi University of Technology
Chen Wang is a third-year Ph.D. student of human-computer interaction from Kochi University of Technology in Japan. He is a student board member of the International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction. His main research directions are Human-Engaged Computing and computational aesthetics. His supervisor is Prof. Xiangshi Ren (xiangshiren.com).
PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Xu Lin
Eindhoven University of Technology
Xu Lin is a PhD Candidate of Industrial Design from Eindhoven University of Technology. She received an M.A. from Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. Her current research looks into the specific context of long-term institutional care, investigating the possibilities of interaction design to support elderly people’s social connectedness through facilitating connections between the inside and outside world.
Pengcheng An
University of Waterloo
Pengcheng An is a postdoctoral researcher in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D. from Eindhoven University of Technology on Peripheral Interaction and Ambient Intelligence, and M.Sc. from Sichuan University. His research encompasses the design and development of Calm Technology, Seamless Interaction, and emerging interactive systems for augmenting the future of work.
SPONSOR CHAIR
Wei Liu
Beijing Normal University
Wei Liu , PhD, associate professor, is director of User eXperience (UX) Master at Faculty of Psychology at Beijing Normal University. His research interests include developing methods, techniques, and tools to optimize the design process for user centered interaction design.
SECRETARY IN GENERAL
Yi Ji
Guangdong University of Technology
Yi Ji is an associate professor at the School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology. He has been engaged in research on interaction design and user experience abroad for a long time and crosscutting experience. Devote to the development of personalized human-computer interaction design mode and practice of the integration of art and interaction technology. He published more than 20 papers in international journals and top academic conferences, including Leonardo Transactions (MIT Press) IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications etc.
VI DESIGNER
Shuo Li
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shuo Li is a first-year Ph.D in the Design School at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her main research directions are human-computer interaction, healthcare and virtual reality. Her supervisor is Prof. Ting Han (designschool.sjtu.edu.cn).
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
Yuxin Xu
University of Waterloo
Yuxin Xu recently graduated from the University of Waterloo with a bachelor's degree in Global Business and Digital Arts. Also, she is a future graduate student in the faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her concentrations are Culture and Technology and User Experience Design.
Paper Submission Deadlines
Call of Papers
- Full Papers:
- July 15, 2021, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth
- Late-Breaking Work:
- August 10, 2021, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth
Scan the QR Code Below for Submission Requirements
Layout editing: Yuxin Xu, University of Waterloo, Canada
Visual design: Shuo Li, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University