Chinese CHI 2024 Conference Program
Conference Program
Conference Overview
Organized by International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI), Chinese CHI 2024 will take place from November 22 to 25, 2024, at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China. Its themes are Innovation, Creativity, and Integration.
Organized by International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI), this academic conference has become an important meeting point connecting Chinese HCI researchers, academia, and industry worldwide. Since 2012, Chinese CHI has been held successfully in Paris, Toronto, Seoul, Silicon Valley, Guangzhou, Montreal, Xiamen, and Bali, Indonesia. Conference papers are included in the ACM Digital Library and submitted for EI indexing.
In an era of emerging AI, the conference explores how technological innovation can transform interaction, stimulate creativity, shape more intelligent and human-centered interactive systems, and integrate multidisciplinary research to address complex real-world applications. We warmly invite leading scholars, researchers, and industry figures worldwide to share their latest findings and experience, exchange ideas, and explore diverse ways technology can empower humanity's future.
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Conference Program
Day 1: November 22
Workshops and Symposia
Building C1, Zhiyuan
Southern University of Science and Technology School of Design
Registration 8:30 am–9:00 am
Concurrent Workshops 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Workshop 1: Industrial Applications of Interaction Design Languages
Host: Luo Tao, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 2: Possibilities of Bio-HCI: Exploring Future Scenarios for Bio-HCI Innovation
Host: Christiane Herr, Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 3: How Will We Grow Old? Cultivating Intergenerational Awareness of Aging
Host: Wanlin Zhang, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Mirna Zordan, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Xueliang Li, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 4: Exploring Physiological Sensing as Embodied Cues to Enhance Co-Presence in the Metaverse
Host: Ruowei Xiao, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 5: Urban Soundscapes: Interactive Data Visualization of Urban Sound Diaries
Host: Xuehua Fu, Research Assistant, Sound Research Group, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 6: Future Archaeology: Experiencing, Discussing, and Testing Living Archives Through Hakka Culture
Host: Enza Migliore, Assistant Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Workshop 7: Creating Creation: Collaborating with GenFlow Agents on AIGC Tasks
Host: Innovation Center, Alibaba Cloud Intelligent Design Department
Concurrent Presentation 10:30 am–10:50 am (Tentative)
Innovative Applications of Multimodal Neurotechnology in Intelligent human–computer interaction
Shuo Wang, Regional Director, Beijing Everloyal Technology Co., Ltd.
Lunch and Break 12:00 pm–13:00 pm
2024 International Workshop on Human-Engaged Computing
and the Launch of Human-Engaged Computing
13:00 pm - 17:40 pm
Detailed program: http://chchi.icachi.org/24/iwhec/
Forum on New Quality Productive Forces for Intelligent Development
8:30 am - 17:00 pm
A detailed program will follow. Stay tuned.
Day 2: November 23
Conference and Exhibitions
Southern University of Science and Technology Main Campus, Business School Building
Registration 8:00 am–8:30 am
Opening Remarks 8:30 am–8:50 am
Congratulatory Letter from CAST Leadership
Zhiyong Fu, President of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction; Associate Professor, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University
Remarks from Southern University of Science and Technology University Leadership
Thomas Kvan, Dean and Chair Professor, School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology
Keynote 1, 8:50 am–9:30 am
Toward Inclusive Data Experiences Through Human–Data Interaction
Bongshin Lee, Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea
Keynote 2, 9:30 am–10:10 am
Design Based on Data and Connectivity
Jun Hu, Associate Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
Coffee Break 10:10 am–10:20 am
Full Paper Presentations 10:20 am–12:00 pm
Lunch and Break 12:00 pm–13:00 pm
Poster Exhibition (LBW) and Art Exhibition
13:00 pm - 14:00 pm
Concurrent Presentation 13:30 pm–13:50 pm
Innovative Applications of Multimodal Neurotechnology in Intelligent human–computer interaction
Shuo Wang, Regional Director, Beijing Everloyal Technology Co., Ltd.
Full Paper Presentations 14:00 pm–15:40 pm
Greater Bay Area Symposium
16:00 pm - 17:30 pm
Toward Next-Generation Interaction Technologies: Changing Perspectives in Education, Research, and Industry
Shengdong Zhao, Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Mingming Fan, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Xin Tong, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Shengyu Zhu, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
Concluding Remarks 17:30 pm–17:35 pm
ICACHI Board Meeting
19:00 pm - 21:00 pm
Day 3: November 24
Conference and Exhibitions
Southern University of Science and Technology Main Campus, Business School Building
Registration 8:00 am–8:30 am
Introduction to the Day's Program 8:30 am–8:40 am
Keynote 3, 8:40 am–9:20 am
Visualization of Music and Art
Takayuki Itoh, Professor, Departments of Human-Centered Data Engineering and Information Sciences; Director, Center for AI and Data Science, Ochanomizu University
Keynote 4, 9:20 am–10:00 am
Designing Fluent Human–AI Interaction: Learning from Human–Human Collaboration
Anthony Tang, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
Coffee Break 10:00 am–10:20 am
Full Paper Presentations 10:20 am–12:00 pm
Lunch and Break 12:00 pm–13:00 pm
School Tour 12:40 pm–13:40 pm
Visit to SUSTech
Visit to the School of Design
Full Paper Presentations 14:00 pm–15:40 pm
Coffee Break 15:40 pm–16:00 pm
Keynote 5, 16:00 pm–16:40 pm
Interacting with the World
Robert Xiao, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Keynote 6, 16:40 pm–17:20 pm
Development of the Science Fiction Industry in the AI Era
Yan Wu, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology
Art Exhibition Competition Awards
17:20 pm - 17:30 pm
Closing Remarks 17:30 pm–17:40 pm
Jian Zhao, Vice President of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction; Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Xiaohua Sun, Chair Professor, SUSTech School of Design
Day 4: November 25
Company Visits 8:30 am–12:00 pm
A detailed program will follow. Stay tuned.
Speakers and Moderators
Keynote Speakers
Bongshin Lee
Yonsei University, South Korea
Professor Bongshin Lee joined Yonsei University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering in March 2024. Her research in data visualization, human–computer interaction, and human–data interaction helps people achieve their goals through advances in data, visualization, and technology. Previously, she spent seventeen years at Microsoft Research, becoming Senior Principal Researcher. She chairs the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Community (VGTC), serves on the ACM ISS steering committee, and is papers co-chair for CHI 2025. She was general chair of ISS 2019 and IEEE PacificVis 2017, and papers chair for IEEE InfoVis 2015 and 2016 and IEEE PacificVis 2018. She joined the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2020 and received her PhD in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2006.
Jun Hu
Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Jun Hu is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor in Social Computing Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), head of the doctoral program in design engineering at human–computer interaction, and distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor at Zhejiang University and Jiangnan University. He chairs IFIP's Entertainment Computing working group on Aesthetics and Empowerment (WG14.7), has chaired the Sino-European Design Promotion Association since 2019, and has served as a director of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI) since 2020 and vice president since 2024.
Takayuki Itoh
Ochanomizu University
Takayuki Itoh has been a full professor in the Departments of Human-Centered Data Engineering and Information Sciences at Ochanomizu University, Japan, since 2011 and director of its Center for AI and Data Science since 2019. He was general chair of Graph Drawing 2022, conference chair of IEEE Pacific Visualization 2018, short papers co-chair for IEEE VIS 2023/2024, and program track co-chair for IEEE Pacific Visualization 2024/2025. He earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Waseda University in 1990, 1992, and 1997. He worked at IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory from 1992 to 2005, joined Ochanomizu as associate professor in 2005, and became professor in 2011. His interests include visualization, computer graphics, human–computer interaction, multimedia, and data science.
Anthony Tang
Singapore Management University
Anthony Tang is an associate professor in Singapore Management University's School of Computing and Information Systems. He leads RICELab—Rethinking Interaction, Collaboration and Engagement—which researches human–computer interaction, especially CSCW and UbiComp. His group currently explores human–AI collaboration and immersive collaboration technologies, supported by Singapore's Ministry of Education and NAVER. Earlier support came from Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Meta, Nokia, GRAND, and SurfNet. He co-chaired the 25th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2022) and is associate editor of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Human–Computer Interaction. Previously, he worked at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information, serving as associate dean for research (2020–22) and doctoral supervisor (2020–21), and earlier at the University of Calgary's computer science department.
Robert Xiao
University of British Columbia
Robert Xiao is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia. His broad HCI interests focus particularly on sensing, mixed reality, and wearable devices. His honors include CMU's Outstanding Research Award, an ACM SIGCHI Best Paper Award, and an ACM ISS Lasting Impact Award. His recent work focuses on mixed-reality collaborative interfaces and augmented reality interfaces.
Yan Wu
Southern University of Science and Technology
Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology and director of the Academic Methodology and Cultural Creativity Teaching and Research Office. Previously, he was a professor at Beijing Normal University in science fiction literature and science education and a doctoral supervisor specializing in science fiction within modern and contemporary literature. He led the 2012 major National Social Science project History of Chinese Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.
He began writing popular science and science fiction in the 1970s under Ye Yonglie and Zheng Wenguang and has authored numerous science fiction and animation works. A pioneer in Chinese science fiction education, he introduced China's first undergraduate science fiction course in 1991, established its first master's specialization in 2003, and expanded it to doctoral study in 2015.
He directs theoretical series including Science Fiction Literary Theory and Disciplinary Development, New Conceptual Theories of Science Fiction, Selected Western Science Fiction Criticism, and New Space Science Fiction Cinema, as well as fiction series such as The Most Imaginative Science Fiction, Science Fiction by World-Renowned Scientists, and The Year's Best Science Fiction. Formerly guest deputy editor of Science Fiction World, he edited the China special issue of Science Fiction Studies and the collection (Re)imagining the World: Children's Literature's Response to Changing Times. He is vice president of the China Science Writers Association and guest editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World's children's edition.
Opening Remarks
Zhiyong Fu
Tsinghua University
Zhiyong Fu is president of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction, deputy head and tenured associate professor of Information Art and Design at Tsinghua University's Academy of Arts and Design, and a doctoral supervisor. He directs Tsinghua University's Art and Science Innovation Base, is deputy director of the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Research Center, secretary-general of the China Industrial Design Association's Information and Interaction Design Committee, and co-founder of the Global Design Futures Network. He serves on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' second expert committee on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in interaction design, service design, design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His research addresses smart products and services, human-centered cities, and design futures.
Thomas Kvan Thomas KVAN
Southern University of Science and Technology
A chair professor and founding dean of Southern University of Science and Technology's School of Design, he became a fellow of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2005, and of the Royal Society of Arts in 2021. He has been pro vice-chancellor for campus and global development and dean of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, and dean of architecture, design, and planning at the University of Sydney and architecture at the University of Hong Kong. At Melbourne, he helped establish the Melbourne School of Design and major interdisciplinary research programs. He holds or has held honorary and advisory positions at the universities of Melbourne, Eindhoven, Wuhan, Xi'an Jiaotong, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and New South Wales.
Professor Kvan is internationally known for pioneering research in design, design learning, digital environments, design management, and virtual heritage. He co-founded and directed LEaRN, the Learning Environments Applied Research Network, conducting multidisciplinary research in learning and architecture. He also founded and directed AURIN, the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network, developing national digital urban-data infrastructure for research and policy. He has published over 200 contributions in scholarly, professional, and public outlets and served on leading journal editorial boards. He holds a PhD in architecture from the Open University, a master's in architectural computing from UCLA, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Cambridge.
Closing Remarks
Jian Zhao
University of Waterloo
A vice president of International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction, he is an associate professor in the University of Waterloo's School of Computer Science, leads WatVis, and belongs to the Waterloo AI Institute and Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics (WISA). His work combines information visualization, human–computer interaction, and data science to develop interactive visual systems that improve analysis of complex real-world data. He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Toronto. His awards include an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement and six best paper awards or honorable mentions at leading venues such as VIS, CHI, and MobileHCI. He serves on program committees including VIS and CHI and in organizational leadership at VIS, PacificVis, ChinaVis, and ISVC. He has worked at Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe Research and holds over ten patents, some incorporated into products.
Xiaohua Sun
Southern University of Science and Technology
A chair professor in Southern University of Science and Technology's School of Design and deputy director of its Robotics Institute, Professor Xiaohua Sun has more than twenty years of academic and industry experience in interaction design and intelligent technologies. She has researched and taught at MIT CECI, the MIT Media Lab, FXPAL, IBM Research, Clarkson University, and Tongji University. Professor Xiaohua Sun previously served as associate dean of Tongji University's College of Design and Innovation, head of Tongji University's Digital Innovation Center and the Tongji–MIT City Science Laboratory, leader of AI and big-data innovation in Shanghai's peak design discipline, and chair of the China Industrial Design Association's Information and Interaction Committee.
Professor Xiaohua Sun conducts pioneering research and practice in adaptive learning for service robots, autonomous driving human–vehicle interaction, and intelligent healthcare and well-being. Longstanding collaborations with Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, SAIC, Intel, Ford, VGC, PSA, SAP, Siemens, and Philips have advanced technology and product innovation. Supported by an MIT presidential scholarship in 2000-2007, Professor Xiaohua Sun completed master's and doctoral degrees in the interdisciplinary Design and Computation program.
IWHEC Program and Speakers
Read the full announcement: 2024 International Workshop on Human-Engaged Computing (IWHEC) and the Launch of Human-Engaged Computing.
New Quality Productive Forces Forum: Program and Speakers
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Greater Bay Area Session Speakers
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Workshop Program and Hosts
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