Chengbo Zheng 郑成博

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I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, working closely with Prof. Tim Miller, Dr. Alina Bialkowski, Prof. Monika Janda, and Prof. H Peter Soyer.

My research focuses on designing innovative interactive AI systems aimed at augmenting human capabilities in information seeking, sensemaking, and leveraging complex information. Currently, I am mainly working on AI tools to assist clinicians in medical decision making. I also work on human-AI collaboration in education and data science domains. I explore various human-centered design methodologies, such as participatory design, speculative design, and design fiction, to investigate meaningful ways of integrating AI into everyday professional practices.

Previously, I completed my PhD at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), under the supervision of Prof. Xiaojuan Ma. I earned my undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Chu Kochen Honors College at Zhejiang University (ZJU), where I was honored as one of the Morningside Cultural China Scholars.

🔥 News

  • 2025.04: 🇯🇵 Attended CHI 2025 in Yokohama!
  • 2025.04: 🦘 Visited Prof. Zongyuan Ge's lab at Monash University to discuss about AI for skin cancers.
  • 2025.03: 🎉 One paper receives a CHI 2025 Honorable Mention Award -- congrats to my collaborators!
  • 2024.11: 🦘 Started my postdoctoral research at UQ in Brisbane.
  • 2024.08: ✏️ I will serve as an associate chair (AC) in the computational interaction subcommittee at CHI 2025!
  • 2024.08: 👨‍🎓 Successfully passed my PhD thesis defense!
  • 2024.07: 🎉 Our paper on graph layout in immersive environments has been accepted for the conference track at ISMAR 2024!
  • 2024.07: 🎉 Two papers have been accepted by UIST 2024. Check DiscipLink and WaitGPT!
  • 2024.06: 🎉 Our paper on transitions in data videos has been accepted by ChinaVis 2024!
  • 2024.05: 🎤 Successfully defended my PhD thesis proposal!
  • 2024.05: 🌺 Presented and served as a session chair at CHI 2024 in Hawaii!
  • 2024.01: 🎉 Our co-design study paper on assessing student performance in AI-enhanced PBL has been accepted by CHI 2024!
  • 2024.01: 🎤 Delivered a talk on human-AI group decision making at Xiamen University.
  • 2023.12: 🐈 Welcomed our cat, 雪松, into our home!
  • 2023.07: 📰 Check out the news release about our work on AI in group decision-making!
  • 2023.04: 🇩🇪 Attended CHI 2023 in Hamburg, Germany!
  • 2023.01: 🎉 Three papers on human-AI collaboration were accepted by CHI 2023!
  • 2022.05: Participated in CHI 2022 virtually!
  • 2022.04: 🎤 Passed my PhD Qualifying Exam!
  • 2022.01: 🎉 Our paper on supporting data scientists in creating presentation slides was accepted by CHI 2022!
  • 2022.01: 🎉 Our paper on misinformation in data stories was accepted by PacificVis 2022!
  • 2020.09: 🎓 Began my PhD journey amidst the challenges of the COVID era.

📝 Selected Publications

  1. CHI ’22
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    Telling Stories from Computational Notebooks: AI-Assisted Presentation Slides Creation for Presenting Data Science Work
    Chengbo Zheng*, Dakuo Wang*, April Yi Wang, and Xiaojuan Ma
    In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , New Orleans, LA, USA, 2022
  2. CHI ’23
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    Competent but Rigid: Identifying the Gap in Empowering AI to Participate Equally in Group Decision-Making
    Chengbo Zheng, Yuheng Wu, Chuhan Shi, Shuai Ma, Jiehui Luo, and Xiaojuan Ma
    In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Hamburg, Germany, 2023
  3. CHI ’24
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    Charting the Future of AI in Project-Based Learning: A Co-Design Exploration with Students
    Chengbo Zheng, Kangyu Yuan, Bingcan Guo, Reza Hadi Mogavi, Zhenhui Peng, Shuai Ma, and Xiaojuan Ma
    In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Honolulu, HI, USA, 2024
  4. UIST ’24
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