Jiawen Stefanie Zhu

HCI + Language | PhD Student @ UW CSE

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Hello! I'm a first-year PhD student at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, working with Dr. Katharina Reinecke and Dr. Tanu Mitra.

I mainly conduct research in the fields of
Human-Computer Interaction
and
Visualization
. My broad research interest lies in designing and analyzing intelligent interactive systems that can increase the effectiveness of
Human-Human and Human-AI collaboration
. Currently, I'm investigating the concept of
language-adaptable interfaces
, as well as developing technologies that can better
support multilingual users
.

I obtained my bachelor's degree at the University of Waterloo, where I was advised by Dr. Jian Zhao. In my spare time, I like to hike, read, and practice martial arts. I'm also interested in linguistics, and enjoy exploring and comparing different languages.

News

2024-10 One co-authored paper on hierarchical code generation at UIST’24.
2024-09 Started my Ph.D. program at the University of Washington.
2024-05 Attending CHI’24 to present work on computational notebooks at the Workshop on Human-Notebook Interactions. One co-authored paper on emotional teasers was also accepted.
2024-05 Graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.CS in Computer Science.
2024-01 Received the CRA 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award - Honorable Mention.