Xinyue Chen

Bio

Hi, I'm Xinyue Chen. I am currently a forth-year PhD candidate at Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, supervised by Prof. Xu Wang. Previously, I received my B.S. in the Department of Information Management from Peking University , advised by Prof. Pengyi Zhang. I also worked as a research intern at the "Tools for thought" group at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK mentored by Sean Rintel, Lev Tankelevitch, and Payod Panda.

Research Interests

I study how to design AI systems that enhance human thinking. My work focuses on two complementary challenges:

  • First, how to design interactions that help users externalize evolving lines of reasoning and reuse prior intent across tasks like writing and collaborative sense-making;
  • Second, how to ensure that AI support does not undermine agency or cognitive effort.

Beyond individual, I also study how AI can facilitate collaboration, not just between humans, but within human-AI teams. I investigate how intent and reasoning become fragmented in group work and design interaction mechanisms that enable AI to surface misalignment, mediate coordination, and facilitate teams' co-construction of meaning and shared understanding.

See more in my CV.

Updates

  • [April 2025] I will present our paper "Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings." at CHI 2025, April 29th 9:20 am at the "Meeting and Collaboration" Session. More Info
  • [May 2025] I'm going to start an internship at Adobe Research, working with Alexa Siu
  • [April 2025] Our paper: "Strengthening the Chain of Intentionality Across Meetings: AI-Assisted Retrospection and Prospection For Knowledge Work." got accepted at DIS 2025.
  • [Mar 2025] Our paper: "What Does Success Look Like? Catalyzing Meeting Intentionality with AI-Assisted Prospective Reflection." got accepted at CHIWORK 2025.
  • [Feb 2025] Two paper: "Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings." and "LADICA: A Large Shared Display Interface for Generative AI Cognitive Assistance in Co-Located Team Collaboration." got accepted at CHI 2025.
  • [Oct 2024] Our paper: "MeetMap: Generating Dialogue Maps as Real-Time Cognitive Scaffolds for Online Meetings." got accepted at CSCW 2025.

Experience

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

    Research Intern, June 2024 - Aug 2024

    Mentor: Sean Rintel, Lev Tankelevitch, Payod Panda

    Topic: AI-assisted during meeting reflection.

  • LLL

    LifeLongLearning Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Research Assistant, June 2020 - Now

    Mentor: Xu Wang

    Topic: Designing online meeting and learning tools which support better mutual understanding.

  • salt

    SALT Lab, University of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Research Intern, Feb 2020 - April 2021

    Mentor: Yun Huang

    Topic: Understanding the new trend and practice in video community in China.

  • FBAI

    Department of Information Management, Peking University

    Undergraduate Student, Sep 2017 - July 2021

    Supervior: Pengyi Zhang

    Received Bachelor's Degree (with Honors) at PKU.