Joined the Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity at HKUST as a Research Intern, advising by Prof. Pan Hui.
XinyiChen✦
M.S. Student in Industrial Design Engineering · Zhejiang University
I am a master's student at Zhejiang University, advised by Prof. Chunlei Chai. I am currently a research intern at the Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity at HKUST (GZ), working with Prof. Pan Hui. Previously, I worked with Prof. Xiaojuan Ma at the HCI Initiative, HKUST.
My research interests center on AI-supported creative thinking, particularly how interactive systems can help people develop ideas through feedback, reflection, and revision.
I am interested in designing interactions that help creators consider different perspectives, articulate their intentions, and decide how to move their work forward. A central question for me is how AI can expand creative possibilities while leaving room for creators to exercise and develop their own judgment.
Alongside system design, I am interested in evaluation methods that capture what makes AI assistance useful in creative work. I aim to develop metrics and benchmarks that account for creators' goals and stages of the creative process, and investigate how these assessments relate to people's experiences and decisions.
I am seeking PhD opportunities in HCI and Human-Centered NLP.
News
Our project DuoDrama on LLM-assisted reflection for screenplay refinement was accepted by CHI 2026.
Our work on LLM-enabled generative cultural product design was published in Advanced Engineering Informatics.
Publications
Yuying Tang, Xinyi Chen, Haotian Li, Xing Xie, Xiaojuan Ma, Huamin Qu
In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Human-AI Co-CreationLLM AgentsInteractive Narrative
Yang Yin, Xinyi Chen, Yingpin Chen, Yuchen Hong, Jinhe Li, Xiyuan Zhang, Chunlei Chai, Hao Fan
Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 69, part C, article 103993, 2026
Generative DesignCultural ComputingSemantic Representation
Xinyi Chen, Shiyin Ding, Shaobin Hou, Chunlei Chai
2025 18th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design (ISCID), pp. 85–88
Conversational AIAnthropomorphismUser Preference
Shiying Ding, Xinyi Chen, Yan Fang, Wenrui Liu, Yiwu Qiu, Chunlei Chai
2023 16th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design (ISCID), pp. 204–208
Multi-Agent SystemsDesign CollaborationLLMs
Research Experience
MC2, HKUST
Research Intern · advised by Prof. Pan Hui
Human-AI collaborative feedback system
Developed and evaluated an LLM-based feedback workflow for open-ended text revision. Under a unified evaluation schema, LLM-based evaluations were directionally aligned with human preference judgments. Manuscript under review.
ARK Lab, HKUST
Research Intern · advised by Prof. Xin Tong
Cross-device multi-agent collaboration
Developed and studied a cross-device multi-agent workflow for context sharing, capability coordination, and continuity across heterogeneous devices while preserving user control. Manuscript under review.
HCI Initiative, HKUST
Research Intern · advised by Prof. Xiaojuan Ma
Experience-grounded feedback for screenplay reflection
Built a full-stack multi-agent system combining character role-play with reflective feedback for screenplay revision. A formative study with nine professional screenwriters informed the design; a user study with fourteen participants showed improved feedback quality and alignment, as well as greater effectiveness, depth, and richness of reflection. Published at CHI 2026.
IABC Lab, Zhejiang University
Graduate Researcher · advised by Prof. Chunlei Chai
Human-AI collaborative video production
Prototyped and iteratively tested a workflow that maps multimodal inputs to production-oriented video outputs; developed cinematic rule sets and prepared fine-tuning data.
Background
Education
2023–PresentZhejiang University
M.S. Industrial Design Engineering
2019–2023Northeastern University
B.S. Digital Media Technology
Industry
Nov 2025–May 2026Kaon (previously FlowGPT)
AI Technology Operations Intern
Apr–Nov 2024Hangzhou Zaowu Technology
Generative AI Engineer
Tools & methods
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowscikit-learnTypeScriptReactNext.jsFastAPILangChainSemantic retrievalPrompt engineeringExperimental designInterviewsThink-aloudThematic analysisQuantitative analysisFigmaBlenderC4DUnity 3D
Awards(selected)
2024 Global Digital Intelligence Education Innovation Competition · Merit Award
2022 Northeastern University · First-Class Merit Scholarship and Outstanding Student
2022 International Mathematical Contest in Modeling · Third Prize
2021 China National Scholarship