Xiaojuan Ma

I am an associate professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I am serving as the Associate Head of Department (Research & Knowledge Transfer) and PG Programs Coordinator this year. I am a senior member of IEEE and ACM.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Princeton University. My Advisor was Prof. Perry Cook. I was a post-doctoral researcher at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with Prof. Jodi Forlizzi, and before that a research fellow with Prof. Zhenhui (Jack) Jiang in the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the Information Systems department. Before joining HKUST, I was a researcher of Human-Computer Interaction at Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei Tech. Investment Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong.

The HCI group @ HKUST designs and creates novel technologies, methods, and theories in the area of Human-Computer Interaction.
We welcome graduate students, post-docs, and visiting interns/scholars. Please send me your CV if your are interested in this topic or have any question.

Research

My research interest is data-driven approaches to Human-Engaged Computing (Read more). We explore how to promote human-AI synergy (Read more). Click here to show/hide more details.

Courses TOP

COMP3711 (UG Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
COMP4461 (UG HCI, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2022)
COMP4462 (UG Data Visualization, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
CSIT6000N (MSc IT Advanced Topics in HCI, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
COMP4901G (UG Hot Topics in HCI, Spring 2016, Fall 2016)
COMP6613A (PG Hot Topics in HCI, Fall 2015, Spring 2017)
IELM4320 (Design Thinking, Summer 2016, Summer 2017)

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Journal
	Ma, S., Sun, M., and Ma, X. (2022). Modeling Adaptive Expression of Robot Learning Engagement and Exploring its Effects on Human Teachers. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). (accepted) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Sun, Z., Wang, S., Liu, C., and Ma, X. (2022). Metaphoraction: Support Gesture-based Interaction Design with Metaphorical Meanings. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). (early access) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Peng, Z., Liu, Y., Zhou, H., Xu, Z., and Ma, X. (2022). CReBot: Exploring interactive question prompts for critical paper reading. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies (IJHCS). (accepted) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Ko, M. C., & Ma, X. (2022). Mobilizing Instrumental Childcare Support for Postpartum Mothers: Needs for and Barriers to Infant-centric Family Informatics Practices in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6, CSCW2, Article 359 (November 2022), 40 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Zhu, Q., Lo, L. Y. H., Xia, M., Chen, Z., & Ma, X. (2022). Bias-Aware Design for Informed Decisions: Raising Awareness of Self-Selection Bias in User Ratings and Reviews. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), Article 496, 31 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Xia, M., Zhu, Q., Wang, X., Nie, F., Qu, H., & Ma, X. (2022). Persua: A visual interactive system to enhance the persuasiveness of arguments in online discussion. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), Article 319, 30 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Liu, C., Huang, Z., Liu, D., Zhou, S., Peng, Z., & Ma, X. (2022). PlanHelper: Supporting Activity Plan Construction with Answer Posts in Community-based QA Platforms. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), Article 454, 26 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Hadi Mogavi, R., Zhang, Y., Haq, E. U., Wu, Y., Hui, P., & Ma, X. (2022). What Do Users Think of Promotional Gamification Schemes? A Qualitative Case Study in a Question Answering Website. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), Article 399, 34 pages. (Method Recognition Award) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Hadi Mogavi, R., Haq, E. U., Gujar, S., Hui, P., & Ma, X. (2022). More Gamification Is Not Always Better: A Case Study of Promotional Gamification in a Question Answering Website. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), Article 452, 32 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Shi, C., Nie, F., Hu, Y., Xu, Y., Chen, L., Ma, X., & Luo, Q. (2022). MedChemLens: An Interactive Visual Tool to Support Direction Selection in Interdisciplinary Experimental Research of Medicinal Chemistry. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (early access) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Liu, Q., Ren, Y., Zhu, Z., Li, D., Ma, X., & Li, Q. (2022). RankAxis: Towards a Systematic Combination of Projection and Ranking in Multi-Attribute Data Exploration. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (early access) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Zhang, C., Wang, X., Zhao, C., Ren, Y., Zhang, T., Peng, Z., Fan, X., Ma, X. and Li, Q. (2022). PromotionLens: Inspecting Promotion Strategies of Online E-commerce via Visual Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (early access) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Li, Q., Wei, X., Lin, H., Liu, Y., Chen, T., and Ma, X. (2021). Inspecting the Running Process of Horizontal Federated Learning via Visual Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (early access) (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Sun, M., Peng, Z., Xia, M. and Ma, X. (2021). Investigating the Effects of Robot Engagement Communication on Learning from Demonstration. International Journal of Social Robotics. (early access) (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Mogavi, R.H., Ma, X., and Hui, P. (2021). Characterizing Student Engagement Moods for Dropout Prediction in Question Pool Websites. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 5, CSCW. Article 12. 22 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Wang, L., Wang, D., Tian, F., Peng, Z., Fan, X., Zhang, Z., Ma, S., Yu, M., Ma, X., and Wang, H. (2021). CASS: Towards Building a Social-Support Chatbot for Online Health Community. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 5, CSCW. Article 9. 31 pages. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Zhao, Z. and Ma, X. (2021). Designing an Artificial Agent for Cognitive Apprenticeship Learning of Elevator Pitch in Virtual Reality. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (TCDS). (early access). (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Xia, M., Velumani, P., Xu, P., Wang, Y., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2020). QLens: Visual Analytics of Multi-step Problem-solving Behaviors for Improving Question Design. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (in press). (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Sun, Z., Reani, M., Li, Q., and Ma, X. (2020). Fostering Engagement in Technology-Mediated Stress Management: A Comparative Study of Biofeedback Designs. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS). 102430. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Wang, L., Zhang, D., Yang, D., Lim, B.Y., Han, X., and Ma, X. (2020). Sparse Mobile Crowdsensing with Differential and Distortion Location Privacy. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security. 15: 2735 - 2749. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Kim, T., Lee, J., Peng, Z., and Ma, X. (2019). Love in Lyrics: An Exploration of Supporting Textual Manifestation of Affection in Social Messaging. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW, Article 79 (November 2019), 27 pages. (iii.b) PDF
	Wang, L., Geng, X., Ke, J., Peng, C., Ma, X., Zhang, D., and Yang, Q. (2019). Ridesharing Car Detection by Transfer Learning. Artificial Intelligence. 273, 1-18. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Wang, Y., Sun, Z., Zhang, H., Cui, W., Xu, K., Ma, X., Zhang, D. (2019). DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheets from Tabular Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). 26(1), 895-905. (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Zhao, Z. and Ma, X. (2019). ShadowPlay2.5D: A 360-Degree Video Authoring Tool for Immersive Appreciation of Classical Chinese Poetry. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH). Article No.: 5. (i.c, iv.a) HTML
	Zhao, S., Xu, Y., Ma, X., Jiang, Z., Luo, Z., Li, S., Yang, L.T., Dey, A., and Pan, G. (2019). Gender Profiling from a Single Snapshot of Apps Installed on a Smartphone: An Empirical Study. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 16(2), 1330-1342. (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Li, Q., Yi, L., Njotoprawiro, K.S., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2018). WeSeer: Visual Analysis for Better Information Cascade Prediction of WeChat Articles. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Ma, X., Gui, X., Fan, J., Zhao, M., Chen, Y., and Zheng, K. (2018). Professional Medical Advice at your Fingertips: An empirical study of an online "Ask the Doctor" Platform. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 2, CSCW. (ii.b) PDF
	Wu, Z., Sun, Z., Kim, T., Reani, M., Jay, C., and Ma, X. (2018). Mediating Color Filter Exploration with Color Theme Semantics Derived from Social Curation Data. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 2, CSCW. (ii.b, iv.c) PDF
	Tong, C., Roberts, R., Borgo, R., Walton, S., Laramee, R.S., Wegba, K., Lu, A., Wang, Y., Qu, H., Luo, Q., and Ma, X. (2018). Storytelling and Visualization: An Extended Survey. Information. (iv.b) HTML
	Li, Q., Xu, P., Chan, Y. Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2017). A Visual Analytics Approach for Understanding Reasons behind Snowballing and Comeback in MOBA Games. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Zhu, K., Ma, X., Chen, H., and Liang, M. (2016). Tripartite Effects: Exploring Users' Mental Model of Mobile Gestures under the Influence of Operation, Handheld Posture, and Interaction Space. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI). (i.c, ii.a) HTML
	Ma, X. (2016). Developing Design Guidelines for a Visual Vocabulary of Electronic Medical Information to Improve Health Literacy. Interacting with Computers (IwC). (ii.a, iv.a) HTML
	Chen, C., Zhang, D., Ma, X., Guo, B., Wang, L., Wang, Y., & Sha, E. (2016). crowddeliver: Planning City-Wide Package Delivery Paths Leveraging the Crowd of Taxis. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. (Featured by IEEE Spectrum Read more) (ii.b)
	Chen, L., Zhang, D., Ma, X., Wang, L., Li, S., Wu, Z., & Pan, G. (2016) Container Port Performance Measurement and Comparison Leveraging Ship GPS Traces and Maritime Open Data. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. (ii.b) PDF
	Ma, X. (2015). Data-Driven Techniques to Assist Design of Perceptually Effective Visual Displays. Information Design Journal. 21(3):p207-224. (Cover article) (ii.a, iv.a)
	Chen, C., Zhang, D., Guo, B., Ma, X., Pan, G., and Wu, Z. (2014). TRIPPLANNER: Personalized Trip Planning Leveraging Heterogeneous Crowdsourced Digital Footprints. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. (ii.b, iv.c)
	Ma, X. (2013). Evocation: Analyzing and Propagating a Semantic Relation based on Free Word Association. Language Resources and Evaluation . 47(3): 819-837. HTML(ii.b)
Book or Book Chapter
	Marcus, A., Kurosu, M., Ma, X., Hashizume, A. (2017). Cuteness Engineering: Designing Adorable Products and Services. Springer Series on Cultural Computing. (Publishing Award by Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE) 2020; available now, Read more)(ii, iv.a, iv.b)
	Li, Q., Wu, Z., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2019). Co-design of an Interactive Analytics System for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Game Occurrences. Wallner, G. (Ed.) Data Analytics Applications in Gaming and Entertainment. (in press, Read more)(ii, iv.a, iv.b)
Conference
	Guo, Q., Zhou, S., Wu, Y., Peng, Z., & Ma, X. (2022). Understanding and Modeling Viewers’ First Impressions with Images in Online Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns. In Proc. CHI2022. 20 pages. (iii) HTML
	Ma, S., Zhou, T., Nie, F., & Ma, X. (2022). Glancee: An Adaptable System for Instructors to Grasp Student Learning Status in Synchronous Online Classes. In Proc. CHI2022. 25 pages. (iii) HTML
	Yang, W., Wu, Z., Mok, N. Y., & Ma, X. (2022). How to Save Lives with Microblogs? Lessons From the Usage of Weibo for Requests for Medical Assistance During COVID-19. In Proc. CHI2022. 18 pages. (iii) HTML
	Shi, C., Jiang, Z., Ma, X., & Luo, Q. (2022). A Personalized Visual Aid for Selections of Appearance Building Products with Long-term Effects. In Proc. CHI2022. 18 pages. (iii) HTML
	Zheng, C., Wang, D., Wang, A. Y., & Ma, X. (2022). Telling Stories from Computational Notebooks: AI-Assisted Presentation Slides Creation for Presenting Data Science Work. In Proc. CHI2022. 20 pages. (iii) HTML
	Ding, Z., Kang, J., HO, T. O. T., Wong, K. H., Fung, H. H., Meng, H., & Ma, X. (2022). TalkTive: A Conversational Agent Using Backchannels to Engage Older Adults in Neurocognitive Disorders Screening. In Proc. CHI2022. 19 pages. (iii) HTML
	Xie, L., Wu, Z., Xu, P., Li, W., Ma, X., & Li, Q. (2022). RoleSeer: Understanding Informal Social Role Changes in MMORPGs via Visual Analytics. In Proc. CHI2022. 17 pages. (iii) HTML
	Zhao, Z., Hou, Y., Wang, D., Yu, Mo., Liu, C., and Ma, X. (2022). Educational Question Generation of Children Storybooks via Question Type Distribution Learning and Event-centric Summarization. In Proc. ACL2022. pages 5073–5085. (iii) HTML
	Xu, Y., Wang, D., Yu, M., Ritchie, D., Yao, B., Wu, T., Zhang, Z., Li, T., Bradford, N., Sun, B., Hoang, T., Sang, Y., Hou, Y., Ma, X., Yang, D., Peng, N., Yu, Z., and Warschauer, M. (2022). Fantastic Questions and Where to Find Them: FairytaleQA – An Authentic Dataset for Narrative Comprehension. In Proc. ACL2022. pages 447-460. (iii) HTML
	Yang, W., Wang, S., Peng, Z., Shi, C., Ma, X., & Yang, D. (2022). Know it to Defeat it: Exploring Health Rumor Characteristics and Debunking Efforts on Chinese Social Media during COVID-19 Crisis. In Proc. AAAI ICWSM2022. 12 pages. (iii) PDF
	Hadi Mogavi, R., Guo, B., Zhang, Y., Haq, E. U., Hui, P., & Ma, X. (2022). When Gamification Spoils Your Learning: A Qualitative Case Study of Gamification Misuse in a Language-Learning App. In Proc. ACM L@S2022. pages 175-188. (Honorable Mention Award) (iii) PDF
	Liu, C., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y., Liu, D., Peng, Z., and Ma, X. (2022). Exploring the Effects of Self-Mockery to Improve Task-Oriented Chatbot's Social Intelligence. In Proc. ACM DIS2022. 15 pages. (iii)
	ZLu, Z., Tan, P., Ji, Y., and Ma, X. (2022). The Crafts+Fabrication Workshop: Engaging Students with Intangible Cultural Heritage-Oriented Creative Design. In Proc. ACM DIS2022. 13 pages. (iii)
	Zheng., C. and Ma, X. (2022). Evaluating the Effect of Enhanced Text-Visualization Integration on Combating Misinformation in Data Story. In Proc. IEEE PacificVis2022. 12 pages. (iii) HTML
	Peng, Z., Ma, X., Yang, D., Tsang, K.W., and Guo, Q. (2021). Effects of Support-Seekers’ Community Knowledge on Their Expressed Satisfaction with the Received Comments in Mental Health Communities. In Proc. CHI2021. 18 pages. (iii) HTML
	Kang, Y., Sun, Z., Wang, S., Huang, Z., Wu, Z., and Ma, X. (2021). MetaMap: Supporting Visual Metaphor Ideation through Multi-dimensional Example-based Exploration. In Proc. CHI2021. 22 pages. (*equal contribution) (iii) HTML
	Han, F., Cheng, Y., Strachan, M., and Ma, X. (2021). Hybrid Paper-Digital Interfaces: A Systematic Literature Review. In Proc. Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2021. (*equal contribution) (iii)
	Wu, Z., Xu, Q., Liu, Y., Peng, Z., Xu, Y., and Ma, X. (2021). Exploring Designers’ Practice of Online Example Management for Supporting Mobile UI Design. In Proc. ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI) 2021. (equal contribution, to appear) (iii)
	Zhao, Z., Sun, M., and Ma, X. (2021). Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Mastering Multiple Skills and Generalizing across Environments in Text-based Games. In Proc. ACL Workshop on Meta Learning for NLP (MetaNLP). (iii)
	Zhao, Z. and Ma, X. (2021). Meta-learning for Task-oriented Household Text Games. In Proc. ACL Workshop on Meta Learning for NLP (MetaNLP). (iii)
	Mogavi, R.H., Zhao, Y., Haq, E.U., Hui, P. and Ma, X. (2021). Student Barriers to Active Learning in Synchronous Online Classes: Characterization, Reflections, and Suggestions. In Proc. Learning at Scale (L@Scale) 2021. (iii)
	Peng, Z., Guo, Q., Tsang, K.W., and Ma, X. (2020). Exploring the Effects of Technological Writing Assistance for Support Providers in Online Mental Health Community. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Wu, Z., Jiang, Y., Liu, Y., and Ma, X. (2020). Predicting and Diagnosing User Engagement with Mobile UI Animation via a Data-Driven Approach. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Lin, C., Cheng, T.Y., and Ma, X. (2020). ARchitect: Building Interactive Virtual Experiences from Physical Affordances by Bringing Human-in-the-Loop. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Fu, X., Zhu, Y., Xiao, Z., Xu, Y., and Ma, X. (2020). RestoreVR: Generating Embodied Knowledge and Situated Experience of Dunhuang Mural Conservation via Interactive Virtual Reality. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Li, Q., Lin, H., Wei, X., Huang, Y., Fan, L., Du, J., Ma., X., Chen, T. (2020). MaraVis: Representation and Coordinated Intervention of Medical Encounters in Urban Marathon. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Wang, X., Zeng, H., Wang, Y., Wu, A., Sun, Z., Ma, X., and Qu, H. (2020). VoiceCoach: Interactive Evidence-based Training for Voice Modulation Skills in Public Speaking. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Shi, Y., Cao, N., Ma., X., Chen, S., and Liu, P. (2020). EmoG: Supporting the Sketching of Emotional Expressions for Storyboarding. In Proc. CHI2020. (iii) PDF
	Ding, X., Gui, X., Ma., X., Ding, Z., and Chen, Y. (2020). Getting the Healthcare We Want: the Use of Online "Ask the Doctor" Platforms in Practice. In Proc. CHI2020 (Honourable Mention Award). (iii) PDF
	Peng, Z., Mo, K., Zhu, X., Chen, J., Chen, Z., Xu, Q., and Ma, X. (2020). Understanding User Perceptions of Robot's Delay, Voice Quality-Speed Trade-off and GUI during Conversation. In Proc. CHI2020 EA. (iii) PDF
	Xia, M., Xu, M., Cheng, T., Lin, C., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2020). SeqDynamics: Visual Analytics for Evaluating Online Problem-solving Dynamics. In Proc. EuroVis2020. (iii) PDF
	Sun, Z., Wang, S., Yang, W., Yürüten, O, Shi, C., and Ma, X. (2020). "A Postcard from Your Food Journey in the Past": Promoting Self-Reflection on Social Food Posting. In Proc. DIS2020. (iii) PDF
	Zhao, Z, Papalexakis, E., and Ma, X. (2020). Learning Physical Common Sense as Knowledge Graph Completion via BERT Data Augmentation and Constrained Tucker Factorization. In Proc. EMNLP 2020. (iii) PDF
	Xia, M., Asano, Y., Williams, J.J., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2020). Using Information Visualization to Promote Students’ Reflection on “Gaming the system” in Online Learning. In Proc. Learning at Scale (L@S2020). (iii) PDF
	Liu, Q., Li, Q., Tang, C., Lin, H., Ma, X., and Chen, T. (2020). A Visual Analytics Approach to Scheduling Customized Shuttle Buses via Perceiving Passengers' Travel Demands. In Proc. IEEE VIS 2020 Short Paper. (iii) PDF
	Zhao, Z. and Ma, X. (2020). Situated Learning of Soft Skills with an Interactive Agent in Virtual Reality via Multimodal Feedback. In Proc. UIST 2020 EA. (iii) PDF
	Zhao, Z. and Ma, X. (2019). Text Emotion Distribution Learning from Small Sample: A Meta-Learning Approach. In Proc. EMNLP-IJCNLP 2019. (iii.b) PDF
	Zhao, Z., Cattle, A., Papalexakis, E., and Ma, X. (2019). Embedding Lexical Features via Tensor Decomposition for Small Sample Humor Recognition. In Proc. EMNLP-IJCNLP 2019. (iii.b) PDF
	Sun, M. and Ma, X. (2019). Adversarial Imitation Learning from Incomplete Demonstrations. In Proc. IJCAI2019. (iii.b) PDF
	Wang, L., Geng, X., Ma, X., Liu, F., and Yang, Q. (2019). Cross-City Transfer Learning for Deep Spatio-Temporal Prediction. In Proc. IJCAI2019. (i.c, iv.a) PDF
	Peng, Z., Kwon, Y., Lu, J., Wu, Z., and Ma, X. (2019). Design and Evaluation of Service Robot’s Proactivity in Decision-Making Support Process. In Proc. CHI2019. (iii) PDF
	Wu, Z., Kim, T., Li, Q., and Ma, X. (2019). Understanding and Modeling User-Perceived Brand Personality from Mobile Application UIs. In Proc. CHI2019. (ii.a, iv.c) PDF
	Xia, M., Sun, M., Wei, H., Chen, Q., Wang, Y., Shi, L., Qu, H., and Ma., X. (2019). PeerLens: Peer-inspired Interactive Learning Path Planning in Online Question Pool. In Proc. CHI2019. (ii.b, iv.a) PDF
	Ma, X., Yang, E., and Fung, P. (2019). Exploring Perceived Emotional Intelligence of Personality-Driven Virtual Agents in Handling User Challenges. In Proc. WWW2019. (iii.a) PDF
	Trimponias, G., Ma, X., and Yang, Q. (2019). Rating Worker Skills and Task Strains in Collaborative Crowd Computing: A Competitive Perspective. In Proc. WWW2019. (ii.b) PDF
	Wu, Z., Guo, J., Zhang, S., Zhao, C. and Ma, X. (2019). An AR Benchmark System for Indoor Planar Object Tracking. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). (ii.b) PDF
	Peng, Z., Kim, T., and Ma, X. (2019). GremoBot: Exploring Emotion Regulation in Group Chat. In Conference Companion Publication of CSCW2019. (iii.b) PDF
	Yan, Y., Yu, C., Ma, X., Huang, S., Iqbal, H., and Shi, Y. (2018). Eyes-Free Target Acquisition in Interaction Space around the Body for Virtual Reality. In Proc. CHI2018. (ii.a, iv.b) PDF
	Yan, Y., Yu, C., Ma, X., Yi, X., Ke, S., and Shi, Y. (2018). VirtualGrasp: Leveraging Experience of Interacting with Physical Objects to Facilitate Digital Object Retrieval. In Proc. CHI2018. (ii.a, iv.b) PDF
	Li, Q., Njotoprawiro, K.S., Haleem, H., Chen, Q., Yi, C., and Ma, X. (2018). EmbeddingVis: A Visual Analytics Approach to Comparative Network Embedding Inspection. In Proc. IEEE VAST2018. (iv.a) PDF
	Wang, L., Qin, G., Yang, D., Han, X., and Ma, X. (2018). Geographic Differential Privacy for Mobile Crowd Coverage Maximization. In Proc. AAAI2018. (ii.b, iv.c) PDF
	Bahng, H., Yoo, S., Cho, W., Park, D. K., Wu, Z., Ma, X., & Choo, J. (2018). Coloring with Words: Guiding Image Colorization Through Text-based Palette Generation. In Proc. ECCV2018. (iii.a, iv.b) Read more
	Li, Q., Wu, Z., Xu, P., Qu, H., and Ma, X. (2018). A Multi-Phased Co-design of an Interactive Analytics System for MOBA Game Occurrences. In Proc. DIS2018. (iv.a) Read more
	Cattle, A. and Ma, X. (2018). Recognizing Humour using Word Associations and Humour Anchor Extraction. In Proc. COLING2018. (ii.b) PDF
	Sun, Z., Han, F., and Ma, X. (2018). Exploring the Effects of Scale in Augmented Reality-Empowered Visual Analytics. In Proc. CHI2018 EA. (i.c, ii.a)
	Shi, Y., Yan, X. Ma, X., Lou, Y., and Cao, N. (2018). Designing Emotional Expressions of Conversational States for Voice Assistants: Modality and Engagement. In Proc. CHI2018 EA. (iii.a, iv.b)
	Sun, M., Zhao, Z., and Ma, X. (2017). Sensing and Handling Engagement Dynamics in Human-Robot Interaction Involving Peripheral Computing Devices. In Proc. CHI2017. (i.a, iii) PDF
	Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, C., Shi, S., Zhang, Y., He, S., Zhao, P., Ma, X., and Shi, Y. (2017). ViVo: Video-Augmented Dictionary for Vocabulary Learning. In Proc. CHI2017. (iv.c) PDF
	Ma, X. and Cao, N. (2017). Video-based Evanescent, Anonymous, Asynchronous Social Interaction: Motivation and Adaption to Medium. In Proc. CSCW2017. (ii.b) PDF
	Sun, Z., Cao, N., and Ma, X. (2017). Attention, Comprehension, Execution: Effects of Different Designs of Biofeedback Display. In Proc. CHI2017 EA. (i.b, iv.a)
	Wu, Z. and Ma, X. (2017). Money as a Social Currency to Manage Group Dynamics: Red Packet Gifting in Chinese Online Communities. In Proc. CHI2017 EA. (i.c, ii.b)
	Yang, Y., Ma, X., and Fung, P. (2017). Perceived Emotional Intelligence in Virtual Agents. In Proc. CHI2017 EA. (i.a, i.c, iii.a)
	Zhu, F., Fang, K., and Ma, X. (2017). Exploring the Effects of Strategy and Arousal of Cueing in Computer-Human Persuasion. In Proc. CHI2017 EA. (i.b, ii.a, iii, iv.c)
	Wang, L., Yang, D., Han, X., Wang, T., Zhang, D., and Ma., X. (2017). Location Privacy-Preserving Task Allocation for Mobile Crowdsensing with Differential Geo-Obfuscation. In Proc. WWW2017. (ii.b)
	Cattle, A. and Ma, X. (2017). Predicting Word Association Strengths. In Proc. EMNLP2017. (ii.b) PDF
	Li, Q., Shen, Q., Ming, Y., Xu, P., Wang, Y., Ma., X., and Qu, H. (2017). A Visual Analytics Approach for Understanding Egocentric Intimacy Network Evolution and Impact Propagation in MMORPGs. In Proc. PacificVis2017. (i.c, iv.a) Read more
	Yue, Y., Ma, X., and Jiang, Z. (2016). Influence of Content Layout and Motivation on Users' Herd Behavior in Social Discovery. In Proc. CHI2016. (i.c, iv.c) HTML
	Yun, W., Ma, X., Luo, Q., and Qu, H. (2016). Data Edibilization: Representing Data with Food. In Proc. CHI2016 alt.chi. (ii.a, iv.a, iv.b) HTML
	Chen, L., Zhang, D., Wang, L, Yang, D., Ma, X., Li, S., Wu, Z., Pan, G., Nguyen, T., and Jakubowicz, J. (2016). Dynamic Cluster-Based Over-Demand Prediction in Bike Sharing Systems. In Proc. Ubicomp2016. (Honorable Mention) (ii.a, iv.c) PDF
	Wang, L., Zhang, D., Yang, D., Lim, B., and Ma, X. (2016). Differential Location Privacy for Sparse Mobile Crowdsensing. In Proc. ICDM2016. (ii.a, iv.c) PDF
	Ma, X., Fang, K., and Zhu, F. (2016). From Breakage to Icebreaker: Inspiration for Designing Technological Support for Human-Human Interaction. In Proc. DIS2016. (ii, iv.c) PDF
	Silpasuwanchai, C., Ma, X., Shigemasu, H., and Ren, X. (2016). Developing a Comprehensive Engagement Framework of Gamification for Reflective Learning. In Proc. DIS2016. (i, ii.a, iv.c)
	Cattle, A. and Ma, X. (2016). Effects of Semantic Relatedness between Setups and Punchlines in Twitter Hashtag Games. In Proc. PEOPLES 2016. (ii.b)
	Sun, Z., Cao, N., and Ma, X. (2016). VideoForest: interactive visual summarization of video streams based on danmu data. In Proc. SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Visualization. (ii, iv.b)
	Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Ma, X., Luo, Q., and Qu, H. (2016). Animated narrative visualization for video clickstream data. In Proc. SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Visualization. (ii.a, iv.b)
	Ma, X., Yu, L., Forlizzi, J., and Dow, S. (2015). Exiting the Design Studio: Leveraging Online Participants for Early-Stage Design Feedback. In Proc. CSCW2015. (ii.b, iv.c) PDF
	Cheng, S., Sun, Z., Ma, X., Forlizzi, J., Hudson, S. and Dey, A. (2015). Social Eye Tracking: Gaze Recall with Online Crowds. In Proc. CSCW2015. (Honorable Mention). (i.b, ii.a) HTML
	Yue, Y., Ma, X., and Jiang, Z. (equal contribution) (2014). Share your View: Impact of Co-Navigation Support and Status Composition in Collaborative Online Shopping. In Proc. CHI2014. (i.b, i.c, iv.c) PDF
	Wei, J., Ma, X., and Zhao, S. (2014). Food Messaging: Using an Edible Medium for Social Messaging. In Proc. CHI2014. (ii, iv.b)
	Chen, L., Zhang, D., Pan, G., Wang, L, Ma, X., Chen, C., and Li, S. (2014). Container Throughput Estimation Leveraging Ship GPS Traces and Open Data. In Proc. Ubicomp2014. (ii.a)
	Chen, C., Zhang, D., Wang, L, Ma, X., Han, X., and Sha, E. (2014). TaxiExp: A Novel Framework for Inner-City Package Express via Taxi CrowdSourcing. In Proc. UIC2014. (ii.a, iv.c)
	Ma, X., Forlizzi, J. and Dow, S. (2012). Guidelines for Depicting Emotions in Storyboard Scenarios. In Proc. 8th International Conference on Design & Emotion. (ii.b, iv.a)
	Jianqiang, D.S., Ma, X., Zhao, S., Khoo, J.T., Bay, S.L. and Jiang, Z. (2011). Farmer's Tale: a Facebook Game to Promote Volunteerism. In Proc. CHI2011. (ii.b, iv.c)
	Ma, X., Fellbaum, C. and Cook, P. (2010). SoundNet: Investigating a Language Composed of Environmental Sounds. In Proc. CHI2010. (Honorable Mention) (ii.a, iv.b) PDF
	Nikolova, S., Ma, X., Tremaine, M., and Cook, P. (2010). Vocabulary navigation made easier In Proc. IUI2010. (ii.a, iv.b)
	Ma, X., Nikolova, S., and Cook, P. (2009). W2ANE: When Words Are Not Enough - Online Multimedia Language Assistant for People with Aphasia. In Proc. ACM Multimedia2009. (ii.a, iv.b) PDF
	Ma, X. and Cook, P. (2009). How Well do Visual Verbs Work in Daily Communication for Young and Old Adults? In Proc. CHI2009. (ii.a, iv.b) PDF
	Ma, X., Boyd-Graber, J., Nikolova, S. and Cook, P. (2009). Speaking Through Pictures: Images vs. Icons. In Proc. ASSETS2009. (ii.a, iv.b) PDF

Students TOP

Current members

Chuhan Shi (PhD student, co-supervise with Prof. Qiong Luo, since Fall 2019)
Chengzhong Liu (PhD student, HKPFS recipient, since Fall 2020)
Shuai Ma (PhD student, Redbird Scholarship recipient, since Fall 2020)
Qian Zhu (PhD student, since Fall 2020)
Chengbo Zheng (PhD student, since Fall 2020)
Qingyu Guo (PhD student, since Fall 2020)
Zeyu Huang (PhD student, since Fall 2021)
Junze Li (PhD student, Redbird Scholarship recipient, since Fall 2022)
Dingdong Liu (PhD student, co-supervised with Prof. Fugee Tsung, since Fall 2022)
Hanfang Lyu (PhD student, co-supervised with Prof. Fugee Tsung, since Fall 2022)
Jiehui Luo (MPhil student, Asian Future Leaders Scholarship (AFLSP) recipient, since Fall 2022)
Jiaxiong Hu (Post-doctoral Scholar, since Fall 2022)

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Post-doctoral Scholar

Leye Wang (Post-doctoral Scholar, co-mentored with Prof. Qiang Yang, Fall 2016 - Fall 2018, Assistant Professor, Peking University)

Graduated Students

Reza Hadi Mogavi (PhD student, co-supervised with Prof. Pan Hui, Winter 2018 - Spring 2023; Recipient of the best TA award at HKUST (Prof. Samuel Chanson Award), postdoc @ University of Waterloo)
Wenjie Yang (MPhil student, Fall 2020 - Summer 2022, research associate @ CMU)
Feng Han (PhD student, co-supervised with Prof. Jiheng Zhang, Fall 2018 - Spring 2022)
Zhenhui Peng (PhD student, SENG Top RPg award recipient, Fall 2017 - Spring 2021, assistant professor @ Sun Yat-sen University)
Man Ching Ko (TLE MPhil student, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021)
Zhida Sun (PhD student, Fall 2016 - Summer 2020, researcher @ HW HMI Lab)
Zhenjie Zhao (PhD student, Fall 2016 - Summer 2020, postdoc @ Aalto University, assistant professor @ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST))
Ziming Wu (PhD student, Fall 2016 - Summer 2020, researcher @ Tencent)
Meng Xia (PhD student, co-supervise with Prof. Huamin Qu, SENG Top RPg award recipient, Fall 2017 - Summer 2020, postdoc @ KAIST and CMU)
Taewook Kim (MPhil student, Fall 2018 - Summer 2020, PhD @ Northwestern)
Mingfei Sun (PhD student, SENG Top RPg award recipient, Spring 2016 - Spring 2020, Postdoc @ Oxford University and MSR Cambridge)
Quan Li (PhD student, SENG Top RPg award recipient, co-supervise with Prof. Huamin Qu, Fall 2015 - Fall 2018, Assistant Professor @ ShanghaiTech University)
Andrew Cattle (PhD student, HKPF, previously co-supervised with Prof. Qiang Yang, Fall 2015 - Summer 2018, Language Engineer @ Amazon)
Emily Yang Yang (TLE MPhil student, co-supervise with Prof. Pascale Fung, 2015-2017, UX Researcher @ Meta)

Other Research Graduate Students

Wenyuan Dai (PhD student, co-supervised with Prof. Qiang Yang, Spring 2018 - Fall 2019, General Manager @ 4Paradigm Corp.)
Jinliang Deng (MPhil student, co-supervised with Prof. Qiang Yang, Spring 2018 - Spring 2019, PhD @ U of Tech, Sydney)
Xiang Zhang (MPhil student, co-supervised with Prof. Qiang Yang, Spring 2018 - Spring 2019, Machine Learning Engineer @ Tencent)

Research Interns and Visiting Scholars

Fei Nie (Remote intern student, undergraduate student from HKUST, Summer 2020, 2021, Master@CMU)
Hanqi Zhou (Remote intern student, undergraduate student from Ulm University, Germany, Summer 2020)
Siyuan Chen (Remote intern student, undergraduate student from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Summer 2020)
Zhihan Jiang (Remote intern student, graduate student from Xiamen University, Summer 2020, PhD @ HKU)
Yue Yu (Remote intern student, undergraduate student from City University, Summer 2020)
Muyu Xu (Remote intern student, undergraduate student from HKUST, Summer 2020)
Tim Ta Ying Cheng (Research intern, undergraduate from HKUST, Summer 2019, DPhil@Oxford)
David Chuan-en Lin (Research intern, undergraduate from HKUST, Summer 2019, PhD@CMU)
Yiding Liu (Visiting student, undergraduate from Hong Kong University, Summer 2019, Master@UW)
Yulun Jiang (Visiting student, undergraduate from Wuhan University, Summer 2019, Master@EPFL)
Qingyu Guo (Intern student, graduate student from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Summer 2019, PhD@HKUST)
Wenjie Yang (Visiting student, undergraduate from Beijing Forestry University, Summer 2019, Master@HKUST)
Meiziniu Li (Visiting student, undergraduate from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Summer 2019, PhD@HKUST)
Yi Fei Cheng (Visiting student, undergraduate from Swarthmore College, USA, Summer 2019, Phd@CMU)
Yuji Zhang (Visiting student, undergraduate from Southeast University, Summer 2019)
Jungsoo Lee (Exchange student, undergraduate from Korea University, Spring 2019, Master@KAIST)
Hyeonjae Kim (Intern student, undergraduate from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Summer 2019)
Sitong Wang (Visiting student, undergraduate from Chongqing University, Summer 2019, Master@Columbia)
Ziming Chen (Visiting intern, undergraduate from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Summer 2018, Master@JHU)
Yunhwan Kwon (Visiting student, undergraduate from Dongguk University, Korea, Summer 2018)
Manuele Reani (Visiting Ph.D., from University of Manchester, Spring 2018, Assistant Professor@CUHK Shenzhen)
Michelle Wong (Exchange student, undergraduate from Smith College, USA, Spring 2018)
Jiaan Lu (Exchange, undergraduate from SJTU, Spring 2018, Master@CMU)
Minxuan Gao (Exchange, undergraduate from Tsinghua University, Spring 2018, Master@Columbia)
Meng Meng Yan (Visiting student, MPhil from KIT, Germany, Summer 2017)
Yiqing Mou (Intern, undergraduate from Hong Kong University, Summer 2017)
Jiayue Fan (Visiting intern, undergraduate from Tsinghua University, Summer 2017, Master@Tsinghua)
Mingjie Ye (Visiting intern, undergraduate from Zhejiang University, Summer 2017)
Taewook Kim (Visiting student, undergraduate from Hanyang University, Korea, Summer 2017, PhD@Northwestern)
Gehua Qin (Visiting intern, undergraduate from SJTU, China, Summer 2017, Master@UCSD)
Isabella Flack (Exchange, undergraduate from University of Warwick, UK, Fall 2016)
Hong Peng (Intern, undergraduate from Hong Kong University, Fall 2016, MHCI@CMU)
Feng Han (Visiting intern, undergraduate from Jilin University, Spring 2017, PhD@HKUST)
Yuruten Onur (Visiting Ph.D., from EPFL, Fall 2016)
Zhehao Zhu (Exchange, undergraduate from Tsinghua University, Fall 2016)
Wenchang Yang (Visiting intern, undergraduate from Jilin University, Fall 2016, Master@Cornell)
Julien Bonnet (Visiting intern, Engineering student from École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) France, Summer 2016)
Xinyi Fu (Visiting intern, PhD student from Tsinghua University, Spring 2016, Postdoc@Tsinghua)

Recent Talks ALL TOP

	Applied Data Science (ADS) Invited Speaker, "Data-Driven Approach to Creativity in Design with Human-Engaged AI: Scalable, Transferable, Explainable" ACM SIGKDD 2021, August 2021
	Invited Talk, "Exploring Interaction Space of Data Displays" China Vis 2021, July 2021
	GAMES Webinar, "When VIS Meets HCI: A Life Cycle of User-Centric Visualization Design" GAMES: Graphics And Mixed Environment Seminar, July 2021
	HCI Speaker Series, "Empowering and Nurturing Users’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills with Human-Engaged AI" College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, April 2021
	Keynote, "A Computational Approach to Human-Engaged Design" User Experience Conference 2019, Shenzhen, China, November 2019
	Invited Early Career Spotlight Talk, "Towards Human-Engaged AI" IJCAI 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2018
	Invited Lecture, "Exploring Interaction Space of Data Displays" Peking University Visualization Summer School, Beijing, China, July 2018
	Invited Talk, "From Digital to Physical: The Art of Persuasion in Information, Interaction, and Service Design" Information & Interaction Design Committee Summit, Beijing, China, December 2014
	Keynote Speech, "From Broken to Breaking: Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Design" Interaction and UX Design Forum, Tongji Design Week, Shanghai, China, October 2014
	Keynote Speech, "How Computer Computes and Persuade your Emotion: The Story of Danmaku (a.k.a.弹幕)" Huxiu.com Innovation Festival, Shenzhen, China, September 2014
	Invited Talk, "Visual, Auditory, and Haptic Communication" Advanced Disciplines Lectures on Visual and Auditory Communication, China Computer Federation, Beijing, China, May 2013

Professional Experiences TOP

I am the vice president and board member of the International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI), and member of the Information and Interaction Design Committee, China.

I have also served as the:

Subcommittee Co-Chair of CHI Conference 2022, 2023
General Co-Chair of ACM MobileHCI 2022
Virtual Conference Co-Chair of AAAI ICWSM 2022
Senior Program Committee of AAAI Conference 2022
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Co-Chair of CHI Conference 2021
Associate Program Subcommittee (Area) Chair of CHI Conference 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Associate Program Subcommittee (Area) Chair of CSCW Conference 2021, 2022
Program committee member of The Web Conference (WWW) 2020, 2021
Tutorial Co-Chair of ACII 2019
Program committee member of ICHI 2019
Workshop co-organizer of ACM CHI 2019 Workshop on Unpacking the Infrastructuring Work of Patients and Caregivers around the World
Special issue co-editor, CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction 2019
Demo Co-Chair of IEEE AIVR 2018
Program committee member of AAAI 2018
Program committee member of IJCAI 2017
Associate Program Chair of DIS Conference 2016, 2017
Co-organizer of AI in VR/AR Workshop in SIGGRAPH Asia 2017
Program committee member of CHI Work-in-Progress 2012~2015
Session Chair of CHI 2015, 2017, 2018
Technical Co-chair and Video Contest Co-chair of the International Symposium of Chinese CHI 2017
Tutorial and Panel Co-Chair of UIC 2015
Program committee member of the International Symposium of Chinese CHI 2015
Co-organizer of Designing Tools for Crafting Interactive Artifacts Workshop in SIGGRAPH Asia 2014
Industrial panel chair of the the International Symposium of Chinese CHI 2014
Program committee member of Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI 2013),
Program committee member of International Workshop on Collaborative Robots and Human Robot Interaction in CTS CR-HRI 2012
Planning committee member of the New Jersey World Usability Day 2008

Selected Awards TOP

"Senior Member" IEEE, 2022
"Senior Member" ACM, 2022
"Honorable Mention" L@S 2022, NYC, NY, USA, 2022
"Best Paper Award" Chinese CHI 2021, Virtual Conference, 2021
"Publishing Award" Book "Cuteness Engineering", Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE), 2020
"Honorable Mention" CHI 2020, Hawaii, USA, 2020
"Outstanding Young Leaders in HCI" International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction, May 2016
"Honorable Mention" Ubicomp 2016, Japan, 2016
"Honorable Mention" CSCW 2015, Canada, 2015
"Excellent Innovator Award" Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, Hong Kong, June 2014
"Star of 2012 Labs" Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, Hong Kong, April 2014
"Best Paper Award" Chinese CHI 2014, Germany, 2014
"Best Paper Award" IDHF 2014, Japan, 2014
"Computing Innovation Fellows" Computing Research Association, U.S., 2010~2011
"Honorable Mention" CHI 2010, Atlanta, USA, 2010
"Outstanding Graduates of the Year in Tsinghua University" Tsinghua University, China, July 2005
"Outstanding Graduates of the Year in Beijing" Tsinghua University, China, July 2005