Scholar
Jie Cai
Google Scholar ID: CtRkkTwAAAAJ
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,656
H-index
18
i10-index
23
Publications
20
Co-authors
41
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published in premier HCI venues including CHI (three Honorable Mention Awards) and CSCW (one Honorable Mention Award)
- Multiple papers accepted in 2025 at top venues:
- - DIS 2025 (Design for Closeness of New Parents)
- - FAccT 2025 (LLM-Based System for Government Support)
- - Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans (ChatGPT for Qualitative Research)
- - CSCW 2025 (Infrastructuring in HCI)
- - CHI 2025 (Marginalization in SocialVR, Honorable Mention)
- - CHI LBW 2025 (GenAI and SocialVR)
- - CSCW Poster 2025 (two short papers)
- Served in leadership roles at major conferences:
- - ACM CSCW 2024 Publication Co-Chair
- - ACM CHI 2022 Assistant to Technical Program Chairs
- - ACM IMX 2021 Proceedings Co-Chair
- - Associate Chair (AC) for CSCW, CHI, CHI PLAY
- - Workshop Organizer for CHI 2023 and 2024
- Invited speaker at industry events (e.g., Twitch)
- Interviewed by the Center for Democracy and Technology to broaden research impact
- Invited as AC for CSCW 2026 and CHI 2026
Research Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Pervasive HCI Group, Tsinghua University
- Assistant Research Professor, College of IST, Penn State University
- Co-leader of the Collaboration and Innovation Lab
- Led or participated in two NSF-funded projects:
- - Handling Online Risks and Creating Safe Spaces: Content Moderation in Live Streaming Micro Communities
- - Augmenting Social Media Content Moderation
- Current projects focus on AI & governance, LLMs, and education
Background
- Postdoctoral Researcher at the Pervasive HCI Group, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
- Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar
- Working with Dr. Chun Yu
- Former Assistant Research Professor at the College of IST, Penn State University
- Co-led the Collaboration and Innovation Lab with Dr. John M. Carroll
- Research areas: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
- Research focuses on the intersection of interactive media, accessibility, marginalization, and platform governance
- Employs mixed methods (observation, interviews, surveys, participatory design) to explore positive and negative dimensions of online user experiences
- Current research focus: AI governance and AI education
