Jingyi Xie
Scholar

Jingyi Xie

Google Scholar ID: kVVYTAEAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, San José State University
Human-Computer InteractionAccessibilityHuman-Centered AI
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
512
 
H-index
11
 
i10-index
14
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
20
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Publications: Published multiple papers in top venues including CHI, CSCW, HFES, TOCHI, IUI, and DIS
  • - Specific Papers:
  • - Beyond Visual Perception: Insights from Smartphone Interaction of Visually Impaired Users with Large Multimodal Models (CHI 2025)
  • - From Scores to Careers: Understanding AI's Role in Supporting Collaborative Family Decision-Making in Chinese College Applications (CHI 2025)
  • - Psychological Barriers and Facilitators in the Sharing Economy: Exploring Recognition, Visibility, Social Costs, Community Belonging, and Efficacies (CSCW 2025)
  • - Enhancing the Travel Experience for People with Visual Impairments through Multimodal Interaction: NaviGPT, A Real-Time AI-Driven Mobile Navigation System (GROUP Companion 2025)
  • - Harnessing the power of AI in qualitative research: Exploring, using and redesigning ChatGPT (Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans)
  • - BubbleCam: Engaging Privacy in Remote Sighted Assistance (CHI 2024)
  • - Understanding and Balancing Trade-offs of Visibility in Support Requests (CHI 2024 Extended Abstract)
  • - Infrastructuring Community Fridges for Food Commoning (CSCW 2024)
  • - Citizen Art: A Creative Mural Project for Community Building (The Journal of Community Informatics)
  • - The future of learning: Large language models through the lens of students (SIGITE 2024)
Research Experience
  • - Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San José State University
Education
  • - Ph.D. in Informatics from Penn State University, advised by Prof. John M. Carroll
  • - Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Penn State University, advised by Prof. Qiushi Chen
Background
  • - Research Interests: Accessibility and Human-Centered AI
  • - Professional Field: Informatics, Industrial Engineering, and Operations Research
  • - Brief Introduction: Designs, develops, and evaluates interactive systems that empower blind or low-vision people to access and engage with visual information. Through a user-centered design approach, investigates how AI can enhance and transform collaborations between visually impaired users and their sighted assistants in areas such as navigation, art creation and appreciation, and privacy.
Miscellany
  • - Personal Interests: Actively contributes to the visually impaired community through volunteer work with the National Federation of the Blind and by reading textbooks for visually impaired students, having completed a 388-page textbook to date