Selected Publications

Zijian Ding, Fenghai Li, Ziyi Wang, Joel Chan (2026). ResearchCube: Multi-Dimensional Trade-off Exploration for Research Ideation.

Kexin Quan, Dina Albassam, Mengke Wu, Zijian Ding^*, Jessie Chin (2026). Towards AI as Colleagues: Multi-Agent System Improves Structured Professional Ideation. In CHI 2026.

Kexue Fu, Jiaye Leng, Yawen Zhang, Jingfeng Huang, Yihang Zuo, Runze Cai, Zijian Ding^*, Ray LC, Shengdong Zhao, Qinyuan Lei (2026). SpatialBalancing: Designing an LLM-Powered Spatial Externalization Interface for Iterative Science Communication Writing. In DIS 2026 (Conditionally Accepted).

Ziyi Wang, Yilong Dai, Duanya Lyu, Mateo Nader, Sihan Chen, Wanghao Ye, Zijian Ding^*, Xiang Yan (2026). StreetDesignAI: A Multi-Persona Evaluation System for Inclusive Infrastructure Design. In DIS 2026 (Conditionally Accepted).

Ziyi Wang, Ziwen Zeng, Yuan Li, Zijian Ding^** (2026). CareerPooler: AI-Powered Metaphorical Pool Simulation Improves Experience and Outcomes in Career Exploration.

Yuanchen Bai, Zijian Ding, Shaoyue Wen, Xiang Chang, Angelique Taylor (2026). Before Humans Join the Team: Diagnosing Coordination Failures in Healthcare Robot Team Simulation.

Zijian Ding, Fenghai Li, Haofei Yu, Joel Chan (2025). Towards Direct Intent Manipulation: Drag-Based Research Ideation, Evaluation and Evolution. In UIST 2025 Poster.

Zijian Ding, Qinshi Zhang, Mohan Chi, Ziyi Wang (2025). Frontend Diffusion: Empowering Self-Representation of Junior Researchers and Designers with Agentic Workflows. In VL/HCC 2025.

Zijian Ding, Michelle Brachman, Joel Chan, Werner Geyer (2025). The Diagram is like Guardrails: Structuring GenAI-assisted Hypotheses Exploration with an Interactive Shared Representation. In C&C 2025.

Qinshi Zhang, Ruoyu Wen, Latisha Besariani Hendra, Zijian Ding^*, Ray LC (2025). Can AI Prompt Humans? Multimodal Agents Prompt Players' Game Design Ideas. In CHI 2025.