Selected Publications

Kexin Quan, Zijian Ding, Jiaye Yong, Qinshi Zhang, Dong Wang, Jessie Chin (2026). From Momentary Emotion Inference to Sustained Emotion Support: Evaluating a Companion Agent in a Longitudinal Study. In NeurIPS 2026 RTCA Workshop.
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Yuanchen Bai, Zijian Ding, Angelique Taylor (2026). Finishing the Task Is Not Enough: Evaluating Agent Resilience and Considerate Participation under Accumulating Challenge.
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Yuanchen Bai, Zijian Ding, Shaoyue Wen, Xiang Chang, Angelique Taylor (2026). Beyond Benchmark Accuracy: Failure Modes of Multi-Agent Coordination in Safety-Critical Clinical Workflows. In COLM 2026 DAIH Workshop.
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Zijian Ding, Fenghai Li, Ziyi Wang, Joel Chan (2026). ResearchCube: Multi-Dimensional Trade-off Exploration for Research Ideation.
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Ziyi Wang, Ziwen Zeng, Yuan Li, Zijian Ding** (2026). CareerPooler: AI-Powered Metaphorical Pool Simulation Improves Experience and Outcomes in Career Exploration.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yuanchen Bai, Zijian Ding, Ruixiang Han, Niti Parikh, Wendy Ju, Angelique Taylor (2026). Toward Considerate Human-Robot Coexistence: A Dual-Space Framework of Robot Design and Human Perception in Healthcare. In RO-MAN 2026.
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Shaoyue Wen, Songming Ping, Zijian Ding, Wenxuan Xu, Liyun Ma, Yukang Yan, Hai-Ning Liang (2026). AdaptiveAudience: Bridging the Human-Agent Emotional Gap via RL-Driven Behavioral Adaptation.