Summary

PhD candidate in Information Science (HCI) at Cornell University. Researching AI-Mediated Communication, cognitive scaffolding, and psycholinguistic metrics for evaluating AI-integrated spoken communication.

Education

• Ph.D. in Information Science (Human-Computer Interaction)

  2026-12-01
  Cornell University
• B.A. in Linguistics (Dean's List)

  2019-12-01
  University of California, Berkeley

Work Experience

• Founder & Product Lead

  2024-08-01 -
  XPLAIN (Proactive Meeting AI)

  Architected a real-time AI-MC system utilizing LLM-based cognitive scaffolding; recruited & directed a 19-person cross-functional team.
• Content Strategist (Trust and Safety)

  2020-12-01 - 2021-06-01
  ByteDance Inc.

  Architected content moderation framework for AI models across TikTok, Helo, Fictum (>500M users).
• Linguist Intern - Ontology in NLU

  2019-07-01 - 2019-08-31
  Facebook

  Built the first Mandarin NLU model for Facebook AI Assistant chatbot.

Skills

Publications

• XPLAIN: A Proactive Scaffold Across Speech Processing Stages

  2026
  ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI)

  Supporting Non-Native Speakers in Real-Time AI-Mediated Turn-Taking. (Under review)

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• User Heterogeneity in AI-Mediated Communication: Extending Cognitive Theories via Latent Class Analysis

  2026
  Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)

  Extending cognitive theories via latent class analysis. (Accepted)

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• Disfluency as a Window into Cognitive Mediation

  2026
  CHI Extended Abstracts 2026

  Psycholinguistic Metrics for Evaluating AI-Integrated Spoken Communication. Published.

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• Proactivity in Scaffolding Comprehension and Production in Real-Time Turn-Taking

  2025
  CSCW Companion '25

  A Case Study of Bridging Communication Gaps for Non-Native Speakers.

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• Difference in the Cognitive Mechanism of Predictive Processing in CMC

  2025
  Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)

  A Comparison Study of L2 Speakers.

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• Exploring Content Predictability in Turn-taking Through Different Computer-Mediated Communications

  2025
  31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)

  Pages 7949–7962. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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• How Thanking Peers Sustains Volunteer Participation in Public Goods

  2025
  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (PNAS)

  Parallel Field Experiments in Four Wikipedia Language Communities. (Under review)

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Presentations

• Statistical Chunking in Reading: The Modulating Effect of High-Frequency Multi-Word Chunks on Reading Performance

  2024
  International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning

  San Sebastian, Spain
• To Chunk or Not to Chunk: Statistical Learning of High-Frequency Word-Marker Pairs

  2022
  International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning

  San Sebastian, Spain
• Verbal Tone Interactions in Iquito: An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis

  2021
  The 28th Manchester Phonology Meeting

  Online
• Modeling Tone System: The Role of Dispersion Theory in Optimization

  2020
  The 56th Linguistics Colloquium

  Online
• Infant Walking, Social Communicative Abilities, and Vocabulary Increases

  2020
  22nd Biennial International Conference of Infant Studies

  Online

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer

  2022
  Cornell University, Information Science & Psychology

  Role: Graduate Teaching

  TA for 7 courses: INFO 2951 Introduction to Data Science (Spr 2025), INFO 6310 Behavior and Information Technology (Fall 2024), INFO 4450 Computer-Mediated Communication (Spr 2024), INFO 4430 Teams and Technology (Fall 2023), PSYCH 2250 Psychology of Language (Spr 2023), PSYCH 1101 Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2022), HD 4380 Language and Thought (Spr & Fall 2022). Guest lectures on content prediction and CMC fluency.