I am a PhD student at the College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhejiang University, advised by Prof. Liuqing Chen (陈柳青). I am currently a visiting PhD student at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, working with Prof. Peter Childs.
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and AI-Mediated Communication. I study how AI reshapes human cognition in socially complex, high-stakes contexts — focusing on the boundary between cognitive scaffolding and cognitive replacement. My current work investigates how interactive systems can externalize users’ implicit social reasoning (rather than automating it away), preserve user agency through parameterized control, and learn from users’ natural editing behaviors without requiring explicit input.
🔥 News
- 2025.12: Started as a visiting PhD student at Imperial College London, Dyson School of Design Engineering.
- 2025.10: Presented SCENIC (oral) at UIST 2025 in Busan, South Korea.
- 2025.09: 🎉🎉 Our paper (Observing a Robot Peer’s Failures Facilitates Students’ Classroom Learning) is published in Science Robotics.
- 2025.03: 🎉🎉 Our paper (MindScratch: A Visual Programming Support Tool for Classroom Learning Based on Multimodal Generative AI) is accepted by International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction.
- 2025.07: 🎉🎉 Our research paper (SCENIC: A Location-based System to Foster Cognitive Development in Children During Car Rides) is accepted by UIST-25.
- 2025.05: 🎉🎉 Our research paper (Understanding Design Fixation in Generative Artificial Intelligence) is accepted by IDETC-25.
- 2025.01: 🎉🎉 Our research paper (How Generative AI supports human in conceptual design) is accepted by Design Science.
- 2024.05: 🎉🎉 Our research paper (TRIZ-GPT: An LLM-Augmented Method For Problem-Solving) is accepted by IDETC-24.
- 2024.03: 🎉🎉 Our research paper (Development of an exploratory creativity assessment scale) is accepted by International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation.
📝 Publications
Liuqing Chen, Yaxuan Song, Ke Lyu, Shuhong Xiao, Yilang Shen, Lingyun Sun
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Yaxuan Song, Chunyuan Zheng, Qianzhi Jing, Preben Hansen, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
Liuqing Chen, Yaxuan Song, Shixian Ding, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Haoyu Zuo
Liuqing Chen, Yaxuan Song, Jia Guo, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Yuan Yin
Liuqing Chen, Yaxuan Song, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Yuan Yin
Selected Collaborative Publications
- L. Chen, Y. Cai, Y. Fang, …, Y. Song, et al. Observing a Robot Peer’s Failures Facilitates Students’ Classroom Learning. Science Robotics, 10(106), 2025.
- Y. Chen, S. Xiao, Y. Song, Z. Li, L. Sun, and L. Chen. MindScratch: A Visual Programming Support Tool for Classroom Learning Based on Multimodal Generative AI. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 41(21), 2025.
- L. Chen, S. Xiao, Y. Chen, Y. Song, R. Wu, and L. Sun. ChatScratch: An AI-Augmented System Toward Autonomous Visual Programming Learning for Children Aged 6–12. ACM CHI, 2024.
- B. Wang, X. Zhao, H. Zuo, Y. Song, J. Han, P. Childs, and L. Chen. From Analogy to Innovation: A Creative Conceptual Design Approach Leveraging LLMs. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 67, 103427, 2025.
🧑⚖️ Academic Service
- Reviewer (Conferences): ACM CHI 2027, ACM IUI 2026
- Reviewer (Journals): Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA)
- Student Volunteer: ACM Creativity & Cognition (C&C) 2026
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2026.01 Mogujie Design & Fashion Scholarship (蘑菇街设计时尚基金学生奖学金), Zhejiang University
- 2025.12, 2024.12 Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University
- 2024.10 Higgs University Student Extracurricular Innovation Activities Scholarship
- 2023.06 Outstanding Graduate (Top 2%), Hohai University
- 2020.12 National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China
📖 Education & Experience
- 2025.12 – 2026.12, Visiting Scholar, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London
- 2023.09 – present, PhD Candidate, College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhejiang University