Qīng, like “Ching” (rhymes with “sing”)
Xiāo, like “Shyao” (rhymes with “meow”)
Qing XIAO
I’m Qing Xiao, a third-year PhD student at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Dr. Hong Shen. Before CMU, I received an MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and a BA in Communication from the Communication University of China.
I study social and relational AI across settings. AI is increasingly more than a tool people use. It is becoming a party to their relationships, taking up the roles people have long held for one another, and even the core capacities behind those roles: friend or partner, teammate or manager, fellow participant in the information environment. My research asks what changes when AI becomes a relational actor rather than just a tool, and how it should be designed and governed to support the safety and well-being of the people on the other side of the human-AI relationship.
I have published at CHI, CSCW, ICWSM, and ASSETS and in journals including the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Computers in Human Behavior, Behaviour & Information Technology, Journal of Gender Studies, Feminist Criminology, and Cultural Trends. My work has received two Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards at CHI and CSCW, and four Top Paper Awards at flagship communication research conferences such as AEJMC and NCA. It is supported by the National Science Foundation and a Microsoft Research AI and the New Future of Work grant, and has been covered by Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, and Ming Pao.
Selected Publications
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Other Selected Publications
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