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Sept 2026

I recently completed my fellowship at Eigen Labs, where I developed a benchmark for evaluating how speech-to-speech models understand non-speech vocalizations (e.g. laughs, sighs). It is a step toward more socially aware voice agents!

April 2026

Our work “Deception at Scale” is presented at CHI 26 in Barcelona.

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Jan 2026

Our paper “Deception at Scale: Deceptive Designs in 1K LLM-Generated E-Commerce Components” has been accepted to CHI 2026!

Sept 2025

I wrapped up my chapter at Dusty Robotics as a UX designer, and started my PhD program at UC San Diego. An exciting journey ahead!

Photo from September 2025 — transitioning from industry to the PhD program at UC San Diego

April 2024

I presented the work "Where's the Water?" with my teammate Alex at the CHI 2024 Student Design Competition in Hawaii. Our project brought attention to the water access challenges faced by homeless community at Ann Arbor. We won the first prize!

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Ziwei Chen and teammate at CHI 2024 Student Design Competition in Hawaii