Bingyi Han
PhD Candidate in Human-Computer Interaction
University of Melbourne
Email: bingyi.han@unimelb.edu.au ｜LinkedIn | Twitter
ABOUT ME
Hello! I am a final-stage PhD Candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Melbourne. I am supervised by Prof. George Buchanan, A/Prof Dana Mckay, Dr Simon Coghlan, and Prof. Wally Smith.
My research focuses on exploring the ethical challenges and social-technical implications of emerging AI technologies in sensitive settings such as education. My enthusiasm lies in unveiling the complexities of human factors in AI adoption. This includes addressing humanistic concerns, revealing the unintended consequences of adopting AI, safeguarding human users from ethical risks, and contributing to building a safer future with emerging technology. Additionally, I am keenly interested in the sociocultural underpinnings that shape people's perceptions and attitudes towards values and concerns towards technology. Understanding these cultural dimensions is vital for a grounded, ethical discourse in AI adoption.
My idealism drives my research, fueling a deep-seated desire to make a meaningful impact. This motivation is why I've relished the journey thus far and continue to find excitement in my work!
Keywords of my interests: AI Ethics, Digital Ethics, User Behaviour, AI in Education (AIEd).
EDUCATION BIO
2021-2024 PhD in Human-Computer Interaction University of Melbourne, Australia
2018-2020 Master of Information Systems (with Distinction) University of Melbourne, Australia
2016-2017 Academic Visiting Lancaster University, UK
2012 - 2016 Bachelor of Information Systems University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
Research Project
🤖 PhD Project:
Ethical Challenges of Adopting AI in Education
My thesis project aims to answer the question of How the design and adoption of AI in Education (AIEd) can be more acceptable from the ethical and social-technical perspective?
Publications:
Han, B., G. Buchanan, and D. Mckay, Learning in the Panopticon: Examining the Potential Impacts of AI Monitoring on Students, in Proceedings of the 34th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2023, Association for Computing Machinery: Canberra, ACT, Australia. p. 9–21 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3572921.3572937. [Best Paper Award]
Han B, Nawaz S, Buchanan G, et al. Ethical and Pedagogical Impacts of AI in Education[C]//International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023: 667-673.
🤖 Side Project:
Health Decision-Making in Collectivistic Families in Australia
This research project aims to understand how collectivistic families living together in Australia make health-related decisions. We investigate the roles family members play and how they support, discuss, agree, or disagree when making choices together. In this project, I lead the research design, ethics approvals, literature reviews, participant recruitment and retention, data collection (interviews and focus groups), data analysis (thematic analysis) , paper writing, and presentations.
This research is funded by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The project is supervised by Prof Shanton Chang.
🤖 Previous Side Project:
Evaluating the Digital Transformation of Austin Health Australia
I worked at the Validitron SimLab at the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, assisting with evaluating the implementation of the digital patient portal platform of Austin Health. This project was supervised by Dr Kit Huckvale.
In this project, I led the research design and ethical approvals for user experience evaluation.
Academic Engagement
Fellowship & Awards
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) NetAI 2023 Fellow - Human-centered AI.
2023 PhD Thinker of the Kathleen Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellowship PhD Thinker Program.
Best Paper Award - OzCHI Conference 2022
Teaching | Academic Tutoring
University of Melbourne Postgraduate Subject - COMP90087 Ethics of AI
University of Melbourne Postgraduate Subject - ISYS90118 Skills for IS Research and Development
Membership & Outreach
Member of CAIDE Research Academy. CAIDE is organised by the Centre for AI & Digital Ethics of the University of Melbourne.
Member of PhD Students in AI Ethics.
Ph.D. Representative of Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) 2022-2023.
The Asia-Pacific Regional Representative and Membership Committee of The International Learning Sciences Student Association (ILSSA) since 2022-2023.
Co-Founder and Executive Officer of Melbourne Information Systems Graduate Association, 2018- 2019.
Invited Talks and Presentations
AIEd Conference 2023, Tokyo, Japan
ML/AI Meetup Talk 2023, Melbourne, Australia
OzCHI Conference 2023, Melbourne, Australia
CHI 2022 Workshop on The Future of Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual
PhD Students in AI Ethics Roundtable 2021 on responsible AI, Virtual Forum
Industrial Engagement
I worked as a research intern at the Ali Research Institute of Alibaba Group in 2022, supervised by Dr Zhong Su.
I worked on AI ethics in the Group of Emerging Technology of the Department of Government Affairs. I led two research projects: 1) Ethical implications of emerging technology, especially AI and big data. 2) Industrial research regarding Privacy-Preserving Computing.
Media Coverage
Information Cocoon, Privacy Leakage…: How to Deal with the Ethical Risks Brought by Artificial Intelligence? By Bingyi Han and Zhong Su, Sep 5th, 2022, Published on Digital Technology Insights. Ali Research Institute https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Ok2f4SKKxSc6Nehr4-aBEg
Privacy-Preserving Computing: Privacy Protection in the Digital Age. By Bingyi Han and Zhong Su, Dec 9th, 2022, Published on Digital Technology Insights. Ali Research Institute https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/W03RJK5alvg02hY5V0ftSQ
2018-2019 KPMG China
I worked as an intern at the Department of IT Advisory of KPMG China, involved in the Mercedes-Me-Connect project for Daimler.