PhD student at Ischool@UIUC
Visiting researcher at Peach Lab@ Northeastern University.
HCI researcher passionate about exploring the dynamics between human needs and emerging technologies like AI, with a focus on advancing user-empowered accessible, and trustworthy technology for diverse communities.
Past Research with Human-AI alignment, Usable Privacy, Health, Multi-modality and IOT.
Getting to know me:
2017-2020
BS in Cognitive Science @UCSD
I am so into cognitive science, which lays my fundamental passion for understanding human factors in the intersection of society and technology.
2020-2021
Designer and PM @A few tech companies
This opened my door to creating tools to build upon the understanding of humans. I also joined a few entrepreneur groups, composing my comprehension of technology to the applications of technology in society.
2021-2023
MS in Human Computer Interaction @Georgia Tech
I researched at Georgia Tech's Ubicomp Group and the Wellness Technology lab.
Publication
Youngwook Do, Nivedita Arora, Eryue Xu*, Ali Mirzazadeh*, Injoo Moon*, , Zhihan Zhang, Gregory D. Abowd, Sauvik Das
2023-2025
UX Researcher @AI e-commerce + AI health tech companies
I was so curious about how AI has been influencing downstream decision-makers in niche domains. I worked as a UX researcher in these companies, participated deeply in shaping product features, and made usable AI-powered shopping and sleep health products.
2024 - NOW
Visiting Researcher @Northeastern University
I am so excited to continue exploring usable privacy and expand my research into the era of AI.
Publication CHI 2025
Rescriber: Smaller-LLM-Powered User-Led Data Minimization for Navigating Privacy Trade-offs in LLM-Based Conversational Agent
Jijie Zhou, Eryue Xu, Yaoyao Wu, Tianshi Li
2025 - NOW
PhD Student @UIUC
I am interested in human-AI alignment and is working on projects around AI agents, memory and personalization with LLM systems, and human autonomy in HCI.
CHI 2026 in Review
From Fragmentation to Integration: Exploring the Design Space of AI Agents for Human-as-the-Unit Privacy Management
Eryue Xu, Tianshi Li
Journey to continue...