CS Seminar Series: Ziang Xiao

Description

Ziang Xiao, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will give a seminar talk titled "Seeing Us Through Machines: Designing AI to Understand Humans" for the Department of Computer Science.

Please attend the event by using the Zoom link.

Abstract:

Many societal issues, such as health care, voting, etc., require decision-makers to study their stakeholders to design interventions or make a policy change. How do we conduct robust, generalizable, and engaging studies about human behavior? In this talk, I will share my vision on the role of AI in the quest of understanding humans and how could we approach such a future. I will introduce my work on designing and building conversational AI to conduct engaging surveys and collect high-quality information. I will first demonstrate the effectiveness of conversational AIs in transforming online survey experiences through a field study. Then, I will present a human-in-the-loop framework to create more effective interview chatbots with active listening skills. In the end, I will talk about my future research perspectives on designing and developing human-centered AI to understand humans for social change.