To Understand Changes of Emotion and Cognitive Efforts in VR was accepted to ISMAR 2026 🌟
Hi! I am a first-year PhD student in Information Science at Cornell University, advised by Susan Fussell in the Communication and Collaborative Technologies Lab.
My research lies at the intersection of human-AI interaction, social computing, and accessible computing. I study AI as a social actor, exploring how AI takes on social roles in communication, creative work, and online information ecosystems. I also design AI systems that better support accessibility and human cognition.
Before Cornell, I studied Quantitative Social Analysis at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, with a minor in Psychological and Behavioral Science.
News
Balancing Safety and Autonomy: Accessibility-Oriented Interventions in Generative AI for Cognitive Impairment was accepted to ASSETS 2026 ✴️
I was accepted to the 2026 DLI Conscientious Tech Design Workshop, and will be participating this summer! 💡
Selected for the 2026 Siegel PiTech PhD Impact Fellowship and working in New York City this summer 🗽
Not Just Me and My To-Do List: Understanding Challenges of Task Management for Adults with ADHD and the Need for AI-Augmented Social Scaffolds was accepted to CSCW 2026 🎉
Estimating Mental Effort in Virtual Reality Using Multimodal Biosignals was accepted to IEEE VR 2026 🥽
Characterizing unintended consequences in human-gui agent collaboration for web browsing was accepted to CHI 2026 🇪🇸
SituFont: A Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention System for Enhancing Mobile Readability in Situational Visual Impairments was accepted to CHI 2026 🇪🇸
Examining the Impact of Label Detail and Content Stakes on User Perceptions of AI-Generated Images on Social Media was accepted as a CSCW 2025 poster and presented in Bergen ❄️
Started my PhD in Information Science at Cornell 🍂
Selected Research
CSCW 2026
"Not Just Me and My To-Do List": Understanding Challenges of Task Management for Adults with ADHD and the Need for AI-Augmented Social Scaffolds
This paper shows how task management among adults with ADHD is relational and co-constructed, motivating socially aware AI systems for co-regulation and nonlinear attention rhythms.
Experience
Research Experience
Cornell University (2024-Present) - Communication and Collaborative Technologies Lab - Advisor: Susan Fussell
Cornell University (2024-Present) - Creators and Platform Labor Working Group - Advisor: Brooke Duffy
University of Auckland (2025-2026) - Empathic Computing Lab - Advisor: Mark Billinghurst
HKUST(GZ) (2024-2025) - Spatial Intelligence and Immersive Experience Lab - Advisor: Chen Liang
HKUST (2021-2023) - Department of Management - Advisors: Melody Chao and Soljee Lee
Industry Experience
NYC Department for the Aging (Summer 2026) - PiTech Fellow
TikTok (Summer 2023) - User Research Intern
Industry Projects
IBM (Spring 2024) - User Researcher (Capstone Project)
Google (Fall 2023) - User Researcher (Capstone Project)
Off the Clock
In my free time, you will usually find me lifting/working out, gaming (though I do not really have time for Civilization anymore), getting absorbed in historical novels, cooking, and exploring restaurants.
Contact
I am always happy to connect about research, collaboration, and related opportunities. Let's chat!
- Emailjingruo@infosci.cornell.edu
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