Zheng Wei

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the KAIST Interaction Lab (KIXLAB), working with Prof. Juho Kim. I received my Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from HKUST. My academic journey includes roles as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Chicago’s Knowledge Lab and as a Research Intern at Microsoft Research Asia HongKong (MSRA HK). Prior to entering academia, I worked professionally as a cinematographer, an experience that shapes my human-centric perspective on visual storytelling, spatial framing, and creative control.

My research bridges Visual Analytics, Human-Centered AI (HCAI), and Extended Reality (XR). Driven by the principle of the “human–AI loop,” I investigate how intent capture and collaborative feedback can enhance human agency. My current work focuses on two pillars:

Immersive Environments for Skill Training: Facilitating expert learning and skill acquisition through interactive systems.

Human–AI Collaboration: Designing multi-agent systems that foster seamless co-creation between humans and generative AI.

My research has been published in premier venues including ACM CHI, UIST, TheWebConf, IEEE TVCG, and IEEE VR, earning Best Paper Honorable Mentions at IEEE VR and ICSC. Committed to academic community service, I have organized courses at SIGGRAPH and served in leadership roles as an Associate Chair (AC) for CHI, as well as a Chair for workshops at CVPR and ACM MMSys. Beyond academia, my work is supported by multiple research grants and protected by both a US and a Chinese patent. Ultimately, my goal is to build AI systems that make complex information intuitive while opening innovative pathways for responsible artistic expression.

Academic service

Conference Committee : ACM CHI 27 Associate Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 26/25 Course Organizer, ACM SIGGRAPH 26 Course Organizer, ACM MMsys 26 Proceedings Chair, CVPR 25 CVEU Workshop Program Chair.

Journal Reviewer : IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Visual Informatics, ACM Transactions on Social Computing, Natural Language Processing Journal, SoftwareX.

Conference Reviewer : ACM CHI 27/26/25/24, ACM UIST 26, ACM CSCW 25, ACM TheWebConf 26/25, EMNLP 26, NeurIPS 25, CVPR 25, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 25, ACM C&C 25, VINCI 25.

News

A paper I co-authored has been accepted by ACM Group 27!

A paper I co-authored has been accepted by Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)!

A paper I co-authored has been accepted by International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (IJHCI)!

We’ll be hosting a course at SIGGRAPH Asia 26!