Publications
Hi! I am Qing Xiao, a Ph.D. student at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. This page is a record of my publications; for selected papers organized by research theme, please see the home page, and an up-to-date citation record is on Google Scholar.
* equal contribution
✉ corresponding author
2026
How do users negotiate harmful value conflicts with AI companions? A study with Minion, a technology probe for in-situ human-AI conflict response
Qing Xiao*✉, Xianzhe Fan*, Xuhui Zhou, Yuran Su, Zhicong Lu, Maarten Sap, and Hong Shen. (Co-First Author)
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
An earlier version was presented at EMNLP 2026 Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms.
Can GenAI move from individual use to collaborative work? Experiences, challenges, and opportunities of coordinating GenAI into collaborative newswork
Qing Xiao, Qing (Diane) Hu, Jingjia Xiao, Hancheng Cao, and Hong Shen.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Do teachers dream of GenAI widening educational (in)equality? Envisioning the future of K-12 GenAI education from global teachers’ perspectives
Ruiwei Xiao*, Qing Xiao*, Xinying Hou, Phenyo Phemelo Moletsane, Hanqi Jane Li, Hong Shen, and John Stamper. (Co-First Author)
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
When your boss is an AI bot: Exploring opportunities and risks of manager clone agents in the future workplace
Qing (Diane) Hu, Qing Xiao, Hancheng Cao, and Hong Shen.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The siren song of LLMs: How users perceive and respond to dark patterns in large language models
Yike Shi, Qing Xiao, Qing (Diane) Hu, Hong Shen, and Hua Shen.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
🏅 Best Paper Honourable Mention
Robots that evolve with us: Modular co-design for personalization, adaptability, and sustainability
Lingyun Chen, Qing Xiao, Zitao Zhang, Eli Blevis, and Selma Šabanović.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
“Your first colleague might be an AI”: Bridging functional value and affective trust for theorizing AI avatars in new-employee organizational socialization
Wenhan Xie and Qing Xiao✉.
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
2025
“It might be technically impressive, but it’s practically useless to us”: Motivations, practices, challenges, and opportunities for cross-functional collaboration around AI within the news industry
Qing Xiao, Xianzhe Fan, Felix M. Simon, Bingbing Zhang, and Motahhare Eslami.
Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
User-driven value alignment: Understanding users’ perceptions and strategies for addressing biased and discriminatory statements in AI companions
Xianzhe Fan, Qing Xiao, Xuhui Zhou, Jiaxin Pei, Maarten Sap, Zhicong Lu, and Hong Shen.
Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Artists and their poor: Economic and symbolic inequality in distorted China’s post-pandemic art subsidy policies
Jingjia Xiao, Qing Xiao✉, and Rongyi Chen.
Cultural Trends
2024
Nowhere people in the China–Myanmar borderlands
Jingjia Xiao, Qing Xiao, and Tianren Luo.
Global China Pulse
