Charles Cui

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Northwestern University, advised by Matthew Kay. I’m also currently a visiting student at the FIGX Lab of UMD Computer Science, mentored by Fumeng Yang. I am broadly interested in advancing human-AI collaboration to improve our productivity and creativity. In particular, my thesis research includes using data science methods and large language models to build adaptive, scalable, and human-centered technology to measure and promote data visualization literacy and help teachers develop educational assessments. I use a variety of approaches in research, including quantitative and qualitative analysis of human-computer and human-human interactions, as well as designing, developing, and evaluating systems.
I also worked across institutions to explore my interdisciplinary interests: I co-direct EAAMO Bridges, a community that leverages computational methods to improve welfare for marginalized groups. I studied mortality estimation as a social data science researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. I developed statistical methods for disparity estimation as a graduate fellow at Stanford’s RegLab. I also built machine learning solutions for the 988 Lifeline as a Data Science for Social Good fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Mar 10, 2025 | I will be interning at Adobe, San Jose this summer. I’d love to connect if you will be in the area! |
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Feb 20, 2025 | Our paper, AVEC: An Assessment of Visual Encoding Ability in Visualization Construction, is accepted to CHI 2025. Let’s meet up in Yokohama in April! |
Dec 1, 2024 | I started working as a visiting student researcher at FIGX Lab with Dr. Fumeng Yang at the University of Maryland, College Park. |