About Me
I’m Caleb, Zhicong Lu, an HCI researcher at DGP Lab, University of Toronto. I'm a PhD student in Computer Science supervised by Professor Daniel Wigdor. Previously I was a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies of Information and Art Design in Tsinghua University, China, supervised by Professor Ying-Qing Xu and Professor Yuanchun Shi. Before starting my master, I had a bachelor of Electronic Engineering and Game Design at Tsinghua University.
I am interested in HCI, social computing, computational social science, and machine learning, especially in studying, designing, and building systems that support social interactions, to enhance trust, engagement, and knowledge sharing in virtual and physical spaces. I am currently exploring how to leverage live streaming for sharing informal knowledge and safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
News & Travel
Our paper on misinformation in China has been accepted at CHI 2020
CSCW 2019 @Austin
Invited talk, Department of Information Management, Peking University
UIST 2019 @New Orleans
HCI International 2019 @Orlando
Internship at Adobe Research
CHI2019@Glasgow
My CHI 2019 paper on livestreaming and Intangible Cultural Heritage got a Best Paper Award! (Top 1% submissions)
Invited talk @Life Long Learning Lab, Tsinghua University
Invited talk @iSchool, U of Toronto
Publications
Vicariously Experiencing it all Without Going Outside: A Study of Outdoor Live Streaming in China
Zhicong Lu, Michelle Annett, and Daniel Wigdor. 2019. Vicariously Experiencing it all without Going Outside: A Study of Outdoor Livestreaming in China. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 3, CSCW, Article 25 (November 2019). Presented at CSCW 2019
"I feel it is my responsibility to stream": Streaming and Engaging with Intangible Cultural Heritage through Livestreaming
CHI 2019 Best Paper Award
Zhicong Lu, Michelle Annett, Mingming Fan, and Daniel Wigdor. "I feel it is my responsibility to stream": Streaming and Engaging with Intangible Cultural Heritage through Livestreaming. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, p. 229. ACM, 2019.
Fifteen Seconds of Fame: A Qualitative Study of Douyin, a Short Video Sharing Mobile Application in China
Xing Lu and Zhicong Lu. Fifteen Seconds of Fame: A Qualitative Study of Douyin, A Short Video Sharing Mobile Application in China. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham, 2019.
StreamWiki: Enabling Viewers of Knowledge Sharing Live Streams to Collaboratively Generate Archival Documentation for Effective In-Stream and Post Hoc Learning
Zhicong Lu, Seongkook Heo, and Daniel Wigdor. 2018. StreamWiki: Enabling Viewers of Knowledge Sharing Live Streams to Collaboratively Generate Archival Documentation for Effective In-Stream and Post-Hoc Learning. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 2, CSCW, Article 112 (November 2018). ACM, New York, NY. 26 pages.
InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming
Zhicong Lu, Mingming Fan, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao, Michelle Annett, Daniel Wigdor. InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of VAST 2018), 25(1), 2019 (To Appear).
You Watch, You Give, and You Engage: A Study of Live Streaming Practices in China
Zhicong Lu, Haijun Xia, Seongkook Heo, and Daniel Wigdor. You Watch, You Give, and You Engage: A Study of Live Streaming Practices in China. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, p. 466. ACM, 2018.
The Rise and Proliferation of Live-Streaming in China: Insights and Lessons
Jinglan Lin, Zhicong Lu (2017) The Rise and Proliferation of Live-Streaming in China: Insights and Lessons. In: Stephanidis C. (eds) HCI International 2017 – Posters' Extended Abstracts. HCI 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 714. Springer, Cham
Comparing Mid-air Finger Motion with Touch for Small Target Acquisition on Wearable Devices
Mingming Fan, Anuruddha Hettiarachchi, Zhicong Lu, Seyong Ha, and Priyank Gupta. 2017. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1593-1600.
LEGO2NANO: Designing interactive science for children in China
Francois Grey, En-Te Hwu, Zhicong Lu, et al. LEGO2NANO: Designing interactive science for children in China. Interaction Design and Children 2014 Extended Abstract (Demo Paper), Aarhus, Denmark, 2014