I'm actively seeking a UX Research and Research Scientist internship for Summer 2026. Please feel free to reach out if you have any opportunities or would like to connect!

About Me

My name is Chengzhi ("chen-jeh") * Zhang 章程之. I was originally from picturesque Hangzhou city in China. But, due to some random walk, I am now a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech advised by Professor Brian Magerko at the Expressive Machinery Lab. Before that, I received my M.S. in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University and my Bachelor's in Industrial Design from Hunan University, China. In my free time, I love study/work at local cafes, listen to the podcats (one of my favourite: 8fenban ), and play with my cat.

• Designing and developing interactive experiences that enhance public understanding of AI in informal learning environments, with a focus on generative AI systems like ChatGPT.
• Investigating novel embodied and tangible ways of interacting and improvising with AI.
• Exploring methods to better leverage AI for enhancing user experience, especially for professionals like UX designers and artists.

* If you want to best pronounce "zhi", please refer to this YouTube link. However, the "zhi" sound is a voiceless retroflex affricate, a sound not typically found in English.

Publications

Conference full papers

Designing and Evaluating Museum Exhibit Prototypes to Foster Middle Schoolers’ AI Literacy through Creativity and Embodiment, Hasti Darabipourshiraz, Sophie Rollins, Milka Trajkova, Chengzhi Zhang, Yasmine Belghith, Tom McKlin, Jessica Roberts, Brian Magerko, Duri Long
ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (ACM TEI 2026)

Arxiv Pre-prints

Generative AI Literacy: A Comprehensive Framework for Literacy and Responsible Use, Chengzhi Zhang and Brian Magerko
→Arxiv arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19038

AI assistance for UX: A literature review through human-centered AI, Yuwen Lu, Yuewen Yang, Qingyi Zhao, Chengzhi Zhang, Toby Jia-Jun Li
→Arxiv arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.06089

Conference short papers

Bridging the Gap between UX Practitioners’ work practices and AI-enabled Yuwen Lu, Chengzhi Zhang, Iris Zhang, Toby Jia-Jun Li →DOI →PDF CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, 1-7 (ACM CHI LBW 2022)

Generative image AI using design sketches as input: Opportunities and challenges, Chengzhi Zhang, Weijie Wang, Paul Pangaro, Nikolas Martelaro, Daragh Byrne
→DOI →PDF Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 254-261 (ACM C&C 2023)

Fostering AI Literacy with LuminAI through Embodiment and Creativity in Informal Learning Spaces, Chengzhi Zhang, Chelsi Cocking, Milka Trajkova, Zoe Mock, Gemma Tate, Cassandra Monden, Brian Magerko
→DOI →PDF Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition, 476-481 (ACM C&C 2024)

Sound Clouds-Exploring ambient intelligence in public spaces to elicit deep human experience of awe, wonder, and beauty Chengzhi Zhang, Dashiel Carrera, Daksh Kapoor, Jasmine Kaur, Jisu Kim, Brian Magerko
→DOI →3-min Video NeurIPS Creative AI Track 2025

Designing for Public Enlightenment: Enhancing Generative AI Literacy on Socio-technical Aspects in Informal Learning Spaces Chengzhi Zhang
ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (ACM TEI 2026)

Conference workshop papers

UI Layout Generation with LLMs Guided by UI Grammar, Yuwen Lu, Ziang Tong, Qinyi Zhao, Chengzhi Zhang, Toby Jia-Jun Li
→Arxiv ICML 2023 Workshop on AI and HCI

Service

Review: ACM CHI Late Breaking Work (2023, 2024), ACM CSCW (2024), ACM DIS (2025), ACM IDC (2025)
Student Volunteer: ACM CHI 2024 @ Honululu, Hawaii