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Hello, I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Chicago, where I am fortunate to be advised by Mina Lee. Previously, I was a research associate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
My research sits at the intersection of CSS, HCI and NLP. Broadly, I aim to bridge the gap between the technical capabilities of AI and the principles of human-centered computing. I explore how human-AI collaboration unfolds in practice and how we can better evaluate human-AI systems.
Currently, I study how AI can be designed to complement and augment human capabilities, with a particular focus on the worker skills. Using methods such as controlled experiments, surveys, and system evaluations, I investigate how AI can change the way people engage in everyday tasks, professional and academic work.
Please feel free to drop me an email if you are interested in a discussion!

Jiayin Zhi (she/her)
📧 jiayin.3zh@gmail.com
✉️ jzhi@uchicago.edu
Selected Works

PATIENT-Ψ: Using Large Language Models to Simulate Patients for Training Mental Health Professionals
Ruiyi Wang*, Stephanie Milani*, Jamie C. Chiu, Jiayin Zhi, Shaun M. Eack, Travis Labrum, Samuel M. Murphy, Nev Jones, Kate Hardy, Hong Shen, Fei Fang, Zhiyu Zoey Chen.
In Proceedings of EMNLP 2024.

Investigating What Factors Influence Users’ Rating of Harmful Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination
Sara Kingsley*, Jiayin Zhi*, Wesley Hanwen Deng, Jaimie Lee, Sizhe Zhang, Motahhare Eslami†, Ken Holstein†, Jason I. Hong†, Tianshi Li†, Hong Shen†. (* equal contribution, † equal contribution)
In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2024. Best Paper Award 🏆

"You’re in a Ferrari. I’m Waiting for the Bus": Confronting Tensions in Community-University Partnerships for Publicly Deployed Technologies
Cella M Sum, Jiayin Zhi, Amil N.T. Cook, Patrick James Cooper, Arturo Lozano, TJ Johnson, Jason Perez, Rayid Ghani, Michael Skirpan, Motahhare Eslami, Hong Shen, Sarah E Fox.
To Appear in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW 2025.
[Paper]

AI Failure Cards: Understanding and Supporting Grassroots Efforts to Mitigate AI Failures in Homeless Services
Ningjing Tang, Jiayin Zhi, Tzu-Sheng Kuo, Calla Kainaroi, Jeremy J Northup, Kenneth Holstein, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Hong Shen.
In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, FAccT 2024.
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