Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou 周稚璇

Assistant Professor @ UT San Antonio

kyrie DOT zhou AT utsa DOT edu

[CV]

About Me

Howdy! I'm an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I lead the Information Technology Ethics and Accessibility (iTEA) Lab where we explore and address emerging ethics and accessibility challenges of information technologies, particularly software and AI systems.

I received my PhD degree from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During my PhD, I was fortunately advised by Dr. Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo and Dr. Rachel F. Adler. I also worked closely with Dr. Ted Underwood at UIUC, Dr. Xin Tong at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), and Dr. Jinjun Xiong at the University at Buffalo.

I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology from Hongyi Honor College at Wuhan University, China. During my undergrad years, I was a visiting researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, advised by Dr. Justin Hsu, Fudan University, advised by Dr. Xianghua (Sharon) Ding, Westlake University, advised by Dr. Yue Zhang, and the University of Maryland-College Park, advised by Dr. Furong Huang. I was also a research intern at Tencent, Bytedance, and Zall Research Institute of Smart Commerce.

My research interests are broadly in Human-centered AI, AI Ethics, Computer Accessibility, and Human-Computer Interaction. I aspire to promote software and AI experience of vulnerable populations through a situated understanding as well as design, education, and governance interventions.

Recent News

[Old News]

• [06/2026] I'm an editor of the special issue on The Future of Trust and AI: Human‑Centered Safety, Transparency, and Assurance in Human‑Centric Intelligent Systems. Submit your best papers!
• [05/2026] One paper accepted to ASIS&T! See you in Bangkok, Thailand!
• [05/2026] Two posters accepted to TPRC! See you in Washington, D.C.!
• [03/2026] One paper accepted to AOM! See you in Philadelphia!
• [03/2026] One paper accepted to Texas NLP Symposium! See you in College Station!
• [02/2026] One minitrack proposal accepted to HICSS! The website is up. Submit your best papers!
• [01/2026] One paper accepted to CSCWD! See you in Fuzhou, China!
• [01/2026] One presentation accepted to the Accessibility in CS Education Workshop at SIGCSE! See you in St. Louis!
• [09/2025] One paper accepted to SIGCSE! See you in St. Louis!
• [09/2025] One paper accepted to Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology!

Award-Winning Papers

[Full Publications]

1. [iConference ’25 Poster Adjunct Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2025. A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Software Accessibility Laws, Policies, and Guidelines. In 20th iConference. 🏆 Finalist for Best Research Poster Award (5/38, 13%)

2. [ASIS&T ’24 Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Chunyu Liu, Jingwen Shan, Devorah Kletenik, and Rachel F. Adler. 2024. Accessible Adventures: Teaching Accessibility to High School Students Through Games. In 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). 🏆 Honorable Mention Best Long Paper Award (2nd of all 46 papers, 4.3%)

3. [HICSS ’23 Proceeding] Mengyi Wei and Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. AI Ethics Issues in Real World: Evidence from AI Incident Database. In 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). [News1] [News2] [News3] 🏆 Best Paper Award (11/678, 1.6%)

4. [CSCW ’23 Proceeding] Xinru Tang, Xianghua Ding, and Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. Towards Equitable Online Participation: A Case of Older Adult Content Creators' Role Transition on Short-form Video Sharing Platforms. In 26th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). [News1] [News2] 🏆 Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion (15/263, 5.7%)