About Me
I'm a PhD candidate in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (my "official" webpage). I'm fortunately advised by Dr. Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo and Dr. Rachel F. Adler. I also work 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'm affiliated with the Governance Lab on Sociotechnical Systems (GLOSS), the Information Experience and Accessibility Lab, and AI & Art for Knowledge & Creativity (ARK) Lab.
I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology from Hongyi Honor College at Wuhan University, China. Previously, 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 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. More recently, my research has focused on generative AI ethics and accessibility design and education.
Recent News
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- [04/2025] One paper accepted to International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction!
- [04/2025] I passed my dissertation defense. I'm formally Dr. Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou now!
- [03/2025] 🏆 Our iConference poster is selected as one of five finalists for the Best Research Poster Award (5/38, 13%)!
- [02/2025] One paper accepted to CHI LBW! See you in Yokohama, Japan!
- [02/2025] One paper accepted to ASEE! See you in Montreal, Canada!
- [02/2025] One paper accepted to CSCWD! See you in Compiègne, France!
- [01/2025] One policy comment on ethical guidelines for research using pervasive data presented to NTIA.
- [01/2025] One paper accepted to Information and Technology in Education and Learning!
- [12/2024] I receive a Luther Henderson Fellowship!
- [11/2024] One paper and one poster accepted to iConference! See you in Bloomington!
Award-Winning Papers
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).
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🏆 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).
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🏆 Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion (15/263, 5.7%)