Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou

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Journal Articles

6. [IJHCI ’25 Article] Mengyi Wei, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Dongsheng Chen, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Puzhen Zhang, Chuan Chen, Yu Feng, and Liqiu Meng. 2025. Understanding Risk Preference and Risk Perception When Adopting High-Risk and Low-Risk AI Technologies. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

5. [ITEL ’25 Article] ABIR Mohammed Galib Hasan, katsusuke SHIGETA, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Privacy Perception and University Students' Acceptance of Learning Management System: A Case Study in Japan. In Information and Technology in Education and Learning.

4. [CSCW ’25 Article] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Weirui Peng, Yuhan Liu, and Rachel F. Adler. 2024. Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. In PACM Human-Computer Interaction 9, CSCW.

3. [Information Matters ’24 Special Issue Edited] Aylin Imeri and Kyrie Zhou. 2024. Information Matters Special Issue on Professional Development. In Information Matters.

2. [CSCW ’24 Article] Yunpeng Xiao, Bufan Deng, Siqi Chen, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Luyao Zhang, RAY LC, and Xin Tong. 2024. "Centralized or Decentralized?": Concerns and Value Judgments of Stakeholders in the Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Market. In PACM Human-Computer Interaction 8, CSCW1.

1. [CSCW ’23 Article] 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 PACM Human-Computer Interaction 7, CSCW2. [News1] [News2] 🏆 Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion (15/263, 5.7%)

Conference Proceedings

18. [ASEE ’25 Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Chunyu Liu, Yunqi Li, Devorah Kletenik, and Rachel F. Adler. 2025. Beyond Swipe and Tap: Cultivating Mobile Accessibility Awareness and Knowledge in Computing Disciplines. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference (ASEE) - Computers in Education Division (COED).

17. [CSCWD ’25 Proceeding] Justin Eric Chen, Abhinav Choudhry, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Rachel F. Adler. 2025. Toward More Inclusive eHealth Technologies for Older Adults: A Narrative Review. In IEEE 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD).

16. [iConference ’25 Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Abhinav Choudhry, Ece Gumusel, and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2025. "Sora is Incredible and Scary": Public Perceptions and Governance Challenges of Text-to-Video Generative AI Models. In 20th iConference.

15. [SIGCSE ’25 Proceeding] Chunyu Liu, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Samantha Sy, Elizabeth Lodvikov, Jingwen Shan, Devorah Kletenik, and Rachel F. Adler. 2025. Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students. In 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).

14. [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%)

13. [TPRC ’24 Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2024. Understanding People's Personalized and Contextual Choices of Differential Privacy: A Proof-of-Concept Survey. In 52nd Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC). 🏅 SSRN's Top Ten download list (60 days) for: Information Policy, Ethics, Access & Use eJournal, Human-Computer Interaction eJournal

12. [TPRC ’24 Proceeding] Allison Sinnott and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2024. Governance Implications Toward Safer Online Blockchain Communities: A Case Study of Bored Ape NFTs. In 52nd Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC).

11. [NLP4DH ’23 Proceeding (Short Paper)] Bingqing Liu*, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou*, Danlei Zhu*, and Jaihyun Park. 2023. Uncovering Gender Stereotypes in Video Game Character Designs: A Multi-Modal Analysis of Honor of Kings. In 3rd International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities (NLP4DH).

10. [SOUPS ’23 Proceeding] Zhixuan Zhou*, Tanusree Sharma*, Luke Emano, Sauvik Das, and Yang Wang. 2023. Iterative Design of An Accessible Crypto Wallet for Blind Users. In 19th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS). [News]

9. [USENIX Security ’23 Proceeding] Tanusree Sharma, Zhixuan Zhou, Andrew Miller, and Yang Wang. 2023. A Mixed-Methods Study of Security Practices of Smart Contract Developers. In 32nd USENIX Security Symposium. [News]

8. [iConference ’23 Proceeding] Xiang Chen, Jiamu Xie, Zixin Wang, Bohui Shen, and Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. How We Express Ourselves Freely: Censorship, Self-censorship, and Anti-censorship on a Chinese Social Media. In 18th iConference. [News1] [News2]

7. [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%)

6. [HICSS ’23 Proceeding] Zhixuan Zhou, Zixin Wang, and Franziska Zimmer. 2023. Anonymous Expression in an Online Community for Women in China. In 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). [News]

5. [S&P ’23 Proceeding] Zachary Kilhoffer, Zhixuan Zhou, Firmiana Wang, Fahad Tamton, Yun Huang, Pilyoung Kim, Tom Yeh, and Yang Wang. 2023. "How technical do you get? I'm an English teacher": Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity and AI Ethics in High School. In 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). [News]

4. [AHFE ’22 Proceeding] Zhixuan Zhou and Bohui Shen. 2022. Toward Understanding the Use of Centralized Exchanges for Decentralized Cryptocurrency. In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE).

3. [HICSS ’22 Proceeding] Zhixuan Zhou, Xianghua Ding, Xinru Tang, and Yunan Chen. 2022. "I Prefer an Everyday Style and Dislike Big Food Fighters": Integrating Foodshow into Everyday Life. In 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

2. [SmartCity ’19 Proceeding] Zhiguo Zhou, Huiyu Cai, and Zhixuan Zhou. 2019. An Analysis of Pedestrians' Behavior in Emergency Evacuation Using Cellular Automata Simulation. In 17th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity).

1. [ICAART ’19 Proceeding (Position Paper)] Zhixuan Zhou, Huankang Guan, Meghana Moorthy Bhat, and Justin Hsu. 2019. Fake News Detection via NLP is Vulnerable to Adversarial Attacks. In 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART).

Conference Presentations (Non-Archival)

5. [PrivaCI Symposium ’24 Presentation] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2024. Understanding People's Contextual Choices of Differential Privacy. In 6th Annual Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity (PrivaCI Symposium).

4. [CCFCE ’24 Presentation] Yuqi Chen, Yifan Li, Xiaokang Fu, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Luyao Zhang. 2024. Global Public Sentiment on Decentralized Finance: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Geo-tagged Tweets from 150 Countries. In CCF Annual Conference on Computational Economics (CCFCE).

3. [DPI Conference ’24 Presentation] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Zachary Kilhoffer, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Ted Underwood, Ece Gumusel, Mengyi Wei, Abhinav Choudhry, and Jinjun Xiong. 2024. "The teachers are confused as well": A Multiple-Stakeholder Ethics Discussion on Large Language Models in Computing Education. In 10th Annual Digital Pedagogy Institute Conference.

2. [CfC-SMART ’24 Presentation] Luyao Zhang, Yutong Sun, Yutong Quan, Jiaxun Cao, Kyrie Zhou, and Xin Tong. 2024. Leveraging Social Media Sentiments and Ethical Signals for NFT Valuation. In CfC St. Moritz Academic Research Track (CfC-SMART).

1. [CESC ’22 Presentation] Tanusree Sharma*, Zhixuan Zhou*, Yun Huang, and Yang Wang. 2022. "It's A Blessing and A Curse": Unpacking Creators' Practices with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Their Communities. In Crypto Economics Security Conference (CESC).

Conference Workshops Organized, Panels, Posters, Late-Breaking Works, and Other

8. [CHI ’25 Late-Breaking Work Adjunct Proceeding] Chunyu Liu, Annie Wang, Mithali Iyer, Gwendolyn Slaughter, Allie Bosch, Elizabeth Lodvikov, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Devorah Kletenik, and Rachel F. Adler. 2025. Teaching Accessibility: A Family Workshop for Middle School Students. In ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) - Late-Breaking Works (LBWs) Track.

7. [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%)

6. [ASSETS ’24 Workshop Proposal Adjunct Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Rachel F. Adler, Caterina Almendral, Soyoung Choi, Devorah Kletenik, Bruno Oro, and JooYoung Seo. 2024. Teaching Accessibility in Different Disciplines: Topics, Approaches, Resources, Challenges. In 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS). [Website]

5. [ASIS&T ’24 Panel Adjunct Proceeding] Howard Rosenbaum, Ece Gumusel, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Miriam Sweeney, Steve Sawyer, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2024. Exploring Some Impacts of Advances in Artificial Intelligence: A Social Informatics Approach. In 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

4. [CSCW ’23 Poster Adjunct Proceeding] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Bohui Shen, Franziska Zimmer, Chuanli Xia, and Xin Tong. 2023. More Than a Wife and a Mom: A Study of Mom Vlogging Practices in China. In 26th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). [TL;DR]

3. [SOUPS ’23 Poster Presentation] Zachary Kilhoffer, Zhixuan Zhou, Firmiana Wang, Fahad Tamton, Yun Huang, Pilyoung Kim, Tom Yeh, and Yang Wang. 2023. "How technical do you get? I'm an English teacher": Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity and AI Ethics in High School. In 19th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).

2. [IC2S2 ’23 Poster Presentation] Zhixuan Zhou, Jiao Sun, Jiaxin Pei, Nanyun Peng, Jinjun Xiong, and Yang Wang. 2023. A Moral- and Event- Centric Discovery of Gender Bias in Fairy Tales at A Large Scale. In 9th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2).

1. [HCI International ’23 Poster Adjunct Proceeding] Zhixin Shi*, Zhixuan Zhou*, Abhinav Choudhry, Mengyi Wei, Xiang Chen, and Bohui Shen. 2023. Ethical Concerns of COVID-19 Contact Tracing: A Narrative Review. In 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International).

Conference-Affiliated Workshop Papers

7. [QRS Workshop ’24 Proceeding] Luyao Zhang, Yutong Quan, Jiaxun Cao, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Xin Tong. 2024. Leveraging Social Media Sentiments and Ethical Signals for NFT Valuation. In Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contracts co-located with QRS.

6. [CHI Workshop ’24 Proceeding] Rachel F. Adler, Kevin Baez, Melissa Delgado, Daniela Raudales Reyes, Jocelyn Sotelo, Jingwen Shan, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Susan Magasi. 2024. mENTER: Co-Designing an mHealth Peer Navigator Intervention for People with Disabilities. In 3rd EmpathiCH Workshop co-located with CHI.

5. [HRI Workshop ’24 Proceeding] Abhinav Choudhry, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Rachel F. Adler. 2024. Perceived Credibility of LLM Responses in Search Contexts. In Human - Large Language Model Interaction Workshop co-located with HRI.

4. [CSCW Workshop ’23 Proceeding] Weirui Peng, Mengyi Wei, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. Enhancing User Engagement in AI Auditing Through Gamification and Storytelling. In Supporting User Engagement in Testing, Auditing, and Contesting AI Workshop co-located with CSCW.

3. [IDC Workshop ’23 Presentation] Lyumanshan Ye and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. Children-Chatbot Collaboration for Enhancing Language Skills for Children with ASD. In Designing AI Interfaces for Children with Special Needs in Educational Contexts Workshop co-located with IDC.

2. [ICDCS Workshop ’23 Proceeding] Andreea-Elena Drăgnoiu, Moritz Platt, Zixin Wang, and Zhixuan Zhou. 2023. The More You Know: Energy Labelling Enables More Sustainable Cryptocurrency Investment. In 1st Workshop on Fintech and Decentralized Finance (FiDeFix) co-located with ICDCS.

1. [NeurIPS Workshop ’19 Presentation] Meghana Moorthy Bhat and Zhixuan Zhou. 2019. Fake News Detection via NLP Becomes Harder. In 14th Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) co-located with NeurIPS.

7. [NTIA ’25 Policy Comment] Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Kyra M. Abrams, John Bambenek, Melissa G. Ocepek, Emmy Tither, Karen M. Wickett, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou (alphabetical order starting the second author). 2025. Comments on "Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data". Policy comment presented to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

6. [U.S. AI Safety Institute ’24 Policy Comment] Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Rhea Rajesh, Sarah Wheeler, Zachary Kilhoffer, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2024. Commentary on Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models. Policy comment presented to U.S. AI Safety Institute.

5. [XRDS ’24 Article] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Zachary Kilhoffer, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Ted Underwood, Ece Gumusel, Mengyi Wei, Abhinav Choudhry, and Jinjun Xiong. 2024. Ethics, Governance, and User Mental Models for Large Language Models in Computing Education. In XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students.

4. [Information Matters ’24 Article] Jingtian Jia and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2024. Teaching Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in China: Strategies and Challenges. In Information Matters.

3. [Information Matters ’23 Article] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, and Allison Sinnott. 2023. Toward Ethical Use of Generative AI in AP Courses. In Information Matters. 🏅 SSRN's Top Ten download list (60 days) for: Educational Technology, Media & Library Science eJournal

2. [U.S. Copyright Office ’23 Policy Comment] Gowri Saini Balasubramaniam, Sara Rachel Benson, Anita Say Chan, Keith Jacobs, Karen V. Jenkins, Smirity Kaushik, Jiaqi Ma, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Eryclis Rodrigues Bezerra Silva, Emmy Tither, Michael Twidale, Ted E. Underwood, Yaman Yu, and Kyrie Zhou (alphabetical order). 2023. Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Policy comment presented to U.S. Copyright Office.

1. [NTIA ’23 Policy Comment] Zachary Kilhoffer, Anita Nikolich, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, and Zhixuan Zhou (alphabetical order). 2023. AI Accountability Policy. Policy comment presented to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Dissertation

1. [Dissertation] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. A Pragmatic and Human-centered Approach to Promoting Software Accessibility: Design, Education, Governance. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.

Preprints

3. [arXiv] Yunpeng Xiao, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Yueqing Liang, and Kai Shu. 2024. Understanding The Concerns and Choices of The Public When Using Large Language Models for Healthcare. arXiv.

2. [arXiv] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2024. Public Perceptions of Gender Bias in Large Language Models: Cases of ChatGPT and Ernie. arXiv. [News1] [News2]

1. [arXiv] Na Yang, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Yunzhe Li. 2023. How People Perceive The Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy: A Retrospective Analysis From The Perspective of Appraisal Theory. arXiv.

Working Papers

13. [Working Paper] Rachel F. Adler, Jingwen Shan, Jocelyn Sotelo, Daniela Irazu Raudales Reyes, Kevin Baez, Melissa Delgado, Aditi Mathur, Audrey Phillips, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Susan Magasi. 2025. Designing an mHealth Prototype for People with Disabilities: Insights from Co-Design and Heuristic Evaluation. Submitted to Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.

12. [Working Paper] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Jiaxun Cao, Xiaowen Yuan, Daniel E. Weissglass, Zachary Kilhoffer, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, and Xin Tong. 2025. "I'm Not Confident in Debiasing AI Systems Since I Know Too Little": Designing and Evaluating Hands-on Gender Bias Tutorials for AI Practitioners and Learners. Submitted to 88th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

11. [Working Paper] Diego Jose Marquez, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Yunpeng Xiao, and Madelyn Sanfilippo. 2025. A Qualitative Inspection of Censorship in Large Language Models: A Case Study of ChatGPT. Submitted to 88th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

10. [Working Paper] Lala Hajibayova, Mubarak Raji, Madelyn Sanfilippo, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Drawing the Line: Exploring AI opportunities, Risks and the Need for Governance and Regulations. Submitted to 88th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

9. [Working Paper] Jingtian Jia and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Toward More Inclusive Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in China: A Social Media Perspective. Submitted to 88th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

8. [Working Paper] Yuhan Yuan and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Public Attitudes Toward Stray Dogs and Animal Protection: An Analysis Based on Sina Weibo Discussions. Submitted to 88th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

7. [Working Paper] Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Noah Apthorpe, Yan Shvartzshnaider, and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. Coproducing Community and Research Strategies in EdTech Research. Book chapter in preparation.

6. [Working Paper] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Justin Eric Chen, and Madelyn Sanfilippo. 2025. A Comprehensive Institutional Analysis of Software Accessibility Laws. Submitted to 53rd Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC).

5. [Working Paper] Mohammed Galib Hasan Abir and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Examining Generative AI Policies in Universities in Japan. Submitted to 53rd Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC).

4. [Working Paper] Ece Gumusel, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo. 2025. User Perceived Privacy in LLM-based Chatbots: Policy Implications and Governance Gaps. Submitted to 53rd Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC).

3. [Working Paper] Allison Sinnott and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou. 2025. Governance Implications Toward Safer Online Blockchain Communities: A Case Study of Bored Ape NFTs. Submitted to Journal of Information Policy.

2. [Working Paper] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Royta Iftakher, Sean P. Mullen, Rachel F. Adler, and Devorah Kletenik. 2025. Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors. Submitted to 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW).

1. [Working Paper] Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, Yilin Zhu, Jingwen Shan, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, and Hee Rin Lee. 2024. Revitalizing Sex Education for Chinese Children: A Formative Study. Submitted to Information and Learning Sciences.