About Me
I am a 2nd year PhD student specializing in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the University of Tokyo, under the supervision of Prof. Koji Yatani. My passion is to design critical AI tools that foster human’s science communication and well-being. Previously I was working in the Rakuten Group Inc. as an Application Engineer for 2 years. Before that, I got my master degree from the Keio University under the supervision of Prof. Yuta Sugiura, and got my bachelor degree from the Dalian University of Technology.
I like making coffee, workout and playing console games in my leisure time. I am also a collector of 怪獣ソフビ (kaijū sofubi). Recently, I am playing Battlefield 6 on PS5.
Research Interests
Human Computer Interaction: Human–AI Interaction and AI for Science, focusing on how AI can be designed to foster human critical thinking and positively support mental well-being.
News
- [Feb. 2026]I will collaborate to organize the workshop "Beyond Cognitive Offloading: Conversational AI for Personal Growth" in AHs 2026.
- [Jan. 2026]I presented "Designing An LLM-based Interactive System to Support Critical Paper Reading" at the domestic conference HCI研究会 216.
- [Dec. 2025]Honored to receive the JSPS DC2 Research Fellowship (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young Scientists)!
Publications
IUI 2026
LLM-based In-situ Thought Exchanges for Critical Paper Reading
Xinrui Fang, Anran Xu, Chi-Lan Yang, Ya-Fang Lin, Sylvain Malacria, Koji Yatani
To appear in ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) 2026.
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CHI 2025
Exploring Practices, Challenges, and Design Implications for Citation Foraging, Management, and Synthesis
Xinrui Fang, Anran Xu, Sylvain Malacria, Koji Yatani
In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25), 2025.
CHI 2025
Meta-HCI: First Workshop on Meta-Research in HCI
Jonas Oppenlaender, Sylvain Malacria, Xinrui Fang, Niels van Berkel, Fanny Chevalier, Koji Yatani, Simo Hosio
In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25), 2025.
CPHS 2022
Light Guidance Control of Human Drivers: Driver Modeling, Control System Design, and VR Experiment
M Takeda, M Inoue, Xinrui Fang, Y Minami, JM Maestre
4th IFAC Workshop on Cyber-Physical and Human Systems CPHS, 2022.
IMWUT 2022
VoLearn: A Cross-Modal Operable Motion-Learning System Combined with Virtual Avatar and Auditory Feedback
Chengshuo Xia, Xinrui Fang, Riku Arakawa, Yuta Sugiura
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2022.
AHs 2022
Knock Knock: A Children-oriented Vocabulary Learning Tangible User Interaction System
Xinrui Fang, Takuro Watanabe, Chengshuo Xia, Arthur Torck
Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs), 2022.
Asian CHI 2021
FacialPen: Using Facial Detection to Augment Pen-Based Interaction
Xinrui Fang, Chengshuo Xia, Yuta Sugiura
Proceedings of the Asian CHI Symposium 2021 (Asian CHI), 2021.
UIST 2021
VoLearn: An Operable Motor Learning System with Auditory Feedback
Chengshuo Xia, Xinrui Fang, Yuta Sugiura
Adjunct Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Demo), 2022.
Awards & Honors
- 2026 Google Cloud Research Credit Grant ($1,000)
- 2025 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC2) (2026.04–2028.03)
- 2024 SPRING GX Fellowship (2024.04–2026.03)
- 2021 Sony Sensing Solution Hackathon: Outstanding Award (¥100,000)
- 2021 Keio University Graduate School Scholarship (¥500,000)
- 2021 KF-ICC Scholarship (¥720,000)
- 2020 Fujiwara Scholarship (¥50,000)
- 2020 JASSO Scholarship (¥480,000)
Services
External Reviewers
- IEEE VR, 2026
- ACM CHI Posters (LBW), 2022, 2025–2026
Student Volunteer
- The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2021
- The ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) 2021