I currently publish actively in HCI-related journals and conferences (PACMHCI, IPM, IWC). Previously, I was more engaged with design research journals and conferences (TDJ, She Ji, IASDR).
* These authors are equally contributing as first authors.

2024

  1. Exploring multidimensional checkworthiness: Designing AI-assisted claim prioritization for human fact-checkers. arXiv [cs.HC], 2024. Houjiang Liu, Jacek Gwizdka, and Matthew Lease (Accepted to CSCW’25)  
    arXiv  

  2. Argumentative experience: Reducing confirmation bias on controversial issues through LLM-generated multi-persona debates. arXiv [cs.HC], 2024. Li Shi*, Houjiang Liu*, Yian Wong, Utkarsh Mujumdar, Dan Zhang, Jacek Gwizdka, and Matthew Lease
    arXiv  

  3. Human-centered NLP Fact-checking: Co-Designing with Fact-checkers using Matchmaking for AI. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-computer Interaction, 8(CSCW2) :Article(423), 44 pages, 2024. Houjiang Liu*, Anubrata Das*, Alexander Boltz*, Didi Zhou, Daisy Pinaroc, Matthew Lease, and Min Kyung Lee
    DOI   arXiv   Presentation  

    Best Paper Honorable Mention (top 4% submitted paper)

2023

  1. The state of human-centered NLP technology for fact-checking. Information Processing & Management, 60(2) :103219, 2023. Anubrata Das, Houjiang Liu, Venelin Kovatchev, and Matthew Lease
    DOI   arXiv  

  2. An Empirical Study of How Service Designers Use Metrics. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 9(3) :402–427, 2023. Estefania Ciliotta Chehade*, Houjiang Liu*, William Albert, and Miso Kim
    DOI   Blog  

  3. Designing for people you can’t meet: Persuasive design to nurture seniors’ participation in community services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Design Journal, 26(6) :934–955, 2023. Mingzhu Li, Miso Kim, Liqing Huang, and Houjiang Liu
    DOI  

  4. Is gift a token of gratitude or an imposition of identity? Facilitating positive consequences of gift-giving with receiver-centred design. In: Proceedings of IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, DRS, 2023. Houjiang Liu and Miso Kim
    DOI   Presentation  

  5. Design for Emergency: How Digital Technologies Enabled an Open Design Platform to Respond to COVID-19. Interacting with Computers, 35(5) :650–665, 2023. Sara Colombo, Estefania Ciliotta, Lucia Marengo, Houjiang Liu, Piero Molino, and Paolo Ciuccarelli
    DOI   Website   Blog   Video  

2022

  1. The Need for Human-centered Design in Fact-checking Research. In: Proceedings of the 1st Information Processing & Management (IP&M) Conference 2022. Anubrata Das, Houjiang Liu, Venelin Kovatchev, and Matthew Lease
    PDF  

  2. Shifting Winds: Gendered Structures of Academic Mentorship. In: 2022 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP), pp. 14–29, ieeexplore, 2022. Jiabao Li, Houjiang Liu, Jilie Zeng, Di Wu, Ying Ding, and Alec McGail
    DOI   Code   Website  

  3. Designing for Distance Nursing: Reconnecting Nursing Students with Senior Home Residents During COVID-19. In: Proceedings of IASDR 2021: [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes, pp. 2571–2582, Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. Houjiang Liu, Ray Lc, Miso Kim, Concettina Cormio, and Meixin Yu
    DOI   Presentation  

  4. Technology, Autonomy, and Participation: Designing Community Games and Services to Enhance Older Adults’ Technology Literacy. In: Proceedings of IASDR 2021: [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes, pp. 1575–1591, Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. Houjiang Liu, Miso Kim, Mingzhu Li, and Shruthi Lakshmi Narayan
    DOI   Presentation  

2021

  1. Autonomy as a Design Principle: Service Design for the Technology Literacy of Older Adults. In: Proceedings of Design Culture(s) Cumulus 2021, pp. 1190–1207, Cumulus, 2021. Houjiang Liu, Miso Kim, Canqun He, and Tia Thomson
    PDF  

2020

  1. Enriching Gifts, Experience Design to Understand Human Relationships, Northeastern University, 2020. Houjiang Liu (MFA Thesis)  
    PDF  


Others

For years, I have also been assisting my grandpa, a retired professor, in his lifelong work of editing Chinese dictionaries. Among his series of books, I helped co-edit the following work:

  1. 汉字字族字群典籍. -, 北京 2024. 邓治凡 ed (校对中)  

  2. 中华千古名言大辞典. 中国外文局华语教学出版社, 北京 2023. 邓治凡 ed

  3. 中华联语语典. 崇文书局, 武汉 2014. 邓治凡 ed