Publications

Selected Publications

CoSignPlay: A Collaborative Approach to Learning Non-Manual Signs in ASL for Hearing Families with Deaf Children

Xuanyu Liu, Hsin-Le Cheng, Guillaume Chastel, Margaret Chastel, Zhen Bai

International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) 2025
Co-Design Analogical and Embodied Representations with Children for Child-Centered AI Learning Experiences

Xiaofei Zhou, Yunfan Gong, Yushan Zhou, Yufei Jiang, Zhen Bai

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (ijHCS)
RhymASL: An Interactive Rhyming ASL Story Generator

Yifan Li, Athena Willis, Zhiyuan Yan, and Zhen Bai.

International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) 2025
AGen: Personalized Analogy Generation through Large Language Model

Shutong Wu, Hecong Wang and Zhen Bai.

Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) 2025
Empower Secondary School Teachers to Create ML-Supported Inquiry-Based Learning Activities

Xiaofei Zhou, Hanjia Lyu, Yuxin Sa, Mengfan Li, Advait Sarkar, Jiebo Luo, Michael Daley, and Zhen Bai.

Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) 2025
Design AI for My Community: A Case Study of Collaborative Learning in a Freedom-to-Read Summer Camp

Xiaofei Zhou, Yunfan Gong, Y Yu, Y Zhang, J Smith and Zhen Bai.

International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2025
Leveraging Usefulness and Autonomy: Designing AI-Mediated ASL Communication Between Hearing Parents and Deaf Children

Yifan Li, Hecong Wang, Ekram Hossain, Madeleine Mann, Jingyan Yu, Kaleb Slater Newman, Ashley Bao, Athena Wilson, Chigusa Kuramada, Wyatte C Hall, Zhen Bai

Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2025
An Educational Game Prototype for Avatar-based Non-Manual Sign Learning in American Sign Language
Xuanyu Liu, Hsin-Le Cheng, Guillaume Chastel, Margaret Chastel, and Zhen Bai
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) 2025 – Extended Abstracts
Briteller: Shining a Light on AI Recommendation for Children

Xiaofei Zhou, Yi Zhang, Yufei Jiang, Yunfan Gong, Chi Zhang, Alissa N. Antle, Zhen Bai

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2025
“Bee and I Need Diversity!” Break Filter Bubbles in Recommendation Systems through Embodied AI Learning

Xiaofei Zhou, Yushan Zhou, Yunfan Gong, Zhenyao Cai, Annie Qiu, Qinqin Xiao, Alissa N. Antle, Zhen Bai

Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2024
OptiDot: An Optical Interface for Children to Explore Dot Product and AI Recommendation
Xiaofei Zhou, Pei Xiong, Qinqin Xiao, and Zhen Bai
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) 2024 – Extended Abstracts
Creating an authoring tool for K-12 teachers to design ML-supported scientific inquiry learning
Xiaofei Zhou, Jingwan Tang, Hanjia Lyu, Xinyi Liu, Zhenhao Zhang, Lichen Qin, Fiona Au, Advait Sarkar, and Zhen Bai
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) 2024 – Extended Abstracts
Approaching “Filter Bubble” in Recommendation Systems: A Transformative AI Literacy Learning Experience
Yunfan Gong, Xiaofei Zhou, Yushan Zhou, April Luehmann, Yujung Han and Zhen Bai
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2024
Supporting Multidimensional Data Analysis for High-School Students in the Era of Machine Learning

Xiaofei Zhou, Jinwan Tang, Qinqin Xiao, Yushan Zhou, Zhen Bai

International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2024
Supporting ASL Communication Between Hearing Parents and Deaf Children
Ekram Hossain, Ashley Bao, Kaleb Slater Newman, Madeleine Mann, Hecong Wang, Yifan Li, Chigusa Kurumada, Wyatte Hall and Zhen Bai
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) 2023
Engage AI and Child in Explanatory Dialogue on Commonsense Reasoning
Erqian Xu, Hecong Wang, Zhen Bai
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) 2023 – Extended Abstracts
Context-responsive ASL Recommendation for Parent-Child Interaction
Ekram Hossain, Merritt Lee Cahoon, Yao Liu, Chigusa Kurumada and Zhen Bai
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) 2022
Challenges and Design Opportunities in Data Analysis for ML-Empowered Scientific Inquiry – Insights from a Teacher Professional Development Study
Xiaofei Zhou, Jingwan Tang, Beilei Guo, Hanjia Lyu and Zhen Bai
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2022
Signing-on-the-Fly: Technology Preferences to Reduce Communication Gap between Hearing Parents and Deaf Children

Zhen Bai, Elizabeth M. Codick, Ashely Tenesaca, Wanyin Hu, Xiurong Yu, Peirong Hao, Chigusa Kurumada, Wyatte Hall

Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2022
“Now, I Want to Teach It for Real!”: Introducing Machine Learning as a Scientific Discovery Tool for K-12 Teachers

Xiaofei Zhou, Jingwan Tang, Michael Daley, Saad Ahmad, and Zhen Bai

Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) 2021
Exploratory Process Analysis of Teacher Learning of AI Integration through Collaborative Design
Xiaoyu Wan, Jingwan Tang, Xiaofei Zhou and Zhen Bai
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2022
Scaffolding Design to Bridge the Gaps between Machine Learning and Scientific Discovery for K-12 STEM Education
Xiaoyu Wan, Jingwan Tang, Xiaofei Zhou and Zhen Bai
Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2021
SmileyCluster: Supporting Accessible Machine Learning in
K-12 Scientific Discovery

Xiaoyu Wan, Xiaofei Zhou, Zaiqiao Ye, Chase K. Mortensen, Zhen Bai

Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2020
Empowering Teachers to Integrate Machine Learning into K-12 Scientific Discovery
Xiaofei Zhou, Jingwan Tang, Sufian Mushtaq, Xiaoyu Wan, and Zhen Bai
Education in Artificial Intelligence K-12 (EduAI) 2020
Augmenting Communication Between Hearing Parents and Deaf Children
Ashely Tenesaca, Jung Yun Oh, Crystal Lee, Wanyin Hu and Zhen Bai
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) 2019
Visual Cues for Disrespectful Conversation Analysis
Samiha Samrose, Wenyi Chu, Carolina He, Yuebai Gao,
Syeda Sarah Shahrin, Zhen Bai and Mohammed (Ehsan) Hoque
Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2019