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Ph.D. Student Joyful Experiences in Design and Interaction (JEDI) Lab Advisor: Janghee Cho College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Email Address: giselle.mails@gmail.com [My CV] [GitHub] [Twitter] [Instagram]

About Me

Hello! I am an incoming Ph.D. student at the JEDI Lab, College of Design and Engineering at NUS, supervised by Prof. Janghee Cho. My research interests include AI + (human-computer interaction, data visualization, information design, and visual communication design). I am particularly excited about designing and implementing AI-driven systems that facilitate online interaction and collaboration, focusing on understanding the role AI systems play in such interactions.

Previously, I conducted research on empirically grounded visualization system design at UNC/CU VisuaLab under the supervision of Prof. Danielle Albers Szafir, and pursued HCI research with Prof. Prasun Dewan during my undergrad.

Education Experience

	Ph.D. National University of Singapore (Aug. 2025 - ) Major: Industrial Design Department: College of Design and Engineering, Division of Industrial Design
	B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Aug. 2021 - May. 2025) Major: Computer Science Department: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science

Publication

• Characterizing Visualization Perception with Psychological Phenomena: Uncovering the Role of Subitizing in Data Visualization
  Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Mengyuan Zhu, Chin Tseng, and Danielle Szafir
  IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. VIS 2025), 2026.
  Honorable Mention award 🏅

• Towards Human-AI Collaboration for Misapplication Detection in Programming Exercises
  Samuel George, Zeqi Zhou, Ziqian Zhao, Mengyuan Zhu, and Prasun Dewan
  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2025.