About Me
I'm Jie Cai (蔡杰). I am Postdoctoral Researcher and a
Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar at Pervasive HCI Group
at Tsinghua University, and working with Dr. Chun Yu.
I was an Assistant Research Professor at
College of IST, Penn State University
and co-lead the Collaboration and Innovation Lab with Dr. John M. Carroll.
I received my Ph.D. in the
Ying
Wu College of Computing at New Jersey Institute of Technology. I was supervised by
Dr. Yvette Wohn and also worked at the Social X Lab.
My researh was generously supported by two
NFS projects about content moderation on social media:
(1)
Handling Online Risks and Creating Safe Spaces: Content Moderation in Live Streaming Micro Communities;
(2) Augmenting Social Media Content Moderation.
My research areas are in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
My research topics sit at the intersection of interactive media, accessibility, marginalization, and platform governance in HCI,
encompassing exploration of both the positive and negative dimensions of user experiences online with mixed methods (e.g., observation,
interview, survey, participatory design): (1) I explore users' immersive interactions in novel online spaces. (2) I focus on harassment
(e.g., racism and sexism) and content moderation in interactive social spaces.
（3）I am currently focus on AI governance and AI education.
My research has been published in premier HCI venues, such as CHI (three Honorable Mention Awards) and CSCW (an Honoralbe Mention Award).
As a researcher, I actively engage in the HCI communities with leadership roles: organizing committee
(ACM CSCW 2024 publication co-chair, ACM CHI 2022 Assistant to Technical Program Chairs, ACM IMX 2021 proceedings co-chair),
program committee (ACs at CSCW, CHI, CHI PLAY), and workshop organizer (CHI 2023, 2024). I was invited to give talks in the industry
(Twitch) and was interviewed by the Center for Democracy and Technology to broaden my research impact.
I am now actively looking for highly motivated students with interdisciplinary backgrounds (e.g., computer science, pyschology, communication, policy, management) to join my projects.
New projects mainly focuse on AI and governance, LLM and Education (broadly defined). please email me you toughts and have a chat!
News & Travels
2025-3
One paper about ChatGPT for Qualitative Research was accepted at Computers in Human Behavior:
Artificial Humans.
One CHI paper won an Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2025.
2025-2
One paper about Infstraturing in HCI was accepted at CSCW 2025.
One paper about GenAI and SocialVR was accepted at CHI LBW 2025.
One paper about marginalization in SocialVR was accepted at CHI 2025.
2024-12
I was honored to receive the Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar.
2024-11
Our paper about Blind TikToker's Flourishing Labor won an Honorable Mention Award at CSCW 2024.
I am excited to start my work at Tsinghua University.
2024-9
I was invited to serve as the proceedings chairs at CSCW 2025.
2024-6
I will serve as ACs for CHI 2025 and CSCW 2025.
2024-5
I am one of the penalists of content moderation at Social Media Moderation Summit 2024.
I am a session chair of CHI 2024.
2024-4
Our paper about Third-party developers received an Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2024.
Our paper "Identity Work of the Blind Community on TikTok: Flourishing States and Flourishing Labor" was accepted with minor revision at
CSCW 2024.
2024-4
I was interviewed by a journalist from Columbia University to share my work about moderation on Twitch.
2024-3
We are interviewed by Center for Democracy and Technology to share our research about blind user's moderation expeirence.
We are interviewed by MIT Tech Review China to share our research about generative AI on YouTube.
2024-3
Two short papers (GenAI and Moderation Fairness and Justice) were accepted at CHI LBW 2024.
2024-2
Our paper "'People are way too obsessed with rank': Trust System in Social Virtual Reality" was accepted at Journal of CSCW.
2024-1
Two papers (third-party tool development, accessibility, and content moderation) were accepted at CHI 2024.
More Archived Content
2023-12
Our workshop "Generative AI in User-Generated Content" was accepted at CHI 2024.
2023-11
I am invited by Twitch community health team to give a virtual talk to share my moderation research in live streaming communites.
2023-9
I will join the program committee and serve as an AC for the "Understanding People" subcommittee
CHI 2024.
2023-7
I am excited to join the Origanizing Committee and serve the Proceedings/Publication Co-Chairs for the CSCW 2024.
2023-5
I will serve an AC for the CSCW 2023 poster track.
2023-4
My paper about "Hate Raids on Twitch: Understanding Real-Time Human-Bot Coordinated Attacks in Live Streaming
Communities" was accpeted at CSCW 2023.
My CHI2023 paper about conflict and conflict managment in live streaming won a Honorable Mention Award.
2023-2
Our work "Ignoring As a Moderation Strategy for Volunteer Moderators on Twitch"
was accepted at CHI LBW 2023.
I will work as an AC for the full paper track at CHI PLAY 2023
2023-1
My paper "Understanding Moderators’ Conflict and Conflict Management Strategies with Streamers in Live Streaming Communities"
was accepted at CHI 2023.
Our Workshop "Building Credibility, Trust, and Safety on Video-Sharing Platforms" was accepted at
CHI 2023.
2023-1
I will serve an AC for the CHI 2023 Late-Breaking Work.
More
2022-6
I will serve an AC for the CSCW 2022 poster track.
2022-5
I won the "Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant" Award this year at
Ying Wu College of Computing.
2022-3
I will work as an Assistant of Technical Program Chairs for
CHI 2023.
Our paper entitled "“Distress and Disempowerment: How Organizational Factors Limit
Commercial Content Moderators’ Agency" was accepted at
#SMSociety 2022
2022-3.23
I successfully defend my dissertation and become Dr. Cai.
2022-3
I will be a student volunteer (SV) at
IUI2022.
2022-2
Excited. My paper "Coordination and Collaboration: How do Volunteer Moderators Work as a Team in
Live Streaming Communities?" was accepted
at CHI 2022 .
2022-1
Our Paper "Awe Versus Aww: The Effectiveness of Two Kinds of Positive Emotional
Stimulation on Stress Reduction for Online Content Moderators." is accepted by
at CSCW 2022.
I will work with
Dr. Julie Anics as a TA for the course: HRM 601: Organizational Behavior.
2021-11
My paper "Coordination and Collaboration: How do Volunteer Moderators Work as a Team in
Live Streaming Communities?" came with the decision "R&R" (13.5% )
at CHI 2022 . Hopefully it will get accepted.
2021-9
I will teach
"IS448 Usability & Measuring User Experience" Again.
2021-7
Our short paper "Conceptualizing Visual Analytic Interventions for Content Moderation" is accepted
by IEEE VIS 2021.
My paper "After Violation But Before Sanction: Understanding Volunteer Moderators'
Profiling Processes Toward Violators in Live Streaming Communities" is accepted with minor revision
by
CSCW 2021.
2021-6
My paper "Choice of Social Music Systems in China: A Study of NetEase Cloud Music " is accepted
as late break work by
MobileHCI 2021.
My paper "Teleworker's Perception of Technology Use for Collaborative and Social
During the COVID-19 Pandemic" is accepted by
British HCI Conference 2021.
I will attend
2021 CSST Summer Research Institute from 12–14 July (Online).
2021-5
I have one poster about rules in live streaming communities
accepted at IMX2021 (Virtual).
I will also join the DC to discuss my dissertation topic about "Understanding the Voluntary
Moderation Practices in Live Streaming Communities".
2021-3
I have two papers about moderation and harassment in live streaming communities
accepted at IMX2021 (Virtual).
2021-2
I will be a proceedings chair at
IMX2021 (Virtual).
2020-10
I will be a Student Volunteer at
CSCW 2020 (Virtually).
