I connect AI with humans in meaninful ways.
Welcome to Pinxian Lu's personal website.
As a first-year PhD student in Human-centered Computing, I am especially interested in building and evaluating applications of Artificial Intelligence. Through my work, I hope to utilize advancements in Artificial Intelligence to promote their positive impact and reduce their negative impact on online communities and the society.
My advisor is Professor Munmun De Choudhury. I am a member of the Social Dynamics and Well-Being (SocWeB) Lab at Georgia Tech (https://socweb.cc.gatech.edu/).
Most recent news
August 2024 I became a PhD student at Georgia Institute of Technology in the Human Centered Computing program.
December 2023 I received the Honorable Mention of the 2024 Computing Research Association's (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA). (Webpage: https://cra.org/crae/awards/cra-outstanding-undergraduate-researchers/) The certificate is below.
Undergraduate Education
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
Information Science Major
Graduated in 2024 with Summa Cum Laude in Information Science
GPA: 4.014
GRE: 332 (Verbal 164; Quantitative 168; Analytical Writing 4.0)
Skills
Human Computer Interaction Design & Development, Online Communities, Web programming, Machine Learning with Python, Design, Psychology, Data Science
Software
Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch up, AutoCAD, Unity Engine, Microsoft Office
Coding
Python, HTML, R (statistics), PHP, CSS, and Javascript, SQL, SvelteKit
Interest
Science-fiction
Research and Industry Experience
I have multiple research experiences at Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Please contact me (plu74@gatech.edu) for my complete resume or CV.
Publications
1. Umarova, K., Okorafor, O., Lu, P., Shan, S., Xu, A., Zhou, R., ... & Leshed, G. (2024, May). Xenophobia Meter: Defining and Measuring Online Sentiment toward Foreigners on Twitter. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (Vol. 18, pp. 1517-1530).
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me, 2018