Eric Nai-Li Chen
Hi, I'm Eric, a first-year PhD student in Information Science at Cornell Tech advised by Max Kreminski and Thijs Roumen. I study Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a focus on building creativity support tools.
Previously, I was a visiting researcher at Boston University working with Chang Xiao. Before that, I developed illustration tools as an intern at Adobe Research with Li-Yi Wei and Rubaiat Habib Kazi, and masters student at Brown University advised by Jeff Huang.
I also enjoy camping, climbing, and martial arts tricking.
Updates
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Mar, 2026Accepted a PhD offer to start in the
fall at Cornell Tech in NYC!
Mar, 2026Gave a guest lecture in Boston
University course CS 598X1: HCI and HAI
Feb, 2026ActionBrushes poster is accepted to
CHI 2026 🇪🇸
Jan, 2026Started visiting researcher position
at Boston University with Prof. Chang Xiao
Oct, 2025Had the opportunity to give an
invited talk at UCSD Design Lab
Oct, 2025Presented L.ink, a tool for procedural ink
growth, at UIST 2025 🇰🇷
Sep, 2025Completed internship at Adobe Research
May, 2025Finalized masters research in
creativity support tools at Brown University advised by Jeff Huang and mentored by Tongyu Zhou
Apr, 2025Presented an early version of L.ink, accepted at CHI 2025 🇯🇵
Publications
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SVGraffiti: Remixing the Web with Vector Illustrations [DOI]
DIS 2026 Pictorials -
Actionbrushes: Painting with Elemental Dynamics from a Generative Palette [DOI]
CHI 2026 Posters -
L.ink: Procedural Ink Growth for Controllable Surprise [DOI]
UIST 2025 -
L.ink: Illustrating Controllable Surprise with L-System Based Strokes [DOI]
CHI 2025 LBW