[ eric nai-li chen ]
Hi, I'm Eric, an incoming 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.
Currently, I'm a visiting researcher at Boston University working with Chang Xiao. Previously, I developed illustration tools as an intern at Adobe Research 🖌️Click & drag to draw and masters student at Brown University 🖋️Click & drag to draw advised by Jeff Huang.
I also enjoy camping, climbing, and martial arts tricking.
Updates
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Mar, 2026Accepted my Cornell PhD offer, starting this fall at the Cornell Tech campus 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 with mentors Li-Yi Wei and Rubaiat Habib Kazi
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 [to appear]
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