Junheng (Elbert) Qian

I am a Ph.D. student in the College of Information at the University of Maryland, working with Prof. Yiwei Xu. My research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Computational Social Science. Recently, I focus on users behavior in the context where AI made mistakes such as AI hallucination and AI bias.

My research has been published in recognized peer-reviewed journals such as International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction and Journalism Studies. Beyond academia, I interned with the User Growth team at TikTok, where I worked on applying generative AI to identify and address user experience issues in push notifications.

I have been awarded the Dean's Scholarship and Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Maryland College of Information, as well as China's National Scholarship. I received my master's degree in Journalism and Communication from Sun Yat-sen University and my bachelor's degree in Information Management and Information Systems from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.