Attending CHI2025 @ Yokohama

In late April 2025, Professor Haipeng Mi and students from Milab traveled to Yokohama, Japan, to participate in the prestigious ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025). The conference, a premier international event in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, was held from April 26 to May 1. At the conference, Milab presented a significant body of work, including one full paper and five late-breaking works, showcasing their latest research achievements.

The scene of the 2022 CHI conference in Yokohama, Japan

The full paper, titled "Exploring the Design of LLM-based Agent in Enhancing Self-disclosure Among the Older Adults", was presented by Yijie Guo. The five late-breaking works covered a diverse range of topics, including a biofeedback game for emotion regulation, player-character relationships in AI-generated games, cultural understanding on social media, text-driven character voice generation, and a haptic creature design for enhancing emotional regulation in driving scenarios.

"Exploring the Design of LLM-based Agent in Enhancing Self-disclosure Among the Older Adults" report site

The Milab team engaged in in-depth discussions with leading academics, industry experts, and fellow students from around the globe, fostering an invaluable opportunity for learning and scholarly exchange.

• Yijie Guo, Ruhan Wang, Zhenhan Huang, Tongtong Jin, Xiwen Yao, Yuan-Ling Feng, Weiwei Zhang, Yuan Yao, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Exploring the Design of LLM-based Agent in Enhancing Self-disclosure Among the Older Adults. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 314, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713639

• Qi Chen, Jiachen Du, Zhihao Yao, Yuanling Feng, Guanhong Liu, Ning Ni, Zhenyu Wu, Haoran Liu, Xijing Chen, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Breath of Life: A Biofeedback Game with Diverse Breathing Techniques for Enhanced Real-Life Emotion Regulation. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 107, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720103

• Qirui Sun, Haixin Qiao, Jinghan Zhu, Yunjia Guo, Yifan Jin, Teli Yuan, Siyu Wang, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Myself, My Child or My Friend: Understanding Player Relationships with AI-Generated Game Characters. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 412, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720207

• Yao Xiao, Zhihao Yao, Shujie Yang, Qi Xin, Angela Chulei Tang, Haipeng Mi, and Zhigang Wang. 2025. Enhancing Cultural Understanding on Chinese Social Media: A RAG-based Approach with CoT Reasoning Analyzing Absurd Language Style. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 223, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720151

• Yunyi Ni, Qirui Sun, Yuan Chai, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. VoiceForge: A Text-Driven Character Voice Generation System for Narrative Content Creation. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 584, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720140

• Yueyao Jiang, Xiwen Yao, Yuxin Zhu, Xinjun Gong, Zhihao Yao, Yut Wong, Yijie Guo, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Miau-BOT: A Haptic Creature Design for Enhancing Emotional Regulation in Driving Scenarios. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 395, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720107