Xinyi Lu

Hi, I am Xinyi Lu, a first-year PhD student at University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Xu Wang. Before that, I got my B.S degree from both University of Michigan (majoring in Computer Science), and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering).

My research interest lies between Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science and Education. Specifically, I'm interested in learning about how instructors perceive and interact with AI tools, and building effective Human-AI tools to elaborate AI and CS techniques into teaching practice.

Research Experience

ReadingQuizMaker: A Human-NLP Collaborative System that Supports Instructors to Design High-Quality Reading Quiz Questions

Xinyi Lu, Simin Fan, Jessica Houghton, Lu Wang, Xu Wang


CHI'2023 Best Paper Honorable Mention

Despite that reading assignments are prevalent, methods to en- courage students to actively read are limited. We propose a system ReadingQuizMaker that supports instructors to conveniently de- sign high-quality questions to help students comprehend readings. ReadingQuizMaker adapts to instructors’ natural workflows of creating questions, while providing NLP-based process-oriented support. It enables instructors to decide when and which NLP models to use, select the input to the models, and edit the outcomes.

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Synthetic Image and Volume Generation

Medical images have been widely used in clinics, providing visual representations of under-skin tissues in the human body. Due to privacy concerns, human brain tumor MRI datasets are not easily accessible publicly, and MRI images are usually not sufficient enough for research usage. We built and compared several deep learning network based on UNet to generate realistic 2D images of brains, and extended the model to 3D.

Projects

The Legend of Zelda (Recreate and Upgrade)

Recreated the Level 1 of The Legend of Zelds by NES in the unity game engine, and added a new level with Michigan snow in it.

Play it here

Paws and Claws

A party game of cats and dogs rivalry created with Unity game engin. Players play as a cat and a dog and build their own game map to seize the flag and claim victory. With an intuitive block-building system, players can design and customize their own unique game maps, complete with obstacles, traps, and other challenges.

Download it here