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Hi there! I am a human-AI interaction (HAII) researcher and an Assistant Professor at USC Annenberg. My research explores the impact of AI on individuals' work practices and their broader societal implications.

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Information Science at Cornell University. I also received my PhD in Communication at Cornell with a Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction. Throughout my PhD journey, I was fortunate to work at Microsoft Research, Google Research, Sony AI, Adobe, Accenture Labs, and Cornell Center for Social Sciences through various internships, fellowships, and PhD scholar programs.

I am always on the lookout for thought-provoking collaborators to work with. If you find anything interesting on this page, let's get in touch :)




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A note to PhD applicants: I will serve as PhD first-year mentor/advisor for students accepted through this admission cycle. PhD students at Annenberg are admitted through the Department. For questions regarding application materials, procedures, etc., please contact the admission team for the most up-to-date information. If you are interested in working together, please feel free to mention my name in your application. You are welcome to contact me to discuss your research interests. However, I cannot advise you on whether you will be accepted to the program or not.

A note to students interested in research assistantship: Thank you for your interest in working together! Please note that the timeline to apply for Spring '25 GRA has passed, though I am open to discussing collaboration through other forms. At this time, I have to prioritize research opportunities for USC students.

Research Interest

#   Human-AI collaboration
#   Impact of AI on socio-technical ecosystems
#   Scalability of human-AI interaction research
#   Digital mental health
#   Future of work
#   Computational social science

Latest News

Ongoing   I serve on the program committee for CHI, CSCW, WebSci, FAccT, DIS, and C&C. Please consider sending your work to these premier venues. I look forward to reading and getting inspired by your research!

12/2024   I will attend NeurIPS 2024. I am most looking forward to the Creative AI sessions and various workshops that explore human factors in the future of AI/ML. Let's connect if you also plan to be in Vancouver!

11/2024   Kick started our 2024/2025 AI for Media & Storytelling (AIMS) working groups. Through this initiative, Aisling Kelliher and I explore AI text campanion's potential to support individuals' everyday wellness.

11/2024   Honored to participate as a fellow at Harvard's Spatial Data Lab, where Sisi Wang and I have been exploring new ideas to map sentiment data from social media to the physical space, creating an atlas of wellness.

10/2024   Two papers accepted at CSCW 2025! One on the authenticity of AI-assisted writing (work done with my wonderful mentors, Vera Liao, Su Lin Blodgett, Alexandra Olteanu, and Adam Trischler at Microsoft Research) and one on applying generative AI tools to support participatory design of public spaces (kudos to my Cornell collaborators: Jose Guridi, Duarte Santo, Maria Goula, Cristobal Cheyre, Lee Humphreys, and Marco Rangel). See you next year in Norway 🇳🇴

10/2024   Gave a talk at USC MASTS to share some of my thought on regulatory sandbox and AI governance. Thanks the MASTS group for a thought-provoking conversation!

10/2024   Made my first trip to USC ISI and gave a talk to a fun crew. Thanks, Emilio and folks at the HUMANS Lab, for hosting me! I'm only slightly jealous of the sea sight view from your offices ;)

10/2024   I gave a talk at USC Center for AI in Society. Shout out to the engaging audience for great discussion during and after the talk!

08/2024   Startting my new role as Assistant Professor at USC Annenberg!

Selected Publications

2025 CSCW 2025

"It was 80% me, 20% AI": Seeking Authenticity in Co-Writing with Large-Language Models

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Q. Vera Liao, Su Lin Blodgett, Alexandra Olteanu, Adam Trischler

[Links coming soon!]

2024 CHI 2024

Societal-Scale Human-AI Interaction Design? How Hospitals and Companies are Integrating Pervasive Sensing into Mental Healthcare

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Daniel A. Adler, Meir Friedenberg, Qian Yang

doi  |  pdf  |  video  

2024 CHI 2024

The Sound of Support: Gendered Voice Agent as Support to Minority Teammates in Gender-Imbalanced Team

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Andrea Stevenson Won

Best Paper Honorable Mention

doi  |  pdf  |  video  

2024 DIS 2024

In Whose Voice?: Examining AI Agent Representation of People in Social Interaction through Generative Speech

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Oliver Siy, Renee Shelby, Alison Lentz

doi  |  pdf  

2022 CHI EA 2022

Too Late to be Creative? AI-Empowered Tools in Creative Processes

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang

doi  |  pdf  |  video  

2022 New Media & Society

In the eye of the beholder: A viewer-defined conception of online visual creativity

Laura Herman, Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang

pdf  |  doi  

2021 CHI 2021

IdeaBot: Investigating Social Facilitation in Human-Machine Team Creativity

Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Andrea Stevenson Won

Best Paper Honorable Mention

pdf  |  doi  |  video