[ eric nai-li chen ]
Hi, I'm Eric! I study Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a focus on building creativity support tools.
I'm currently a visiting researcher at Boston University with Prof. Chang Xiao. Previously, I developed expressive illustration tools as an intern at Adobe Research 🖌️Click & drag to draw and a masters student at Brown University 🖋️Click & drag to draw with Prof. Jeff Huang.
Outside of research, I enjoy camping, climbing, martial arts tricking, and listening to indie rock.
Updates
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Mar, 2026Accepted my Cornell PhD offer! I'll be at the Cornell Tech campus in NYC this fall!
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 🇯🇵