[ Eric Nai-Li Chen ]
Nice to meet you, I'm Eric, a visiting researcher at Boston University with Prof. Chang Xiao. Earlier, I was an Adobe Research intern and a masters student at Brown University working with Jeff Huang.
I research Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a focus on building creativity support tools. Recently, I've developed creative tools by leveraging real-time interactions with emergent systems—including L-systems 🖋️⠿Click & drag to draw and particle effects 🖌️⠿Click & drag to draw.
Outside of research, I enjoy camping, martial arts tricking, and indie rock!
Updates
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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
April, 2025Presented an early version of L.ink, accepted at CHI 2025 🇯🇵