Hi! I’m Ziyi Wang, a Master’s student in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Maryland, College Park.
My research is interested in Generative AI and Human-centered AI.
Before my research journey, I interned for two years as an AI Product Manager and UX Designer, driving by design and data to create user-centric solutions.
News&Updates
Feb 2025 | Joined the FORTIS Lab at the University of Southern California, glad to work with Prof. Yue Zhao.
Feb 2025 | Submitted our paper to C&C 2025.
Nov 2024 | Joined the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Sep 2024 | Started my M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Publications
Frontend Diffusion: Empowering Self-Representation of Junior Researchers and Designers Through Agentic Workflows
Zijian Ding, Qinshi Zhang, Mohan Chi, Ziyi Wang
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With the continuous development of generative AI's logical reasoning abilities, AI's growing code-generation potential poses challenges for both technical and creative professionals. But how can these advances be directed toward empowering junior researchers and designers who often require additional help to build and express their professional and personal identities? We present Frontend Diffusion, a multi-stage agentic system, transforms user-drawn layouts and textual prompts into refined website code, thereby supporting self-representation goals. A user study with 13 junior researchers and designers shows AI as a human capability enhancer rather than a replacement, and highlights the importance of bidirectional human-AI alignment. We then discuss future work such as leveraging AI for career development and fostering bidirectional human-AI alignment on the intent level.