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June 2026 👩🏻 Organize AIED Workshop (Designing and Evaluating Next-Generation Learning Interfaces: Linking AI, HCI, and the Learning Sciences)

April 2026 🙌 Gave an invited talk at CSCE 681 and VCIM at Texas A&M University: Human-AI Collaboration for Personalized Education (V3)

夏梦 (Meng XIA, Iris) | Dream Lab

Assistant Professor @ CSE, Texas A&M University. I lead the Dream Lab and welcome to join our research team if you are interested in PhD position in our group on Human-AI Interaction, with a focus on AI for Education, please fill out the form: https://forms.gle/AYcvg477soCLVWkNA

I received my PhD 🎓 in Aug 2020 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I was cosupervised by Prof. Huamin Qu and Prof. Xiaojuan Ma. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Faculty at CMU, HCII, working with Prof. Vincent Aleven and at KAIST, KIXLAB, working with Prof. Juho Kim.

Research Topics

My research background mainly focuses on Human-AI Interaction, Data Visualization, and Education Technology. My current research focuses on creating systems for personalized education using LLMs/VLMs, data visualization, and AR/VR, etc.

  • April 2026, Invited talk at CSCE 681 and VCIM at Texas A&M University: Human-AI Collaboration for Personalized Education (V3)

    Sep 2025, Invited talk at VIZA 701 at Texas A&M University: Supporting Educators with Generative AI for Personalized Education (V2)

  • Jan 2025, Invited talk at CSCE 681 at Texas A&M University: Supporting Educators with Generative AI for Personalized Education (V1)

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  • July 2024, Invited talk at ChinaVis 2024: The Role of Visual Analytics in the New Era of AI-assisted Education

  • April 2024, Invited talk at Honor Undergraduate Program at Texas A&M:Human-AI Interaction for Personalized Online Learning

  • January 2024, Invited talk in School of Engineering Medicine at Texas A&M: AI and Human-AI Interaction in Medicine and Healthcare

  • October 2023, Invited talk at TxHCI: Human-centered Data-driven Systems for Personalized Online Learning

  • June 2022, Invited talk at ZJU Visulization Summer School: Interactive Visual Analytics for Personalized Online Learning

  • November 2021, Invited talk at KAIST HCI Course: Data Visualization and Its Application in Online Education

  • August 2020, PhD Defense at HKUST: Bridge the Gap between Educators and Students in Online Learning: A Visualization Approach based on Problem-solving Data

  • December 2018, PhD Qulifying Examination at HKUST: A Survey on Visual Analytics of Online Learning Data

Instructor at Texa A&M, Fall 2026, Data Visualization (CSCE 679/CSCE 447)

Instructor at Texa A&M, Spring 2026, Data Visualization (CSCE 679/VIZA 676/CSCE 447/VIST 476)

Instructor at Texa A&M, Fall 2025, Human-AI Interaction (CSCE 689)

Instructor at Texa A&M, Spring 2025, Data Visualization (CSCE 679)

Instructor at Texa A&M, Spring 2024, Human-AI Interaction (CSCE 689)

Instuctor at CMU, Fall 2022, Personalized Online Learning (05432/05832)

Teaching Assistant Coordinator at HKUST, Spring 2020

Teaching Assistant at HKUST for:

  • Computer Organization, Spring 2018

  • Computer Organization, Fall 2018

  • Teaching Excellence Grant Program at Texas A&M, 2026-2027

  • Targeted Proposal Teams Collaborative Seed Grants at Texas A&M, 2026-2027

  • Honorable Mention Award at IEEE VIS, 2022

  • Best Paper Award at ACM CHI, 2022

  • SENG TOP RPg Award at HKUST, 2018-2019

  • Best Poster Award at IEEE VIS, 2019

  • Overseas Research Award at HKUST, 2018-2019

  • Youth Editor of the Journal of Visual Informatics since 2024.

  • Program Co-Chair for Learning @ Scale 2024 and steering committee member 2025-2026.

  • Accociate Chair for CHI 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026; CHI (Late Breaking Work) 2022

  • Program committee member for IEEE VIS 2021, 2022; IUI 2022; CSCW 2023; Learning@Scale 2025

  • Reviewer of CHI 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; VIS 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; CSCW 2021, 2022, 2023; ChinaVis 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; LAK 2022; TVCG 2024, 2025

Contact

mengxia at tamu.edu
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