About me
I am a (postdoctoral) research fellow at the NUS Ubicomp Lab. Before that, I obtained my PhD from the Web Information Systems (WIS) group at TU Delft, supervised by Prof.dr. Ujwal Gadiraju and Prof.dr.ir. Geert-Jan Houben. I obtained my master and bachelor degree from Information School at Renmin University of China (RUC), supervised by Prof.dr. Wayne Xin Zhao and Prof.dr. Ji-Rong Wen.
Research Interest
My current research combines AI system development with empirical studies of human behavior to support effective human-AI collaboration. I focus on:
- Human oversight of LLM agents: Designing and evaluating interfaces and workflows that help people inspect, guide, and correct agent behavior.
- Explainable AI and decision support: Developing explanations and cognitive interventions to support appropriate reliance and complementary human-AI performance.
- AI-assisted learning and skill development: Investigating how generative AI can support knowledge acquisition, skill development, and the retention of human expertise.
Selected Publication
- Plan-Then-Execute: An Empirical Study of User Trust and Team Performance When Using LLM Agents As A Daily Assistant.
- Is Conversational XAI All You Need? Human-AI Decision Making With a Conversational XAI Assistant.
- Knowing About Knowing: An Illusion of Human Competence Can Hinder Appropriate Reliance on AI Systems.
- It Is Like Finding a Polar Bear in the Savannah! Concept-level AI Explanations with Analogical Inference from Commonsense Knowledge.
- Improving Multi-hop Knowledge Base Question Answering by Learning Intermediate Supervision Signals.
Selected Awards
- Heidelberg Laureate Forum young researcher, 2023
- Gary Marsden Travel Award for CHI’23, 2023
- HCOMP Best Paper Award, 2022
- Excellent Graduate in Beijing, 2021
- WSDM travel grant, 2021
- JingDong Scholarship, 2020 (Special First-Class scholarship for postgraduate student)
- American College Mathematical Modeling Contest Meritorious Winner, 2016
Contact
Email: gaoleheai@outlook.com