Short Bio
Danqing Shi is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. He received his PhD from the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, and worked as a postdoc at the Finnish Center for AI, Aalto University. His research focuses on human-computer interaction and visualization. His work received several awards, including Best Paper Honorable Mentions at ACM CHI 2025, ACM CHI 2024, and IEEE PacificVis 2024.
Research Positions
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Behavior Lab, FCAI & Aalto University, Helsinki
Academic Guest, IVIA Lab, ETH Zürich, Zürich
Visiting Researcher, Collaborative AI Lab, Stuttgart
Research Intern, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing
Education
Ph.D. and M.Sc., Tongji University
B.Eng, East China Normal University
Honors & Awards
⭐ Keynote Speaker at Mind & Motion at UIST 2025
🏅 ACM CHI 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention (first author)
🏅 ACM CHI 2024 Best Paper Honorable Mention (first author)
🏅 IEEE PacificVis 2024 Best Paper Honorable Mention (first author)
⭐ 2024-2025 Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews × 5
🏅 IEEE VIS 2023 Best Poster Honorable Mention (co-author)
🎓 Shanghai 2022 Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate
🎗️ Award of Excellence 2021 @ Microsoft Research Asia "Stars of Tomorrow"
🏅 ChinaVis 2021 Best Poster Honorable Mention (second author, supervisor as first author)
🏅 CAD/Graphics 2021 Best Poster (first author)
Services
Program Committee / Associate Chair @ ACM CHI 2026
Program Committee @ ACM IUI 2026
Program Committee @ IEEE VIS 2025
Session Chair @ ACM CHI 2025 - Decision Making and Analysis
Program Committee @ ACM IUI 2025
Program Committee @ ACM ETRA 2025 ETVIS
Co-organizer @ IEEE VIS 2024 Workshop on Data Storytelling in an Era of Generative AI
Program Committee @ ACM CHI 2024 LBW
Program Committee @ ChinaVis 2023-2025
Teaching
2025 Co-instructor - Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction (ELEC-E7871)
2025 Co-organizor - AI4GOOD: Human-Centered AI for Social Good @ ETH Zürich
2024 Guest Lecturer - Computational Design and Interaction (ELEC-E7852) @ Aalto University
2024 Guest Lecturer - Intelligent Communication @ Fudan University
2019-2020 Teaching Assistant - Data Visualization @ Tongji University
Supervisions and thesis advisors
2024-2025 Xuemei Ge, Master student from Aalto University
2024-2025 Chauhan Mitul Mukesh, Master student from University of Stuttgart
2024-2025 Susan Rämä, Master student from Aalto University
2023-2024 Jan Kompatscher, Master student from University of Trento
2023-2024 Yujun Zhu, Master student from Aalto University
2023 Carlo Zanotto, Master student from Aalto University