Jixiang Fan | 范积祥

Jixiang Fan | 范积祥

Ph.D. Candidate
jfan12@vt.edu
Computer Science
Virginia Tech

Publications

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Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

In computer science, disciplinary conferences are considered top-tier venues, on par with journal articles. The below section contains only peer-reviewed, archival works.

Diary Study as an Educational Tool: An Experience Report from an HCI Course
Jixiang Fan, Derek Haqq, Morva Saaty, Wei-Lu Wang, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
SIGCSE TS 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Enhancing HCI Capstone Courses Through Diary Study Methods: Feedback and Insights from Graduate-Undergraduate Collaboration
Jixiang Fan, Wei-Lu Wang, Natalie Andrus, Yusheng Cao, Morva Saaty, Shiva Ghasemi, Lei Xia, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
EduCHI 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Education in HCI Outdoors: A Diary Study Approach
Jixiang Fan, Morva Saaty, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2024)
EduCHI 2024 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Writing Home From Afar: Connecting Distant Families through Sharing of Outdoor Experiences with Digital Diaries
Wei-Lu Wang, Natalie Andrus, Taha Hassan, Jixiang Fan, Yusheng Cao, Joelle Asante, Morva Saaty, Derek Haqq, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
CSCW 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Designing AR-Based Warehouse Management Systems Using the PECI Framework: A Comparative User Study of Interface Performance and Experience
Lei Xia, Xiaomei Li, Jixiang Fan, and Ling Fan. (2025)
IASDR 2025 (coming soon)
Constructing Commonsense Knowledge Graph for Persona Consistency
Lei Xia, Yuyan Chen, Xiangqin Chen, Jixiang Fan, Yan Zan, Xiaomei Li and Zhixu Li. (2026)
WSDM 2026 (coming soon)
Enhancing Cross-level Collaboration in HCI Education through Diary Studies
Jixiang Fan, Yusheng Cao, Wei-Lu Wang, Natalie Andrus, Morva Saaty, Shiva Ghasemi, Lei Xia, Shuai Liu, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
IEEE FIE 2025 (coming soon)
Optimizing Diary Studies Learning Outcomes with Fine-tuned Large Language Models on the DiaryQuest Platform
Sunggyeol Oh, Jiacheng Zhao, Carson Russo, Michael Bolmer Jr, Jihoo Jeong, Jixiang Fan, Yusheng Cao, Wei-Lu Wang, Natalie Andrus, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
IEEE FIE 2025 (coming soon)
Investigating an Automatic Assistant in Computer Ethics Education
Jixiang Fan, Morva Saaty, Daniel Dunlap, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2024)
IEEE FIE 2024 [IEEE Xplore Link]
Understanding Development of Social Games Through Diary Studies
Derek Haqq, Jixiang Fan, Morva Saaty, Wei-Lu Wang, Natalie Andrus, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2024)
IEEE FIE 2024 [IEEE Xplore Link]
Amplifying Language Learning Effects with Olfactory-Enhanced Virtual Reality: An Empirical Study
Lei Xia, Yulong Qin, and Jixiang Fan. (2024)
HCII 2024 [ACM Digital Library Link]

Extended Abstracts, Posters & Other Publications

Understanding the Creation of Human-Virtual Entity Bonds through the AR Mobile Game Peridot
Jixiang Fan, Yusheng Cao, Morva Saaty, Wei-Lu Wang, Lei Xia, Huayi Liu, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
CHI 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Structuring Collaborative Reflection: Integrating Diary Study and Focus Group Discussion
Jixiang Fan, Jiacheng Zhao, Sunggyeol Oh, Michael Bolmer Jr, Yoonje Lee, Nick Flammer, Yuhao Chen, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
CSCW 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Diary Studies as a Pedagogical Tool for Human-Computer Interaction Education
Jixiang Fan, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
ICER 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Listening to the Wild: Risk and Preparedness in Hiker-Wildlife Conflicts during Outdoor Recreation
Yusheng Cao, Taha Hassan, Jixiang Fan, Morva Saaty, Wei-Lu Wang, Timothy L. Stelter, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2025)
CHI 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Chatterbox Opener: A Game to Support Healthy Communication and Relationships
Wei-Lu Wang, Derek Haqq, Morva Saaty, Yusheng Cao, Jixiang Fan, Jaitun V. Patel, and D. Scott McCrickard. (2023)
CHI PLAY 2023 [ACM Digital Library Link]

Panels & Workshops

Making Voices Heard: Classroom Tools and Techniques for Augmenting Student Opinions
D. Scott McCrickard (Virginia Tech, United States), Megan Olsen (Loyola University Maryland, United States), Mohammed Seyam (Virginia Tech, United States), Chandani Shrestha (James Madison University, United States), Jixiang Fan (Virginia Tech, United States)
CAPWIC 2024 [Conference Program Link]

Mentored Undergraduate Research Publications

DiaryQuest: A Web-Based Learning System Utilizing Diary Study
Jiacheng Zhao, Jordan Horrall, Will Gaudian, Phillip Jordan, Pallavi Chavan, Aditya Rana, and Yaw Owusu Snr. (2025)
SIGCSE TS 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]
Boosting Diary Study Outcomes with a Fine-Tuned Large Language Model
Sunggyeol Oh, Jiacheng Zhao, Carson Russo, Michael Bolmer, Jr. (2025)
CHI 2025 [ACM Digital Library Link]