Erzhen Hu
I recently received my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Virginia, working on human-AI collaboration, and conversational AI.
My research was recognized by a 2024 Google PhD Fellowship and a MIT EECS Rising Star.
During the summers, I've interned at 
Microsoft Research,
Google, and 
Autodesk Research.
Updates
- Jul 2026: Passed my PhD defense on Jul 13!
- May 2026: Received the CS Outstanding Graduate Research Award.
- Apr 2026: Presented PrevizWhiz, a genAI–powered previsualization system for filmmaking, at CHI 2026.
- Feb 2026: Check out our latest coverage of DialogLab at Google Research Blog, highlighting a new framework for authoring and simulating dynamic human-AI group conversations.
- Jan 2026: Gave a talk at ICXR research series.
- Jan 2026: Two CHI 2026 papers accepted: 1st-authored PrevizWhiz (w/ Autodesk Research) and co-authored Redirected Pinch.
- Oct 2025: I will be attending the EECS Rising Stars 2025 workshop hosted by MIT and BU.
- Sep 2025: Passed thesis proposal!
- Aug 2025: Two first-author papers, DialogLab, and Thing2Reality has been accepted by UIST 2025.
- Feb 2025: One first-author paper accepted by CSCW 2025.
- Oct 2024: Demoed Thing2Reality at UIST 2024.
- Jun 2024: I have passed the Qualifying Exam and have become a Ph.D. candidate!
- Mar 2023: Presented OpenMic and ThingShare on Apr 25th (Tue). Check out the CHI 2023 program!
- Jan 2023: Two first-author papers accepted at CHI 2023.
- Nov 2022: Serving as CHI 2023 Late-Breaking Work (LBW) Program Committee member.
- Oct 2022: Reviewed CHI 2023 papers (1*special recognition) and SVed at UIST 2022.
- May 2022: Presented FluidMeet paper at CHI 2022 in New Orleans.
- Mar 2022: Presented FluidMeet at the Virtual Social Presence Seminar. You can watch the recorded 40-min talk here.
Experience
Autodesk Research
Research Intern
Summer 2025
Google
Student Researcher
Spring/Summer 2024
Microsoft Research
Research Intern
Summer 2023
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