Publications
My scholarly work has been published in premier HCI venues, including TOCHI, IJHCS, CHI, UIST, and CSCW.

ImmersiProtor: A Collaborative Mixed-Prototype Tool Integrating Spatial Augmented Reality and Component-layered Generation
Hongbo Zhang, Yifei Wu, Chaoyi Lin, Weitao You, Lingyun Sun, Pei Chen*

STICKYNEXUS: Leveraging Sticky Note Interactions to Improve Information Management in Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Design
Pei Chen, Zhuyu Teng, Hongbo Zhang, Zhaoqu Jiang, Wenzheng Song, Yiwen Ren, Weitao You, Lingyun Sun

IEDS in practice: A comparative study of an intelli-embodied design space combining AR and GAI for conceptual design
Hongbo Zhang, Yifei Wu, Pei Chen

IEDS: Exploring an Intelli-Embodied Design Space Combining Designer, AR, and GAI to Support Conceptual Design
Hongbo Zhang, Pei Chen*, Jingwen Yang, Yifei Wu, Zhaoqu Jiang, Xuelong Xie, Wutao You, Lingyun Sun

FusionProtor: A Mixed-Prototype Tool for Component-level Physical-to-Virtual Transition and Simulation
Hongbo Zhang, Pei Chen*, Xuelong Xie, Zhaoqu Jiang, Yifei Wu, Zejian Li, Xiaoyu Chen, Lingyun Sun

Exploring the Role of Mixed Reality on Design Representations to Enhance User-involved Co-design Communication
Pei Chen, Kexing Wang, Lianyan Liu, Xuanhui Liu, Hongbo Zhang, Zhuyu Teng, Lingyun Sun

Painting++: Human-Computer Collaborative Painting in VR with Multisensory Interaction
Zhuoshu Li, Pei Chen, Hongbo Zhang*, Yexinrui Wu, Xuanhui Liu, Lingyun Sun

Investigating intelligent generation of multimodal creative stimuli in conceptual design: strategies and implications
Zhuoshu Li, Pei Chen, Yexinrui Wu, Jiayi Yao, Hongbo Zhang, Xuanming Liu, Lingyun Sun

GPSdesign: Integrating Generative AI with Problem-Solution Co-Evolution Network to Support Product Conceptual Design
Pei Chen, Yexinrui Wu, Zhuoshu Li, Hongbo Zhang, Mingxu Zhou, Jiayi Yao, Weitao You, Lingyun Sun

A Hybrid Prototype Method Combining Physical Models and Generative Artificial Intelligence to Support Creativity in Conceptual Design
Hongbo Zhang, Pei Chen*, Xuelong Xie, Zhaoqu Jiang, Zihong Zhou, Lingyun Sun

ProtoDreamer: A Mixed-prototype Tool Combining Physical Model and Generative AI to Support Conceptual Design
Hongbo Zhang, Pei Chen*, Xuelong Xie, Zhaoqu Jiang, Zihong Zhou, Lingyun Sun

Modality and Fidelity: Understanding How Creative Stimulus Combinations Impact Design Outcomes and Process Across Different Conceptual Design Phases
Pei Chen, Zhuoshu Li, Yexinrui Wu, Hongbo Zhang, Jiaxuan Zhou, Lingyun Sun

An Exploratory Study on How AI Awareness Impacts Human-AI Design Collaboration
Zhuoyi Cheng, Pei Chen*, Wenzheng Song, Hongbo Zhang, Lingyun Sun

Elicitation and Evaluation of Hand-based Interaction Language for 3D Conceptual Design in Mixed Reality
Lingyun Sun, Hongbo Zhang, Pei Chen*, Zhaoqu Jiang, Xuelong Xie, Zihong Zhou, Xuanhui Liu, Xiaoyu Chen

The Effect of Tablet Computer Configurations and Touchscreen Gestures on Human Biomechanics, Performance, and Subjective Assessment
Jinghua Huang, Hongbo Zhang*, Lujin Mao, Dongliang Zhang, Jianfeng Li, Tiancheng Ji, Runze Han