Zhiwen Calvin Qiu
I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Information Science at Cornell University, advised by Saleh Kalantari in Design + Augmented Intelligence Lab (DAIL). I am interested in developing autonomous agent-based social computing systems to enhance human-AI interactions, with applications in mixed reality, home robotics, and multi-agent systems. I have published at CHI, CHI PLAY, and Advanced Engineering Informatics.
I received a Master in Architecture from UCLA and B.S. in Architecture from Georgia Tech. I also worked as a UX designer at Kuaishou Technology, where I led the research and design of multiple digital advertising platforms.
News
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[Oct 24] Our paper "EncoreLife: A gamified platform to enhance older adults' social connections and daily life structure during transition to retirement" is published at CHI PLAY 2024
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[Aug 24] Started at Cornell as a PhD student in Information Science
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[Jun 24] Our paper "NavMarkAR: A landmark-based augmented reality (AR) wayfinding system for enhancing older adults’ spatial learning" is accepted at Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics
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[May 24] Presented at CHI '24 poster session for DentAR project
Research
Adaptive Task and Motion Planning (TAMP) for LLM-based Embodied Agents
Zhiwen Qiu, Saleh Kalantari et al.
Work in Progress
Coming soon!
A novel framework that integrates LLM’s sequential long-horizon task planning with adaptive real-time motion control (e.g., VLM) for embodied agents in multi-task (e.g., objectNav, manipulation) dynamic environments.
Armin Mostafavi*, Zhiwen Qiu*, Tong Bill Xu, Saleh Kalantari (*Equal Contribution)
under review for CHI, 2025
This study comprehensively evaluates the trade-offs in spatial learning, wayfinding performance, cybersickness, and presence of controller-based VLTs in virtual indoor environments.
Zhiwen Qiu, Mojtaba Ashour, Xiaohe Zhou, Saleh Kalantari
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024
NavMarkAR is an app aiming to improve older adults' wayfinding efficiency and their spatial learning capabilities in navigating complex indoor environments.
Serena Guo, Zhiwen Qiu
Extended Abstracts of CHI, 2024
AR system that improves social comfort of dental visits for individuals with autism that adapt to their specific needs of sensory processing disorder.
Zhiwen Qiu, Hsin-Ming Chao, Mengye Zhu, Chaoyu Wang, Saleh Kalantari
CHI PLAY Companion, 2024
EncorLife is a gamified platform to assist older adults in making the transition to retirement, featuring collaborative local activities, digital social interactions, and a reminder system.
Zhiwen Qiu, Armin Mostafavi, Saleh Kalantari
under review for Virtual Reality
This systematic review of 65 studies explores AR navigation technologies in human wayfinding, revealing their potential in user experience, wayfinding performance and cognitive map development.
Design Projects
Generate realistic head animations from human facial expressions
#GenAI, #Face Mapping, 2023
An environment to manipulate daytime experiences for people with SAD
#Ambient Environment, 2022
#UX Design for AI, 2021
