Publications

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Toward Pluralizing Reflection in HCI through Daoism. (CHI’ 26) [PDF] [Website]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu, Kristina Mah, and Janghee Cho.

Text Readability of Smartphone in Dark Mode: Effects of Font Type, Font Weight, and Color. (HCII 2023) [PDF]
Junxiang Chen, Aaron Pengyu Zhu, Jing Yun, Baixuan Tian, Yalan Yang, and Na Liu.

Extended Abstract

Design Without Goal: Listening, Silence, and Emergence in Practice (NordiCHI’ 26 Adjunct)
Kristina Mah, Janghee Cho, Aaron Pengyu Zhu, Wendy Qi Zhang, Tse Pei Ng, Angella Mackey, Jonas Fritsch, Claudia Núñez-Pacheco, and Yoko Akama.

Whose Innovation? Whose Heritage?: Postcolonial Tensions and Meta-Research Agendas about Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Research in HCI (DIS’ 26 Companion) [PDF]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu.

Designing for Youth Digital Wellbeing Through an Ethics of Care Lens (ACM Interactive Health 2026)
Janghee Cho, Aaron Pengyu Zhu, and Mengyuan Zhu.

Unveiling the Invisible Work of Migrant Care Workers in Aged Care Homes: Implications for Future Care Technologies. (DIS’ 25 Companion) [PDF]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu, Yiming Yao, Haiyue Lu, Tse Pei Ng, Celeste Seah, Janghee Cho, Yiying Wu, and Jung-Joo Lee.

Workshop Position Papers (lightly peer-reviewed)

Wu-Wei(無為) as Liquid Resistance: A Daoist Perspective on Critical Design (DIS’ 26 Workshop on Relating Otherwise: Pluriversal Pathways for Reworlding More-than-Human Design) [PDF]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu and Janghee Cho.

Hacking the Forest: Displacement, Care and More-than-human Infrastructure (CHI’ 26 Workshop on Designing with Forest Stories) [PDF]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu, Yuanning Han, and Janghee Cho.

Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection (CHI’ 25 Workshop on Mobile Technology and Teens) [PDF]
Aaron Pengyu Zhu and Janghee Cho.

Service

* For Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews
Program Committee: ICHEC (2025)
Reviewer: ACM TEI (2027), ACM DIS (2026*), ACM CHI LBW (2026*), ACM DIS PWiP (2026)
Volunteer: ACM DIS (2025, 2026)

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant: ID5001 Integrated Design Studio (NUS, 2025 Fall)
Guest Lectures: ID5357 Interdisciplinary Ways of Knowing (NUS, 2026 Spring)

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About Me Publications

Aaron Pengyu Zhu
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