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) [PDF]
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) [PDF]
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)

Aaron Pengyu Zhu朱芃宇

About Me Publications

Aaron Pengyu Zhu
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