CV

Education, teaching, research experience, awards, and methodological skills.

General Information

Full Name Chen Fang
Current Position Joint PhD Candidate, Northeastern University and Ghent University
Research Areas Human-AI interaction, trust, multimodal UX measurement, and HRI

Education

  • 2024 - present
    Joint PhD in Computer Science Engineering
    Ghent University - imec
  • 2022 - present
    PhD in Management Science and Engineering
    Northeastern University
  • 2020 - 2022
    M.S. in Management Science and Engineering
    Northeastern University
  • 2016 - 2020
    B.S. in Industrial Engineering
    Northeastern University

Teaching Assistant

  • Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
    Human Factors Engineering
    Northeastern University
    • With Prof. Fu Guo and Prof. Haizhe Jin
  • Dec 2021
    Frontier of Human Factors Engineering
    Northeastern University
    • With Prof. [Vincent Duffy](https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/people/ptProfile?resource_id=9261), Purdue University

Work Experience

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
    Industrial Engineering Intern
    BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA)

Honors and Awards

  • First Graduate Scholarship (6 times), Principal Scholarship, Jinpeng Scholarship Second Prize, and Excellent Student (2 times), Northeastern University, 2020 - 2025
  • National Endeavor Fellowship (2 times), Second Graduate Scholarship (4 times), Excellent Student (3 times), Outstanding Graduate, and Outstanding Dissertation, Northeastern University, 2016 - 2020

Skills

  • Programming and Analysis
    • Experimental design, statistical analysis, data processing, and data mining
    • MATLAB, SPSS, JASP, G*Power, BeGaze, E-Prime, and Origin
  • Physiological Measurements
    • SMI eye-tracking system
    • Biopac MP150
    • LIGHTNIRS
    • Neuroscan EEG and ERP system

Research Interests

  • Human-AI interaction
  • Intentional stance and trust in conversational agents
  • Multimodal evaluation combining subjective and neurophysiological measurements