Hi, my name is Fai!

I am a fourth year undergraduate student studying Cognitive Science, Data Science, and Human-Computer Interaction at Northwestern University. I work at the Human-AI Collaboration Lab with Dr. Matt Groh and Dr. Aakriti Kumar to research how large language model role playing games (LLM RPGs) can help people improve their empathic communication. I am also working with Dr. Tanu Mitra and Nicholas Clark to research what persuasive strategies LLMs adopt in multi-turn conversations through the DUB REU program. Previously, I worked with Kiley McKee and Danielle Rothschild Doyle to research individual differences in spatial assembly patterns among children and undergraduate students.

My research focuses on understanding how LLMs can be used to evaluate and enhance human performance in social tasks. I use methods in human-computer interaction to design digital experiments for assessing and improving human performance, natural language processing to analyze textual communication, and computational social science methods to simulate human-AI interactions. I also have a strong interest in the ethical implications of AI, which I have had the opportunity to share through my involvement with the NU Tech Ethics Initiative.

Outside of research, my hobbies include playing badminton, taking film photography, and thrifting.