Tiffany Li

My research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction and educational data mining. I am passionate about addressing the challenges and establishing meaningful relationships between algorithmic systems and various stakeholders in education. I am also excited to leverage theories and knowledge in human learning to support people's critical use of outputs from algorithmic systems. To achieve this, I conduct human subject experiments, perform quantitative (e.g., Bayesian statistics, causal inference) and qualitative analysis, and build innovative interactive systems.

Tiffany joined Stevens' Computer Science Department in Spring 2025. Before that, she obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2024, and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Cornell University in 2016.

Academic Experience

Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science (2025 ~ Present)
@Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT)
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science (2018 ~ 2024)
@University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science (2020 ~ 2021)
@University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Reviewer
Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference (CHI): 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021
ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): 2025, 2022
Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems: 2024
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE): 2020 – 2022

Industry Experience

UX Researcher Intern (Summer 2022)
@Meta Platforms, Inc.
Technology Advisory Staff, Financial Service Office (2016 ~ 2018)
@Ernst & Young, LLP

Google Ph.D. Fellowship (2022 - 2024) In Human-Computer Interaction
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Spring 2021)
Saburo Muroga Endowed Fellowship (2018)

CS545 Human-Computer Interaction