Kai-hui Liang
Research Associate
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKai-hui Liang is a research-focused engineer blending a decade of industry and academic experience to design human-centered AI and conversational systems. Currently a Research Associate at Columbia Business School, he studies how personality and disposition shape negotiation dynamics and conversational outcomes. His PhD work at Columbia and UC Davis spanned HCI, NLP, and conversational AI with publications across CSCW, ACL, SIGDial and applied projects in digital health and language learning. Kai-hui led a 13-person team to a top-five finish in the Amazon Alexa Prize, deploying a voice socialbot used by thousands, and previously built Android and IoT apps in startup settings. He brings a pragmatic engineering mindset from stints at Amazon Alexa and Sixnology to rigorous, empathy-driven research aimed at technologies that support people in vulnerability. Beyond technical depth, he’s motivated by psychological safety and designing agents that nurture resilience, not just efficiency.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Student Computer Science, PhD Student Computer Science at University of California, DavisMaster's degree Chemical Engineering, Master's degree Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan UniversityPhD Candidate Computer Science, PhD Candidate Computer Science at Columbia University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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3answers
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Github Skills (32)
cli9
shell9
zsh8
php8
rails7
bash7
python7
docker7
macos7
haxm6
homebrew6
android-studio6
android6
cli-app6
oh-my-zsh6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
KaihuiLiang/physical-activity-counseling
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
KaihuiLiang/academic-website
May 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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