Hi, I’m Grace Li, a current senior at Barnard College at Columbia University studying Computer Science and English.
My current research with the Columbia University Computational Design Lab is advised by Professor Lydia Chilton. I am exploring writing and creativity support tools and human-AI collaboration. I’m interested in designing collaborative approaches learning and brainstorming:
How can we encourage critical thinking and co-exploration when students engage with LLMs in the classroom?
How can we leverage LLM’s to improve argumentative and creative writing evaluation and feedback?
Currently Based in NYC and BOS
Research
Tweetorial Hooks: Generative AI Tools to Motivate Science on Social Media
Tao Long, Dorothy Zhang, Grace Li, Batool Taraif, Samia Menon, Kynnedy Smith, Sitong Wang, Katy Gero, Lydia B. Chilton
ICCC ‘23
Eliciting Topic Hierarchies from Large Language Models
Grace Li, Tao Long, Lydia B. Chilton
arXiv:2310.19275 [cs.HC]
Teaching
Spring 2023: Teaching Assistant for User Interface Design for Professor Lydia Chilton
Fall 2023: Teaching Assistant for Natural Language Processing for Professor Daniel Bauer
2021 - current: Head Speaking Fellow at the Barnard College Speaking and Writing Fellow
Spring 2022 - Winter 2023: Peer Tutor in Data Structures and Algorithms
Awards
Re-designing the existing seat reservation system into a mobile app that streamlines the booking process. Second Runnerup in the 2022 Columbia DevFest Hackathon.
Role: Product Manager and Visual Designer
2023:
Queer in AI Graduate School Application Scholarship, oSTEM
Richard B. Fischer Scholarship Recipient, Morgan Stanley
CJC for the Arts Grant, Barnard College
Beyond Barnard Internship Grant, Barnard College
2022:
Movement Lab Student-Artist-in-Residence, Barnard College
El Patio de Mi Casa Artist-in-Residence
Pre-2022:
2021 Runner-Up PrizeDevFest at Columbia University Hack-a-thon
2021 Best UI Design at DivHacks Columbia University Hack-a-thon
2020 All-Around MVP for Varsity Volleyball at Milton Academy
2020 Persky Award for Best Overall Arts Coverage at Milton Academy
2020 Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2020 Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (x2)
2019 Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Selected Press & Exhibitions
Press
2023 Columbia Ratrock “Artist Feature: Grace Li” by Yam Pothikamjorn
2023 Barnard College “Inside Grace Li ’24’s ‘Everything Left Unsaid’“
2023 Bwog “What Does It Mean To Forget?: Grace Li’s “everything left unsaid”” by Catherine Sherman
2022 Barnard Movement Lab “Student Artists In Residence”
2022 Barnard Zine Library “New-to-Us Zines: February 25, 2022”
Exhibitions
2023 Solo Exhibition. “what does it mean to forget,” Barnard College Movement Lab. New York, New York
2023 Group Exhibition. Columbia University Ratrock. New York, New York
2022 Group Exhibition. Columbia University Undergraduate Student Visual Arts Show. New York, New York
2020 Group Exhibition. Elevated Thought. Lawrence, MA
2019 Solo Exhibition. “Suspended Realities,“ El Patio De Mi Casa. New York, New York
Interests & Passions
Beyond research, you can find me taking fashion and editorial photographs, exploring NYC cafe and pastry shops, rock climbing, and taking long walks around the city. I love reading contemporary and translated fiction, as well as poetry and literary criticism (some books that I’m currently reading are Dracula by Bram Stocker and Happening by Annie Ernaux).
Projects
A node-based, interactive, learning system to help students visualize the connections between topics and iteratively explore the different subtopics of an area. Developed during the 2023 LlamaHack @ Cornell Tech.
Role: Researcher and Product Manager
An app to assist students in navigating the in-network providers for students on the Columbia health insurance plan and assist them in booking appointments. Developed during the Spring 2023 Design@Columbia x Google Design Spring.
Role: UX Researcher and Product Manager
Helping user reclaim their personal data and digital data privacy through an automated data removal requests from companies and data brokers.
Role: Researcher and Product Manager
