Xinjie (Monica) Huang

• Thesis: Doppler radar signal processing.

• Research: machine translation evaluation — from statistical models to "Attention Is All You Need".
• Dual degree with Southwest Jiaotong University.

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on AI use in institutions — literature reviews, Stata/R analysis, qualitative methods, and scale development.
• Secured HK$1M+ in Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects (TLIP) and large TLIP funding.
• Assisted a literature-review tool featured in HKUST Library GenAI programming.
• Built and maintained ACTR Lab platforms (Chatbot App, group chat, PD game).

• Coordinated 10+ enterprise infrastructure projects.
• Internal trainer on digital management; digital transformation across AI, cloud, and ERP.

"You Never Know If It's Correct:" An Exploration of Students' Understandings on Evaluative Judgement in the Era of GenAI HERA Annual Conference 2026 · conference poster

• Kubert Tianhang Wang (first author); Xinjie (Monica) Huang (second author).
• Exploratory qualitative study (critical incident technique; N = 10) on students' evaluative judgement with GenAI.

AI Use and Trust — Submitted to OBHDP — under review

• Eight large-scale studies (N = 4,994) on how AI use shapes trust.
• Literature review and Stata/R analyses.

AI and Status — Working paper

• How AI adoption reshapes competence and status perceptions in organizations.
• Survey experiments on competence and normative assimilation.

AI-Augmented Group Dynamics Mapper — Working paper

• Transformer-based pipeline for multi-party chats and 3D "conversation terrain" visualizations.

ESIC Scale — Working paper

• Two-factor scale (online comfort & AI companions); EFA/CFA (N > 1,300).