I am a third-year PhD student in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Yong Li. I received my bachelor degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2020.

Research Interests

My research interests lie in social computing, computational social science, data science, and human-computer interaction. Recently I am paying special attention to understanding scientific collaborations, human-AI/algorithm interactions, and technology for good.

Publications

(* indicates equal contribution)

2022

Zhilong Chen, Xiaochong Lan, Jinghua Piao, Yunke Zhang, Yong Li. A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Algorithm-Mediated Labor of Online Food Deliverers in China. In the 25th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’22).

Zhilong Chen*, Jinghua Piao*, Xiaochong Lan, Hancheng Cao, Chen Gao, Zhicong Lu, Yong Li. Practitioners Versus Users: A Value-Sensitive Evaluation of Current Industrial Recommender System Design. In the 25th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’22).

Zhilong Chen*, Hancheng Cao*, Xiaochong Lan, Zhicong Lu, Yong Li. Beyond Virtual Bazaar: How Social Commerce Promotes Inclusivity for the Traditionally Underserved Community in Chinese Developing Regions. In the 2022 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’22).

2021

Zhilong Chen*, Hancheng Cao*, Yuting Deng, Xuan Gao, Jinghua Piao, Fengli Xu, Yu Zhang, Yong Li. Learning from Home: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Live Streaming Based Remote Education Experience in Chinese Colleges during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In the 2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’21).

Hancheng Cao*, Zhilong Chen*, Mengjie Cheng, Shuling Zhao, Tao Wang, Yong Li. You Recommend, I Buy: How and Why People Engage in Instant Messaging Based Social Commerce. In the 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’21).

Jinghua Piao, Guozhen Zhang, Fengli Xu, Zhilong Chen, Yu Zheng, Chen Gao, Yong Li. Bringing Friends into the Loop of Recommender Systems: An Exploratory Study. In the 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’21).

Jinghua Piao, Guozhen Zhang, Fengli Xu, Zhilong Chen, Yong Li. Predicting Customer Value with Social Relationships via Motif-based Graph Attention Networks. In 30th The Web Conference (WWW’21).

2020

Zhilong Chen, Hancheng Cao, Fengli Xu, Mengjie Cheng, Tao Wang, Yong Li. Understanding the Role of Intermediaries in Online Social E-commerce: An Exploratory Study of Beidian. In the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’20).

Zhilong Chen, Hancheng Cao, Huandong Wang, Fengli Xu, Vassilis Kostakos, Yong Li. Will You Come Back / Check-in Again? Understanding Characteristics Leading to Urban Revisitation and Re-check-in. In the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp’20).

Hancheng Cao*, Zhilong Chen*, Fengli Xu, Tao Wang, Yujian Xu, Lianglun Zhang, Yong Li. When Your Friends Become Sellers: An Empirical Study of Social Commerce Site Beidian. In the 14th International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM’20).

2018-2019

Hancheng Cao, Zhilong Chen, Fengli Xu, Yong Li, Vassilis Kostakos. Revisitation in Urban Space vs. Online: A Comparison across POIs, Websites, and Smartphone Apps. In the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp’19).

Fengli Xu, Guozhen Zhang, Zhilong Chen, Jiaxin Huang, Yong Li, Diyi Yang, Ben Y. Zhao, Fanchao Meng. Understanding Motivations behind Inaccurate Check-ins. In the 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’18).

Selected Honors and Awards

• China National Scholarship 2022
• Tsinghua Comprehensive Excellence Award 2021
• Tsinghua Future Scholar Scholarship 2020
• Tsinghua Outstanding Graduate Award 2020 (64/3312, 2%)
• Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award 2020 (169/3312, 5%)
• China National Scholarship 2019
• China National Scholarship 2018
• China National Scholarship 2017
• Tsinghua Comprehensive Excellence Award 2017, 2018, 2019
• Tsinghua Excellent Student Cadre Award 2019, 2022