Sophia W. Liu
I'm a fifth-year master's student in computer science at UC Berkeley. I conduct human-computer interaction research on whole systems at the Berkeley Institute of Design, advised by Björn Hartmann, Max Kreminski, and Shm Almeda. Previously, I studied pro-democratic AI use in online communities at the CMU HCII, advised by Ken Holstein, Haiyi Zhu, and Tzu-Sheng Kuo.
I'm invested in how individuals, communities, and collectives can make sense of the world, create, and think better together, and how our AI, collaborative, and connected tools can get us there. I briefly explored this at Gigi, a Sequoia and Khosla-backed agentic networking startup in SF.
I'm inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog.
Happenings
- 11/2026Demoing UISTful at UIST 2026 in Detroit, MI.
- 9/2026Presenting Creative Reading at HT 2026 in London, UK.
- 8/2026Cited on Wikipedia! So very intertwingular...
- 7/2026Shm is presenting Artographer (Honorable Mention!) at C&C 2026 in London, UK.
- 4/2026Presenting RATs and Botender (and student volunteering) at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Travel supported by an NSF CRA REU travel grant.
- 3/2026Q&A-ing Wiki Museum at Wiki Workshop 2026 virtually (while actually in New Orleans, LA with Mom).
- 3/2026Personal website makeover after 3 years.
- 9/2025Presenting Agency Among Agents (Blue Sky Award!) at HT 2025 in Chicago, IL.
Research
Publications
Workshop Papers & Talks
Teaching
Projects
Personal
- Charles Broskoski on Personal Business
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research Questions
- rQ1: When, where, why, and by whom is big 'R' and little 'r' research conducted?
- rQ2: What can creative ecosystems teach us about information ecosystems, and vice versa?
- rQ3: Reading is fundamental. Can we make the kids read again?
- Spotify playlist: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- Semble playlist: what does it mean to live a creative life?
- Me-search: Blog.phia
- Marin
