Sophia Liu

Sophia Liu

sophiawliu@berkeley.edu

I'm an incoming master's student in UC Berkeley's joint five-year B.A./M.S. program in computer science. I conduct human-computer interaction research on social and information networks, human/agentic browsing and search, knowledge representation, and user agency at the Berkeley Institute of Design Lab, 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 recently explored this at Gigi, a Sequoia and Khosla-backed agentic networking startup in SF.

I'm inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog.

Fun & Upcoming

  • 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.

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Pin: Why haven't we seen a photograph of the whole Web yet?