Kelly Wu

Y. KELLY WU

Rochester, NY
kellywu@mail.rit.edu | linkedin.com/in/y-kelly-wu-0b0134163/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computing & Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

August 2021 - Present
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Wright

B.Sc in Mathematics and Economics, Georgetown University

August 2017 - May 2021
Minor in Fine Arts

RESEARCH INTEREST

Deepfake Detection, Explainability, Human-computer Interaction (HCI)

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant

August 2021 - Present
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Summer Research Scholar

June 2024 - July 2024
Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, Raleigh, NC

PUBLICATIONS

1. Saniat Javid Sohrawardi, Y. Kelly Wu, Andrea Hickerson, and Matthew Wright. Dungeons & Deepfakes: Using scenario-based role-play to study journalists’ behavior towards using AI-based verification tools for video. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2024.
2. Y. Kelly Wu, Saniat Javid Sohrawardi, Candice R. Gerstner, and Matthew Wright. Understanding and Empowering Intelligence Analysts: User-Centered Design for Deepfake Detection Tools. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2025

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Graduate Teaching Assistant. Human Factors in Security and Privacy, RIT, 09/2024 - 12/2024
• Graduate Teaching Assistant. Cyber Analytics and Machine Learning, RIT, 10/2022 - 12/2022
• Teaching Assistant. Data Visualization & Graphics, Georgetown University, 09/2020 - 05/2021