Run Huang

"ruen" (/ru:n/)

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Southern California, supported by an Annenberg Fellowship. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Souti Chattopadhyay. Previously, I received my B.S. in Computer Science from Fudan University.
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Publications
*J: Journal
C: Conference
E: Extended abstract

[C.1] Beyond the Page: Enriching Academic Paper Reading with Social Media Discussions

Run Huang, Anna Katherine Zhao, Zeinabsadat Saghi, Sadra Sabouri, Souti Chattopadhyay

UIST 2025 WebsitePaper

[J.1] Factors Shaping Trust and Satisfaction with AI Medical Chatbots: A Mixed-Methods Vignette Survey of Caregivers Seeking Guidance on Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Run Huang, Joseph Cecil, Marjorie Freedman, Souti Chattopadhyay

JMIR 2026 Paper

[E.2] A Tale of Two Communities: Exploring Academic References on Stack Overflow

Run Huang, Souti Chattopadhyay

WWW 2024 WebsitePaper

[E.1] Locating CDN Edge Servers with HTTP Responses

Gold Medal in ACM Student Research Competition (1/62)

Run Huang, Mengying Zhou, Tiancheng Guo, Yang Chen

SIGCOMM 2022 Paper
Teaching

  • CSCI 571: Web Technologies

    Fall 24, Spring 26, with Prof. Marco Papa

    Hosted daily office hours and developed four projects where students built full-stack applications for web (React, Node.js) and Android

  • DSCI 510: Principles of Programming for Data Science

    Fall 25, with Prof. Alexey Tregubov

    Designed and led weekly lab sessions on Data Science programming in Python

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Industry

  • Siemens

    Software Engineer Intern

    Worked on the 3D coordinate system web component for Siemens NX CAD

  • Tencent

    Research Intern

    Contributed to a multipath transport protocol for large-scale data center networks

Awards

  • Annenberg Fellowship

    2023 - Present

    University of Southern California

  • Gold Medal in ACM Student Research Competition

    2022

    ACM SIGCOMM

  • Travel Award

    UIST 2025, SIGCOMM 2022

Services

  • Reviewer

    CHI {2027, 2026}; IUI {2027, 2026}; UIST 2026

Miscellaneous
Find me on Splatsville, Hyrule, or Spotify when I'm off work. If it's a holiday, I'm most certainly at a National Park or ski resort. Here's my highly subjective tier ranking of some places I have visited:
S
Mt. San JacintoTahoeRed Rock (NV)Bryce Canyon
A
ZionGrand CanyonDeer Valley
B
CanyonlandsYosemiteCrater LakeArchesMt. HoodMammoth
C
Cannon BeachDeath ValleySequoia & Kings CanyonRedwoodLassen Volcanic
D
Caddo LakeJoshua Tree
F
Capitol Reef
Shoutout to my friends who've joined me on these trips. Hit me up if have a hike or ski trip in mind—or, of course, talk research :)