Kaiwen Sun
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About
Kaiwen Sun is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-computer interaction, child-computer interaction, and privacy. Her work primarily investigates how families—especially children and parents—navigate safety, privacy, and design in increasingly digital and smart home environments. Sun’s major contributions include revealing parents’ nuanced perceptions of child safety risks from smart home devices like robot vacuums and smart speakers, as documented in her highly cited 2021 paper (45 citations). She has also pioneered methods to understand how young children (ages 4–10) conceptualize data processing and digital privacy risks, a study that has garnered 43 citations and reshaped privacy education for early childhood. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sun advanced online co-design methodologies, developing longitudinal tabletop telepresence robot approaches to facilitate meaningful collaboration among children and designers across distances. Her work on children’s use of metaphor during participatory design and hybrid intergenerational co-design further demonstrates her commitment to inclusive, child-centered innovation. With over 100 total citations and a growing portfolio of peer-reviewed publications, Sun is shaping how technology is designed for and with children, ensuring their voices and safety remain central.
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