Szeyi (Reina) Chan

(she/her)

PhD Student

Szeyi Reina Chan

Research interests

  • Artificial intelligence  
  • Human–computer interaction

Education

  • MS in Computer Science, Northeastern University
  • BS in Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Biography

Reina Szeyi Chan is a PhD student in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. She is advised by Zhi Tan

Chan joined Khoury College as an Align master’s student in 2021 and began her PhD in 2025. She is interested in developing personalized technologies to support collaboration between older adults and their care partners, as well as understanding more broadly how technology can fit naturally into the dynamics of existing relationships. She is a recipient of the Khoury Distinguished Fellowship and has had papers published at ACM DIS, ACM CSCW, and DiGRA.