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Hello, and welcome to my website. I am Yuanxi Fu, a doctoral student in Information Science at the School of Information Sciences, UIUC [school page]. I made a career transition from chemistry to information science in 2019. After successfully defending my dissertation proposal, I am now on my way to receive a second PhD, this time in information science, which I expect to complete in 2027. You can view my CV here.

My research broadly concerns theoretical and practical issues in information quality. On the theoretical side, I study how epistemic reliance impacts information quality, focusing on a problem I call “unreliability propagation.” On the practical side, I develop methods for assuring information quality in complex, error-prone information environments. For example, I have developed methods for assessing confidence in evidence synthesis and for tracking unreliability propagation in digital libraries. More recently, my work has turned toward designing workflows that can assure the quality of artifacts produced through human–AI co-creation.

My advisor is Prof. Jodi Schneider, who leads the Information Quality Lab in UIUC and UW-Madison. I hope to one day lead my Information Quality Lab #2 in academia, industry, or somewhere in between, a goal that I am working towards. I will be on the job market this fall. If you are interested in a chat, I would be very happy to hear from you.