Xiaojun Bi

Xiaojun Bi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University and a former research scientist at Google. His research focuses on human-computer interaction and AI interaction, particularly in AI-driven input technologies, multimodal interaction, probabilistic modeling of user interaction, and accessibility input technologies. His numerous inventions, such as keyboard correction and completion algorithms, bimanual gesture input, and personalized language models, have been integrated into Google Gboard, benefiting billions of Android users globally. He holds 33 U.S. patents and has published over 50 widely-cited top-tier academic papers. His work has earned him multiple international awards, including two Google Faculty Research Awards.

• 2017–Present·Stony Brook University·Associate Professor
  • Leading research in the field of human-computer interaction, teaching related courses, and supervising graduate student projects.
• 2012–2017·Google LLC·Research Scientist
  • Developed and optimized touchscreen keyboard technologies, including gesture input, language modeling, and keyboard layout optimization.

• 2008–2012·University of Toronto·Ph.D.
  • In Human-Computer Interaction under the supervision of Professor Ravin Balakrishnan.
• 2005–2008·Tsinghua University·M.S.
  • In Computer Science.
• 2001–2005·Tsinghua University·B.S.
  • In Automation.