I'm a human-computer interaction researcher and creative technologist. Currently, I study computer science at Stanford University as a coterminal master’s student, focusing on artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. I’m advised by Prof. Michael Bernstein as part of the Stanford HCI Group, where my research interests include generative agents, multi-agent systems, and LLM value elicitation. This summer, I'm working at Mila and Montréal HCI, where I'm supervised by Prof. Ian Arawjo.

Before that, I completed my B.S. in computer science at Stanford with honors. My thesis received a Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (one of two awarded in the computer science department). I've also worked with the PEACH Lab at ETH Zürich as a summer research fellow, hosted by Prof. April Wang.

I'm excited about:

Human–AI Interaction How people interpret, trust, and adapt to AI systems over time
Multi-Agent SystemsAgents as testbeds for social theory (for big questions like climate change)
Generative AgentsAutonomous agents powered by language models
Value AlignmentValue prediction, elicitation, and alignment between humans and AI
StorytellingTalk to me about nonlinear narratives, prose poetry, and digital storytelling!
AI Evaluation Measuring fidelity, alignment, and failure modes of AI systems
Computational Social Science Using simulations and models to study social attitudes and behavior
Art3x featured artist in the annual Stanford Storyboard Club anthology, cover artist, freelance designer

Updates:

  • 06/2026: Graduated from my BS in Stanford with honors and induction into Tau Beta Pi 🎓
  • 05/2026: I was 1 of 2 students presented with Stanford's Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in CS 🎉
  • 03/2026: Our paper on LLMs and human values has been accepted at CHI 2026!
  • 10/2025: Received a Special Recognition for Outstanding Review for CHI 2026
  • 07/2025: Our paper on leveraging pluralistic values for recommender systems was accepted to ICWSM 2026!
  • 06/2025: Accepted to the undergraduate honors program at Stanford
  • 01/2025: Named a SSR Fellow by the Computer Science Department at ETH Zurich (20/2000+)
  • 10/2023: Presented research about Bronze Age archaeology in Anyang, China at SURPS
  • 05/2023: Awarded a VPUE Grant to support my research utilizing geospatial data analysis and computer vision for archaeology

Experience

Undergraduate Researcher

Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group 2024 - Present

Visiting Researcher

Mila Québec AI Institute / Montréal HCI 2026

Research Engineer Intern

Stealth Startup 2026

Summer Research Fellow

ETH Zürich 2025

Editor

Stanford Technology Law Review 2024-2025

Data Science Intern

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2023

Intern

StartX 2022 - 2023

Software Engineering Intern

inlet co. 2021-2022

Publications

Publication 1

Climate Twins: Domain-Augmented Generative Agents for Predicting Individual-Level Climate Attitudes

Renn Su (Readers: Michael Bernstein, Jonne Kamphorst)

Stanford Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Computer Science, 2026

Firestone Medal
Publication 1

AI and My Values: User Perceptions of LLMs’ Ability to Extract, Embody, and Explain Human Values from Casual Conversations

Bhada Yun, Renn Su, April Wang

CHI 2026

Best Paper Honorable Mention
Publication 1

Alexandria: A Library of Pluralistic Values for Realtime Re-Ranking of Social Media Feeds

Akaash Kolluri*, Renn Su*, Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Dora Zhao, Tiziano Piccardi, Michael S. Bernstein

ICWSM 2026

Publication 1

Toward Risk-Calibrated Standards for LLM-Simulated Participants in Human Subjects Research

Renn Su

CHI 2026 Workshop on Developing Standards and Documentation For LLM Use as Simulated Research Participants

* Equal contribution.

Ongoing Projects

  • Interfaces for Agent Swarms of Highly Multi-Agent Systems
  • LLM Agent Simulations for Domain-Centered Attitude and Behavior Modeling
  • Digital Twins for General Social Contexts