Tongyu Zhou
Research Scientist
San Jose, CA
Tongyu is a human-computer interaction research scientist at Adobe. Her research focuses on creativity support, particularly for vector-based design, illustration, and visualization on the web. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from Brown University in 2025, where she was advised by Jeff Huang. Previously, she received a B.A. in computer science and statistics from Williams College in 2020.
See her personal website here.
Publications
News
Adobe Research intern follows her mentor’s footsteps onto the Adobe Summit stage
Meet two generations of Adobe Research interns who’ve accomplished amazing things: created cutting-edge research, published papers, and did Adobe Summit Sneak presentations of their work for thousands of Adobe customers.
September 1, 2026Adobe Research at Summit 2026: Agentic AI for orchestrating customer experiences
Adobe Research was behind some of the most exciting announcements, sessions, and sneak previews at Adobe Summit - from the unveiling of new tools that help marketers understand their customers’ behavior and design customer experiences at scale to hands-on agentic AI sessions.
May 4, 2026An innovative summer project landed this Adobe Research intern on the SUMMIT stage
PhD student Tongyu Zhou's internship at Adobe Research led her to the Adobe SUMMIT 2024 stage, presenting an innovative tool that leverages Adobe's Firefly generative AI to help users easily create beautiful infographics!
July 15, 2024Adobe Research at Summit 2024: AI assistants, instant marketing playbooks, gen-AI infographics, and more
Innovations from Adobe Research took center stage at this year’s Adobe Summit, the world’s largest digital experience conference. Check out the blog post to learn about Research's major contributions to the new AI Assistant in Adobe Experience Platform, Summit Sneaks, and more.
April 12, 2024