How Features of a Civic Design Competition Influences the Collective Understanding of a Problem. - Brian James McInnis; Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Steven P. Dow (Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2018)

Schema and Metadata Guide the Collective Generation of Relevant and Diverse Work. - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Judith E. Fan; Steven P. Dow (HCOMP, 2020)

IdeateRelate: An Examples Gallery That Helps Creators Explore Ideas in Relation to Their Own. - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Rosaleen Xiong; Boyang Wang; David Min; Steven P. Dow (Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2021)

Idea-Centric Search: Four Patterns of Information Seeking During Creative Ideation. - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Srishti Palani; Azzaya Munkhbat; Tiffany Lee 003; Steven P. Dow (Creativity & Cognition, 2024)

Jamplate: Exploring LLM-Enhanced Templates for Idea Reflection. - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Jiayu Yin; Catherine Gu; Jenny Mar; Sydney Zhang; Jane L. E; Steven P. Dow (IUI, 2024)

Contextually Adapting Informational Resources Using AI to Support Iterative Creativity - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu (2024)

Productive vs. Reflective: How Different Ways of Integrating AI into Design Workflows Affect Cognition and Motivation. - Xiaotong (Tone) Xu; Arina Konnova; Bianca Gao; Cindy Peng; Dave Vo; Steven P. Dow (CHI, 2025)