
Media and Interaction Lab
information, interaction, interconnection

Education
Sep. 2011 – Jul. 2015
B.A. New Media Art, Beijing Jiaotong University
Sep. 2015 – Jul. 2018
M.A. Interdisciplinary Program of Art & Science, Tsinghua University
Sep. 2018 – Present
PhD Candidate. Information Art & Design, Tsinghua University
Projects & Publications
Yao Yuan
Ph.D student
Human-Environment Interaction, 2018-present
Research on Public User Behavior analysis with Alibaba
Computational Aesthetics, 2018-2019
Research on Computational Aesthetics with HUAWEI
Shybo, 2017
Research on edutainment robot – “Shybo”
Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, 2020, Journal paper
Yuan Yao, Junai Cai, Ziyan Xiao, Wenbo Yang and Haiepng Mi. A Behavior Driven Method for Dynamic Visual Information Design[J]. Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, 2020
CHI 2020, Extended Abstracts
Yuan Yao, Weiwei Zhang, Soojeong Yoo, Callum Parker, Jihong Jeung. Exploring the Use of Drones for Taking Accessible Selfies with Elderly. In Proceedings of Interdisciplinary Workshop on Human-Drone Interaction (iHDI 2020) CHI ’20 Extended Abstracts.
HCII 2019, Paper
Yuan Yao, Chao Wang, Minghao He, Chuyi Yan, Robert Elder, Chen Zhao, and Haipeng Mi. Big Screen Is Watching Me?: A study on the attractiveness and reading efficiency of a rotating screen. In Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII 2019).