I am currently a PhD student at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) majoring in Computer Science.  

Prior to starting my PhD journal, I joined Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) from 2019 to 2022 as a lecturer and then as an adjunct professor till 2023. The courses I taught cover diverse levels including Fundamentals of Computer Science (Recognized as Zhejiang Provincial First-Class Course), Computer Organ. & Programming, Database Management Systems, Computer Systems, Intro. to Unix/Linux, and Python Programming.

I received my master’s degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University (US) and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with minor in Mathematical Science at Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU).

My recent research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI), affective computing, ubiquitous computing, and applications of sensing and wearable technologies.

I have been affiliated with Center on Innovation and Assistive Technology for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders directed by Dr. Tiffany Y. Tang since 2015. I was awarded with one China national scholarship (the first student in WKU), three times university level first-class scholarship and extra-curricular scholarship. And numerous awards from Microsoft national and international level competitions.

Our recently accepted workshop in UbiComp 2024 on the topic of Interactive Design with Autistic Children Using LLM and IoT for Personalized Training: The Good, The Bad and The Challenging is Calling for Participation. Visit our workshop site for more information: https://idwac.github.io/.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Wang, Y., Tang, T. Y., Winoto, P., & Cui, J. (2024). Poster: Multi-Sensory Based Immersive Improvisational Music Intervention Space for Addressing Depression among Sino-Foreign University Students: A Preliminary Study. In Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’24) (pp. 814–815). [Poster Paper]
  • Wang, Y., Lee, B. G., & Pei, H. (2024). A Wearable Lower Extremity Virtual Rehabilitation System for Patients’ Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024) (pp. 61-65). [Poster Paper]
  • Wang, Y., Tang, M., He, Y., & Tang, T. Y. (2024). Interactive Design with Autistic Children using LLM and IoT for Personalized Training: The Good, The Bad and The Challenging. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024)  (pp. 1000-1003). [Workshop Proposal]
  • Wang, Y., & Tang, T. Y. (2024). Position Paper: A Personalized Large Language Model (LLM)-Based Chat Companion for Autistic Children Early Intervention. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024)  (pp. 697-700). [Workshop Paper]
  • Wang, Y., Cui, J., & Tang, T. Y. (2024). Position Paper: An Emoji-Based Interactive App to Aid Emotion Expression for Autistic Children. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024) (pp. 706-708). [Workshop Paper]
  • Wang, Y., Lee, B. G., Pei, H., & Chai, X. (In Press). Design of an IoT Virtual Reality-Based Wearable Multi-Sensory System for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention through Exercises. In 2024 IEEE SENSORS. IEEE.
  • Wang, Y., Lee, B. G., Pei, H., Chai, X., & Chung, W. Y. (2023). Smart IoT-Based Wearable Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Assistance System. In International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (pp. 238-243). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
  • Winoto, K., Chen, P., Wang, Y., & Winoto, P. (2018). Metap: A personalized spatial memory training for improving functional autonomy of adults with mild cognitive impairments in china. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 249-252).
  • Tang, T. Y., Wang, R. Y., & Chen, C. G. (2017). “The Sum of All Our Feelings!”: Sentimental Analysis on Chinese Autism Sites. In International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 108-116). Springer, Cham.
  • Tang, T. Y., & Wang, R. Y. (2015). Alone Together: Multiplayer Online Ball Passing using Kinect-An Experimental Study. In Proc. of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW 2015) (pp. 187-190). ACM.
  • Tang, T. Y., Winoto, P., & Wang, R. Y. (2015). Having Fun Over a Distance: Supporting Multiplayer Online Ball Passing Using Multiple Sets of Kinect. In Proc. of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015) (pp. 1187-1192). ACM.
  • Tang, T. Y., Wang, R. Y., You, Y., Huang, L. Z., & Chen, C. P. (2015). Supporting collaborative play via an affordable touching+ singing plant for children with autism in China. In Proc. of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp 2015) (pp. 373-376). ACM.