Curriculum Vitae
[You can also download my CV from here.]
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, US
PhD in Informatics (2020 - now)
Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
Master of Science in Information Science (2018)
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Master of Science in Information System Science (2018)
Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (2014)
RESEARCH INTERESTS & SKILLS
Research Interests: Accessibility, Infrastructure Studies, Crisis Informatics, Culture in HCI, Surveillance.
Skills: Data Collection (Interview, Survey); Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis, Grounded Theory, Content Analysis; Nvivo, SPSS, SmartPLS); UX evaluation (Usability Test, Competitive Analysis).
PUBLICATIONS
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
[C4] Jingyi Xie, Rui Yu, Sooyeon Lee, Yao Lyu, Syed Masum Billah, and John M. Carroll. (2022) Helping Helpers: Supporting Volunteers in Remote Sighted Assistance with Augmented Reality Maps. The ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS).
[C3] Yao Lyu and John M. Carroll. (2022). Cultural Influences on Chinese Citizens' Adoption of Digital Contact Tracing: A Human Infrastructure Perspective. The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
[C2] Hengyi Fu and Yao Lyu. (2022). Facial Recognition Interaction in a University Setting: Impression, Reaction, and Decision-making. International Conference on Information (iConference) [Best Paper Finalist]
[C1] Yao Lyu, Juan Xie, and Bingbing Xie. (2020). The Attitudes of Chinese Online Users Towards Movie Piracy: A Content Analysis. International Conference on Information (iConference): 169–185.
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
[W2] Hengyi Fu and Yao Lyu. (2021). Perceived Fairness of Facial Recognition System Deployment in a University Setting. ASIS&T SIG AI Workshop
[W1] Hengyi Fu and Yao Lyu. (2021). How People Experience Facial Recognition in an Organizational Setting: An Organizational Justice Perspective. ASIS&T SIG SI Workshop
SERVICES
CONFERENCE REVIEWER
CHI (2021, 2022)
CSCW (2020, 2023)
ASIS&T (2020)
JOURNAL REVIEWER
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2022)
STUDENT MENTOR
Mark Anastasi (B.S. in Psychology, Penn State)
WORK EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Project: People with Visual Impairments' Use of Social Media (01/2022-Now).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: The Fans-Idol Interactions Mediated by Social Media (06/2021-Now).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: Feasibility of Interactive 3D Map for Remote Sighted Assistance (06/2021-09/2021).
Responsibilities: Experiment Design, Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis).
Project: A Systematic Literature Review on Infrastructure Studies in Human-Computer Interaction (01/2021-12/2021).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: Residents’ Use of Travel Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic (10/2020-Now).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: Residents’ Use of Digital Contact Tracing in the COVID-19 Pandemic (06/2020-09/2020).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: Bystanders' Encounters with A Facial Recognition System on Campus (06/2019-05/2020).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
Project: Users' Interactions with 3D Printers (02/2019-05/2019).
Responsibilities: Data Collection (Interview).
Project: Online Users' Attitudes towards Movie Piracy (02/2019-09/2019).
Responsibilities: Lead the Project, Study Design, Methods, Literature Review, Discussion, and Write-up of All Sections.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, IST, Penn State (01/2021-05/2022)
IST431 "The Information Environment"
IST331 “Foundations of Human-Centered Design”
IST597 “Elements of Machine Learning”
IST 564 "Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management"
HONOR
Graduate Student Travel Funding, IST, Penn State (2022)
Nomination of IST Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching Support (Top 3 of the year), IST, Penn State (2022)
Gary Marsden Travel Awards (aka "The SIGCHI Student Travel Grant"), ACM (2022)
The Finalist for the Lee Dirks Award for Best Full Research Paper, iConference (2022)
Overseas Exchange Student Scholarship, Central China Normal University (2016, 2017)
Second Class Academic Scholarship, Central China Normal University (2015-2018)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Facial recognition tech in public could yield perceptions of workplace fairness, Penn State News (2022)
INVITED TALK
Trending Technology and Human Society, IST, Penn State (2022)