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

• [C6] Yao Lyu and John M. Carroll. (2024). "Because Some Sighted People, They Don’t Know What the Heck You’re Talking About:" A Study of Blind TikTokers’ Infrastructuring Work to Build Independence. The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW).

• [C5]  Yao Lyu, He Albert Zhang, and John M. Carroll. (2023) Reconnecting An International Travel Network: The Personal Infrastructuring Work of International Travelers in A Multi-facet Crisis. The International Symposium of Chinese CHI (Chinese CHI, acceptance 35%). 

• [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, 2022,2023,2024)

• CSCW (2020, 2023,2024)

• Chinese CHI (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)