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, 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, 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, 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, Yao Lyu. 2021. Perceived Fairness of Facial Recognition System Deployment in a University Setting. ASIS&T SIG AI Workshop

  • [W1] Hengyi Fu, 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: Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Literature Review, Discussion, Write-up of All Sections.

  • Project: The Fans-Idol Interactions Mediated by Social Media (06/2021-Now).

Responsibilities: Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Literature Review, Discussion, 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: Data Collection (Systematic Literature Review), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Discussions, Write-up of All Sections.

  • Project: Residents’ Use of Travel Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic (10/2020-Now).

Responsibilities: Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Literature Review, Discussion, Write-up of All Sections.

  • Project: Residents’ Use of Digital Contact Tracing in the COVID-19 Pandemic (06/2020-09/2020).

Responsibilities: Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Literature Review, Discussions, Write-up of All Sections.

  • Project: Bystanders' Encounters with A Facial Recognition System on Campus (06/2019-05/2020).

Responsibilities: Data Collection (Interview), Data Analysis (Thematic Analysis), Literature Review, Discussion, 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: Data Analysis (Content Analysis), Literature Review, Discussion, 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, 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)

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