Yuyang WANG
Dr. Yuyang Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Computational Media and Arts (CMA) Thrust at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Information Hub. He was with the CMA thrust from 2022 to 2024, where he held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He received a PhD in computer science from the Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, ParisTech in France.
Education
November 2017 - October 2021
- PhD in Computer Science, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, France
September 2015 - July 2017
- Master on Numerical Methods in Engineering, UPC BarcelonaTech, Spain
September 2011 - July 2015
- Bachelor of Non-woven Materials in Engineering, Soochow University, China
Employment
March 2024 - Now
- Assistant professor
- Computational Media and Arts, Information Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
- XR education, Data-driven methods (AI), HCI perception
March 2022 - March 2024
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Computational Media and Arts, Information Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
- Advisor: Prof. Pan Hui, IEEE Fellow, member of Academia Europaea
- XR, computer-human interaction
October 2019 - September 2020
- Visiting scholar
- Institute for Information Management in Engineering (IMI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Host: Prof. Jivka Ovtcharova
- VR, interaction, fuzzy logic, user modelling, human factors
Funding and awards
October 2019 - September 2020
- Scholarship from the French-German institute for the industry of future
January 2020 - June 2020
- Erasmus+ mobility grant from the HESAM Université
July 2015
- Excellent Graduates of Soochow University
November 2013
- National scholarship from the Ministry of Education of the PRC
Research Interests
- Multimodal Emotion Recognition towards BCI
- Personalized Human-Machine Interaction
- Explainable AI in Neuroscience
- Computer Vision/Reinforcement Learning
- AI for Good
Find Our Publications in Google Scholar.
I am Hiring Students
- PhD & Mphil students
- Research assistants & Interns (those seeking to gain experience)
RedBird MPhil students in my group have the opportunity to develop their research skills with hands-on mentoring, and successful candidates are well-positioned for admission to our PhD program, with an advantage over direct applicants. Interested students are encouraged to reach out.
PhD applicants should have solid research experience aligning with our research interests.
Applicants with limited research experience, joining our group as an intern or research assistant can be a valuable option.