Yaqing Yang 杨雅清

About Me

Hi! I’m a first year PhD student at CMU HCII advised by Prof. Niki Kittur. Previously, I obtained a B.E. in Automation Engineering and a B.A. in Product Design from Tsinghua University. During my undergrad, I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Anastasia Kuzminykh at University of Toronto, Prof. Haojian Jin at University of California San Diego, and Prof. Yuntao Wang at Tsinghua University.

My research interest lies in Human-Computer Interaction, Sensemaking, Computational Creativity and Social Computing. I study, design and build computational system that support people’s sensemaking process, especially those facilitating creative ideation and design activities.

Hobbies💙: I love jogging 🏃‍♀️, photography 📷 and drawing 🎨, especially Chinese Gongbi painting.