CV

Education

• PhD in Intelligent Interactive Systems, University of Cambridge, 2020 - Present
  • Supervisor: Prof. Per Ola Kristensson
  • Advisor: Prof. Nathan Crilly
  • Tutor: Prof. Alex Webb
• MSc in Human-Computer Interaction, University College London (UCL), 2018 - 2020
  • Supervisor: Prof. Duncan Brumby
  • Distinction
• BSc in Computer Science, The University of Manchester, 2016 - 2018
  • Frist Class

Academic Work experience

• Tutor of HCI for AI Systems Design: 07/2023 - Present
  • Cambridge Advance Online
  • Duties included: Supervise numerical AI system design tasks for around 20 learners per term, including senior product managers/UX designers.
  • Skills: automated systems design, risk evaluation.
• Supervisor of Further Human Computer Interaction: 10/2021 - 10/2022
  • University of Cambridge
  • Duties included: Supervised coursework covering design theory and methods for around 10 students per term, and received great feedback from students.
  • Skills: qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, design theory.

Selected Publications

1. Yang, B., Jiang P., and Kristensson, P. O., 2023. ImageTalk: A Multimodal AAC Text Generation System Driven by Image Recognition and Nature Language Generation. (Manuscript submitted for publication)

2. Yang, B. and Kristensson, P. O., 2023. Designing, Developing, and Evaluating AI-driven Text Entry Systems for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Users and Researchers. In 25th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI’23 Companion), September 2023

3. Yang, B. and Kristensson,P. O., 2023, Imperfect Surrogate Users: Understanding Performance Implications of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems through Bounded Rationality, Human Error, and Interruption Modeling. MobileHCI 2023: The 25th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction, September 2023

4. Yang, B. and Kristensson, P. O., 2023, A Demonstration of a Tinkerable Augmentative and Alternative Communication Keyboard. IUI 2023: Companion Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interface, March 2023

5. Yang, B. and Kristensson, P. O., 2023, Tinkerable Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Users and Researchers. In Design for Sustainable Inclusion, Joy Goodman-Deane, Hua Dong, Ann Heylighen, Jonathan Lazar, and John Clarkson (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, March 2023

6. Shen, S., Yang, B., Dudley, J. J., and Kristensson, P. O., 2022, Kwickchat: A Multi-Turn Dialogue System for AAC Using Context-Aware Sentence Generation by Bag-of-Keywords. IUI 2022: The 27th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, March 2022

Fellowship

• DAAD AInet Fellow

Professional Service

• Reviewer, CHI, 2023-2024
• Reviewer, CSCW, 2023-2024
• Reviewer, ChineseCHI, 2023-2024