About Me
I am a Ph.D. student of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, advised by Prof. Ahmed Sabbir Arif, at University of California, Merced.
My research interest lies in the general area of alternative devices in HCI, particularly on interaction and input methods on mobile and wearable devices, such as smartphones and smartwatches.
I received my Master’s Degree from University of Southern California, and my Bachelor’s Degree from Beijing Jiaotong University.
News
Apr 2024 | Successfully defended my PhD. Thanks to my committee members, Dr. Shawn Newsam, Dr. David Noelle, and Dr. Ahmed Arif! |
Mar 2024 | Received EECS Bobcat Travel Fellowship at UC Merced |
Mar 2024 | A co-authored extended abstract "Effects of Static and Animated eBook Illustrations on Children’s Engagement, Enjoyment, and Recall of Information" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024) |
Feb 2024 | Accepted internship at Boston Scientific. Will begin in May 2024! |
Jan 2024 | A co-authored paper "Investigating the Effects of Self-selected Pleasant Scents on Text Composition and Transcription Performance" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024) |
Sep 2023 | Presented a work "GeShort: One-Handed Mobile Text Editing and Formatting with Gestural Shortcuts and a Floating Clipboard" remotely at ACM MobileHCI 2023. Athens, Greece |
Mar 2023 | A co-authored paper "GeShort: One-Handed Mobile Text Editing and Formatting with Gestural Shortcuts and a Floating Clipboard" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI 2023) |
Feb 2023 | Presented a work "Investigating a Force-Based Selection Method for Smartwatches in a 1D Fitts' Law Study and Two New Character-Level Keyboards" remotely at ACM TEI 2023. Warsaw Poland |
Dec 2022 | Became a Ph.D candidate! |
Nov 2022 | A paper "Investigating a Force-Based Selection Method for Smartwatches in a 1D Fitts' Law Study and Two New Character-Level Keyboards" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2023) |
Jun 2022 | A co-authored paper "TiltWalker: Operating a Telepresence Robot with One-Hand by Tilt Controls on a Smartphone" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2022) |
Jun 2022 | A co-authored paper "Push, Tap, Dwell, and Pinch: Evaluation of Four Mid-Air Selection Methods Augmented with Ultrasonic Haptic Feedback" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2022) Best Paper Award |
Apr 2022 | Received EECS Bobcat Travel Fellowship at UC Merced |
Mar 2022 | Accepted internship at Google AR. Will begin in May 2022! |
Sep 2021 | A paper "Stepper, Swipe, Tilt, Force: Comparative Evaluation of Four Number Pickers for Smartwatches" is accepted. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2021) Honorable Mention Award |
May 2020 | Received summer EECS Bobcat Fellowship at UC Merced |
Mar 2019 | Demonstrated my work "A Force-Based Selection Method for Smartwatches" to Congressman Jim Costa during his visit at UC Merced |
Jan 2019 | Accepted Ph.D. at UC Merced. Will begin in fall 2019! |
May 2018 | Join Inclusive Interaction Lab at UC Merced. |