Yun Wang
@wyunnn
Senior Researcher @MSFTResearch | HCI, AI, VIS CS PhD @VisLab_HKUST
Most AI agents focus on task automation. But real-world work is messy—goals shift, constraints conflict, problems evolve. 👉We argue for a shift: treat human–AI collaboration as a system design problem, not just a UI/UX tweak. 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2506.11718 #AI #AgenticAI #agent
🚀 Microsoft Research Asia is hiring interns! 📍 Beijing/Hong Kong ⏳ 3-6 months in 2025 Join us to explore Human-AI Co-Creation, rethinking how humans and AI work and live together. PhD in HCI/Visualization/AI Agents? Email me [email protected]! #AI #HCI #Internship
Excited to share WonderFlow at #IEEEVIS2024! 🎥✨ This interactive tool simplifies creating animated data videos by auto-generating audio narration and synchronizing it with chart animations. Say goodbye to complex workflows! #DataViz #AI #DataStorytelling
Excited to have presented a best paper on Tuesday and... come to our session at 323c this morning, Haotian will shared our perspective and insights on buildings Human-AI co-creation tools! #CHI2024
Our paper on human-AI collaboration in data storytelling, accepted by CHI 2024, is now available on arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2309.15723 📢 Dive into our systematic review of tools and discover collaboration patterns and future research avenues. #CHI2024 #HumanAICollaboration
I am imagining one day, when you are manually writing an article, there will be a prompt appears showing you how much carbon emissions you’ve saved. keynote at #chi2024 @katecrawford
Congrats to @wyunnn and @XinyuShi9825, and fellow authors on their #CHI2024 Best Paper for: "Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video," which introduces the first tool tailored for MG video color authoring. msft.it/6014YOr8M
🌟 Exciting news from #CHI2024! Our paper 🎨"Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video" won the Best Paper Award! 🏆 Proud mentor moment for our interns @XinyuShi9825 and Yinghou at @MSFTResearch. Great to supervise with @jeffjianzhao
So proud of the Honorable Mention Award🥇! Solid work🫡🙌 #CHI2024
Our paper on human-AI collaboration in data storytelling, accepted by CHI 2024, is now available on arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2309.15723 📢 Dive into our systematic review of tools and discover collaboration patterns and future research avenues. #CHI2024 #HumanAICollaboration
On too many walks, to too many friends, I've tried to explain this diagram I have in my head about how different forms of knowledge flow into each other cyclically—
Real, imaginary, and symbolic. Defamilizariation, abstraction, and reification. Experience, theory, and systems. @tobyshooters unifies different domains' language for the changes which knowledge undergoes— tis.so/cycles-of-know…
👏 Another nice work towards intuitive animation in visual storytelling from our group! Check out the demo page animate-your-word.github.io/demo/
Dynamic Typography Bringing Words to Life Text animation serves as an expressive medium, transforming static communication into dynamic experiences by infusing words with motion to evoke emotions, emphasize meanings, and construct compelling narratives. Crafting
#CallForPapers📢VIS Workshop on Data Storytelling in the Era of #GenerativeAI Join us at #IEEEVIS in Oct to explore how AI enhances/challenges #datastory Due: Jul 9 Web: gen4ds.github.io/gen4ds/#/ By: @olivialan6 @Leni88893923 @zezhong_w @wyunnn @shidanqing & Sheelagh Carpendale
Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video youtu.be/wJvcGCn7xsI with Yinghou Wang, Yun Wang @wyunnn
The goal of building the automation is to create the better human-AI interaction. Otherwise, what do you think AI is built for?
CS Theory prof during an on-site interview: so Upol, why do you think HCI is part of CS? Me: I'd argue you cannot have CS without HCI Him: How? Me: Name one computing system in this planet or even in space that works in a vacuum without human interactions Him: (ponders for a few…
Researchers often have to ask for recommendation letters for visa/job applications, etc. I wrote a script that allows you to find who cites your papers frequently to create a list of potential letter writers: github.com/neubig/researc… Hope it's helpful, improvements are welcome!