Hello, there! Welcome to my website.

My name is Yuyu Yang. Currently I'm a Ph.D. student at School of Infomation and Library Science, UNC.

My research interests lie in the combination of Multimedia Information Retrieval, Recommendation Systems, and Human Computer Interaction. I'm excited about applying information theories to analyze actual information systems.

Currently, my research work focuses on understanding how daily contexts influence peoples' interaction with music streaming services as well as music preferences,  particularly how people's need for music diversity varies over time.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US

Ph.D. in Information Science • Aug 2018 - Present

Academic Advisor: Rob Capra

Peking University, Beijing, China

M.S. in Information Science • Sep 2016 - Aug 2018

Academic Advisor: Pengyi Zhang

Peking University, Beijing, China

B.S in Information Science •  Sep 2012 - Aug 2016

Academic Advisor: Pengyi Zhang

Yang, Y., & Zhang, P. (2017). Analyzing patterns of contribution to user-generated tag hierarchies based on core user types. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 54(1), 835-837.

Yang, Y., & Zhang, P. (2017). Social creation of hierarchical taxonomy from topic tags: An analysis of user participation in forming Zhihu’s topic hierarchy. iConference 2017 Proceedings, 722-728.

(Chinese) Yang, Y., & Zhang, P. (2020). Social Tagging of ACG Video Contents and the Entertainment Tagging Trend: A Case Study of Bilibili.com. Library and Information Service, 64(8): 125-133. 

(Chinese) Yang, Y., & Zhang, P. (2017). An Analysis of Conflicts and Colaboration in Social Construction of Zhihu Topic Structure. Documentation,Information & Knowledge, 2017(3): 108-117.