Yixuan Gao - 高翌轩

Publications

Here are some of my recent publications:

Honors & Awards

• EWSN 2024 Best Paper Award – Awarded for the paper “Feasibility of Radio Frequency Based Wireless Sensing of Lead Contamination in Soil”.

Professional Activities

Here are some of my recent professional activities:

• Conference Reviewer:
  • CHI 2025 – ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • HRI 2025 – ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • IUI 2025 – ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
  • TEI 2025 – ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
  • AutomotiveUI 2024 – ACM International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
  • CSCW 2024 – ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
  • DIS 2024 – ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • ICIS 2024 – International Conference on Information Systems
  • ICMI 2024 – ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
  • SUI 2024 – ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction
  • UbiComp/ISWC 2024 – ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and International Symposium on Wearable Computers
  • DIS 2023 – ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • ICWSM 2024 – International Conference on Web and Social Media
• Open Review:

  Peer Review of “All You Need Is Context: Clinician Evaluations of Various Iterations of a Large Language Model–Based First Aid Decision Support Tool in Ghana (Preprint)”

  Y Gao, T Olatoye, RSG Mahmoud

  Reviewed in JMIRx Med, 2024. DOI: 10.2196/65727

Teaching Experience

• Cornell University, Ithaca/NYC, NY, USA

  2019–now

  • CS4320/5320 Database Systems (Undergraduate/Graduate Course) – 2019 Fall
  • CS4700/5700 (Undergraduate/Graduate Course) – 2020 Spring
  • INFO5600 AI in Healthcare (Graduate Course) – 2021, 2022 Spring
  • CS5304 Data Science in the Wild (Graduate Course) – 2021, 2022 Fall
  • INFO6310 Behavioral Science (Graduate Course) – 2020 Fall

Work History

• Research/Teaching Assistant – Cornell University

  Location: Ithaca/NYC, NY

  Duration: September 2019 – Present

  • Assist teaching - Database Systems, AI in Healthcare, Data Science in the Wild and more.
  • Guided students in practical AI applications in healthcare and data science.

• Research Assistant – University of Waterloo

  Location: Waterloo, ON

  Duration: December 2017 – August 2018

  • Characterized Wi-Fi network bit rate, throughput, and link utilization through Google Wi-Fi devices (Published in MobiCom’18).
  • Improved rate adaptation algorithms using TensorFlow and integrated with Minstrel.

• Software Developer – OpenText

  Location: Richmond Hill, ON

  Duration: September 2017 – December 2017

  • Developed features and maintained an SFTP server.
  • Implemented a REST API server for monitoring remote connections.
  • Created automated testing tools using Java and JMeter.

• Software Developer – Moody's Analytics

  Location: Toronto, ON

  Duration: May 2016 – April 2017

  • Implemented over 25 features and models into the AXIS software suite.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize performance.

• Actuarial Intern – Manulife

  Location: Toronto, ON

  Duration: May 2015 – August 2015

  • Conducted calculations and validations of actuarial models.

Beyond Research

Outside of research, I enjoy sports such as running (5k: Regional 4th place in age 20-30 group, 10k: Regional 2nd place in age 20-30 group), table tennis, and more. I also have a passion for music, including playing the piano, drums, and guitar.

Some of my honors and achievements outside research include:

• Gomoku: National 4th place
• Chess: Beijing Second Prize
• Robotics: VEX World Gold Prize
• Actuarial Exams (ASA): Passed P, FM, and FME

Contact

Feel free to reach out to me:

• Email: yg478 at cornell dot edu