Yiran Zhang

I am currently a second-year Ph.D. in Computer Science at Purdue University under the supervision of Dr. Aniket Bera. Before this, I was graduated at Northwestern University with a CS Master Degree and was fortunate to work with Dr. Emma Alexander, Dr. Diego Klabjan, and Dr. Ian Horswill. I also received my B.S. in Computer Science and B.A. in Visual Fine Art double degrees from Union College. My research passion lies in utilizing different learning techniques to create innovative solutions for computer graphics, VR/AR, and locomotion problems.

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An LLM-based audio-guided navigation agent that uses affective cues in spoken communication—elements to assess the trustworthiness of human commands.

HCVR virtual scene generation framework optimized for VR navigation and compatible with alignment-based redirected walking controller to provide user a unique natural walking interface.

Our model generates a 3D geometry model that captures the features appear in the conditioning 2D image where contains one or more object fractures, and results are evaluated using our novel 2D to 3D descriptor metrics.

We introduce a multi-modal architecture that adapts a interactive path planner that track the user state to predict their next destination, pre-determine and operate the destinated object before user arrive.

Teaching and Mentoring

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