William Huang

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I am a PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) advised by Professor Yang Zhang in the Human-Centered Computing & Intelligent Sensing Lab.

My research interests lie at the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). I am broadly interested in how we can build data-centric approaches to the personalization of mobility and spatial technologies. More specifically, I develop human-centric AI simulations and digital twins which can be used as highly accessible alternatives to traditional data collection methods to easily generate user-specific data and personalize existing technologies. By evaluating these systems, I aim to understand how they can be designed and deployed to build a more inclusive world for the general public and marginalized groups alike. My work spans multiple application domains including but not limited to accessibility, augmented/virtual reality, and health sensing.

Previously, I worked at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as an Applied Decision Systems and Analytics Intern, Intel 3DAT as a Biomechanics Co-Op, UCLA Athletics as the Data Analytics and Sports Science Project Lead, and the National Institutes of Health – Office of AIDS Research as a Data Science Fellow.

When I am not working or writing a website bio, I am probably modding consoles and controllers, training for my next powerlifting meeting, or at the arcade.

I would love to chat about research or anything else! The best way to reach me is by email at william[dot]huang[at]ucla[dot]edu.

news

May 14, 2024 Presented WheelPose at ACM CHI ‘24, Honolulu, HI.
Apr 15, 2024 Accepted an offer for an MS/Ph.D. in ECE at UCLA.

selected publications

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    WheelPose: Data Synthesis Techniques to Improve Pose Estimation Performance on Wheelchair Users
    William Huang, Sam Ghahremani, Siyou Pei, and Yang Zhang
    In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24)