Biography

 

Yilin Tang

Yilin Tang

  • Scholar-elect
  • China
  • 2025 PhD Computer Science
  • Churchill College

I am always passionate about volunteer work. Having spent thousands of hours engaged with vulnerable groups, I witnessed their challenges and was deeply moved by how they faced the injustices of fate with such resilience. Thus, when I was doing my master's in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University with a focus on human-centered computing, I decided to use my knowledge to conduct research that could harness the power of AI to improve the lives of people with disabilities. For example, I used large language models to provide personalized emotional training for children with autism and used large vision language models to offer contextual online social assistance for blind and low-vision people. By collaborating with international scholars, tech companies, and disability associations, I successfully transformed my research into practical AI-assisted systems that have benefited the disabled community in China. Of course, while using AI to assist people with disabilities, I have observed some ethical challenges posed by AI. Therefore, in my PhD studies, I plan to focus on constructing responsible AI systems for supporting disabled communities, to ensure that AI serves the disabled community in a responsible manner.

Previous Education

Beihang University Industrial Deisgn
Zhejiang University Mechanical Engineering