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Jianing Yu
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I’m a designer and HCI researcher exploring how adaptive AI can understand people and context, mediate human experience, and support agency rather than replace it. My work focuses on multimodal and embodied interactive systems that sense human states and respond through interfaces, environments, and sensory experiences.
Across my projects, I study how AI can support attention, perception, creativity, and decision-making—from EEG-adaptive spatial audio and wearable AI to multisensory interfaces and human–AI collaboration. I combine interaction design and prototyping with mixed-method user research to understand not only how these systems can be built, but how they shape the way people think, feel, and act.
I recently completed my MDes at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and have conducted HCI research across Harvard, MIT Media Lab, the University of Hong Kong, and Northeastern University. I’m currently developing my research around adaptive and AI-mediated interfaces for cognitive augmentation as I prepare for PhD study in HCI.
News & Updates
May, 2026
I’m excited to share that I graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a Master in Design Studies (Mediums) 🎓 🎉