Hello! My name is Xi /siː/.
I'm a product designer and user researcher.
I received my PhD from Imperial College London, working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Specifically, my research explores the design of Conversational Agents such as Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and other virtual assistants.
If you're interested in design research, take a look at my publications below or read them on Google Scholar.
Xi Yang, Marco Aurisicchio, and Weston Baxter. 2019. Understanding Affective Experiences With Conversational Agents. In Proceedings of CHI 2019. 📝 Key takeaways available on Medium.
Xi Yang, Marco Aurisicchio, James Mackrill, and Weston Baxter. On the products and experiences that make us happy. In Proceedings of ICED 2017.
Weston Baxter, Xi Yang, Marco Aurisicchio, and Peter Childs. 2016. Exploring a Human-Centred Design of Possessions. In Proceedings of NordDesign 2016.
Darren Edge, Xi Yang, Yasmine Kotturi, Shuoping Wang, Dan Feng, Bongshin Lee, and Steven Drucker. 2016. SlideSpace: Heuristic Design of a Hybrid Presentation Medium. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI).
Zachary Porges, Xi Yang, Apurva Desai, Catherine Ho, Ruwan Pallegedara, Raisa Razzaque, and Dan Cosley. 2014. Achieve: Evaluating the Impact of Progress Logging and Social Feedback on Goal Achievement. In Proceedings of CSCW 2014.