Yihao Zhou

I am a master's student in Informatics at Penn State IST, advised by Dr. Tanusree Sharma. Previously, I obtained my B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Technology from East China Normal University.

Research Interests
  • Computer-Mediated Communication: CMC for social support, CMC in virtual environments.
  • Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Video game, online community, privacy and safety in subcultures
  • Affective Computing: Personalized affect recognition, perspective-taking and empathy.
Publications ( show selected / show all by date )
Collective Creation of Intimacy: Exploring the Cosplay Commission Practice within the Otome Game Community in China
Yihao Zhou, Haowei Xu, Lili Zhang, Shengdong Zhao

Chinese CHI 2024 Paper Preprint

An Attention-Based Approach for Assessing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Evoking in Immersive Environment
Feng Liu, Yihao Zhou, Jingyi Hu,

Heliyon Paper

BlueVR: Design and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Serious Game for Promoting Understanding towards People with Color Vision Deficiency
Ruoxin You, Yihao Zhou, Weicheng Zheng, Yiran Zuo, Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca, Xin Tong

CHI PLAY 2023 Paper / Code

Eye Tracking Emotion Evoking Interaction Based on Go/No-Go Paradigm VR Demonstration
Feng Liu, Junhao Qin, Zhenyin Zhang, Kecheng Tang, Jingyi Hu, Yihao Zhou

VRCAI 2022 Paper