Hi! I am Yong-Han, a first-year master's student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Before starting my graduate studies, I worked on research projects that support researchers in analyzing people's use of mobile media, aiming to ultimately improve people's experiences with their phones. I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Yung-Ju Chang.

As a student researcher and software engineer, I focus on projects related to advancing human-computer interaction and the use of machine learning models. I design, build, and study intelligent systems to empower users to consume and interact with digital information and technology more effectively. In my recent work, I designed and built an intelligent notification system to facilitate users' workflows in reading and handling notifications. This was achieved through automated sorting and categorization, complemented by manual functions for users to adjust these automations. I also studied users' experiences with this system by using mixed-methods.

In the past, I did my undergrad in computer science at National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University (former: National Chiao-Tung University). I also worked in the Human-Centered Design Lab at Polytechnique Montréal as a research intern, and at Xaduro (a travel tech startup) as a software engineering intern.

Email:yonghan5 [at] illinois [dot] edu

Updates

Aug 25,
2025
Start my master's studies in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! 👩🏻‍💻🛫
Jun 27,
2025
One paper on mobile screenshot labeling tool was accept to UbiComp 2025 as a poster. Congrats to all the co-authors!
May 30,
2025
One paper on LLM-powered notification summaries, which received minor revisions in the first review round, has now been accepted to MobileHCI 2025! Congrats and many thanks to the co-authors!
Oct 8,
2024
Attended UbiComp 2024 to present my paper on pinning, sorting, and categorizing notifications. Explore the project site for an overview of our research and NotiManager, the developed research application.
Oct 2,
2024
Had a wonderful experience at MobileHCI 2024 presenting paper on user-assigned notification alerts. Thanks to my co-authors and the conference organizers for this opportunity!
Oct 10,
2023
Presented my leading project on hybrid notification management methods as a poster at UbiComp 2023.
Apr 23,
2023
Student volunteer at CHI 2023. My first in-person conference and I had so much fun! Thanks for having me at the last minute! ⚡
Jan 14,
2023
One paper on cross-device notification interaction is accepted to CHI 2023! Enjoy working on this project, congrats to all the co-authors!
Nov 8,
2022
Student volunteer at CSCW 2022. It's my first SV experience, thanks for having me!
Jun 30,
2022
Graduated from National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University with a B.S. degree in Computer Science. 🎓

Publications

Research Interests: human-AI interaction / user empowerment / mobile notifications / information consumption

Research Highlight: Designing an intelligent notification system with human-AI collaboration

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    Multiple Device Users' Actual and Ideal Cross-Device Usage for Multi-Stage Notification-Interactions: An ESM Study Addressing the Usage Gap and Impacts of Device Context
    Fang-Ching Tseng, ​Zih-Yun Chiou, Ho-Hsuan Chuang, Li-Ting Su, Yong-Han Lin, Yu-Rou Lin, Yi-Chi Lee, Peng-Jui Wang, Uei-Dar Chen, Yung-Ju Chang
    CHI 2023
    Abstract PDF ACM DL

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Outside of work, I love...

  • music and art
  • exploring Google Maps to find good restaurants
  • playing Mario Kart 🚦

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