About Yugo
As a passionate Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher and aspiring M.S. candidate, I specialize in bridging accessibility and innovation through technology. I am currently pursuing my M.S. in HCI at RIT, where I explore user-centered design, usability testing, and emerging technologies such as generative AI. My research focuses on improving digital accessibility, including alt-text generation for scientific articles and facilitating collaborative platforms for disability faculty and staff. I am currently working on my capstone project, which aims to bridge the communication gap between hearing and DHH people by utilizing speech recognition. You can learn more about it View Yugo's Capstone Proposal.
With a diverse professional background across research, communications and marketing, web design, community engagement, and customer service roles, I bring technical skills and research expertise, such as user studies, focus groups, accessibility design, and critical analysis. Global Perspective: Multilingual proficiency in English and Japanese, combined with international experience in education and customer service.
I thrive at the intersection of technology, inclusivity, and human experience, driving projects that make a tangible impact on diverse communities. Let’s connect if you share a passion for accessible and human-centered technologies.
The classes I am taking in Spring 2025
- ISTE646– Foundation of Web Technology Development II: Studying about the web back end mainly
- HCIN795– MS-HCI Capstone Project: Working on my View Yugo's Capstone Proposal.
On Going Projects
INSPIRE
INSPIRE aims to support faculty with disability in research and teaching at RIT. I designed and buillt a website using HTML and design tool RIT offers along the branding guideline.
Generative AI in K-12
Currently building the workshop and poster plans for K-12 teachers specifically underfunded school to have free resource plus generative AI to imporve the education opportunityies for students.
A11y: Improving Alternative Texts for Science Figures With Generative AI
This is the AWARE-AI NSF research and I lead this project. My team is designing studies investigating the effectiveness of utilizing the generative AI to generate better alternative texts for science articles.
ISTE-646 Class Project & Homeworks
ISTE-646 is web technology and foundation II course where I learn JavaScript, PHP, React and SQL on top of HTML, CSS and basic JavaScript. You can visit the website for ISTE 646 where I showcase all asssignments and projects, both individual and groups from the class.
Major Classes I have completed
- ISTE645– Foundation of Web Technology Development I: Learned about the front end web technologies including wireframes and basic front-end including HTML, CSS and JavaScript in Fall 2024.
- HCIN610– Foundation of Human-Computer Interation: Learned theories of HCI in Spring 2022
- HCIN630– Usability Testing: Learned about usability testing and how to report in Spring 2024
- HCIN620– Information and Interaction Design: Learned about managing informations and convert collected data to imrpved design in Spring 2024. Group Project website is here
- HCIN720– Prototyping Wearable & IoT Devices: Learned about wearable and IoT devices prototype mainly using Adrino and C++ in fall 2023. Final Group Project is here
- REL430– Tourism Marketing: Learned about the marketing strategies for tourism industry in Spring 2020.
Completed Projects & Publications
RIT HCI Research Website
I revamped and updated the design and contents of HCI research page for the School of Information (the iSchool) while I was a Coordinator of Communications and Student Expeirence.
The iSchool Tour
This video was published for perspective students and families to have an idea about the iSchool while they participated in the virtual open house during pandemic. I used Premiure Pro to edit the recordings.
The iSchool Graduation Video
This video was published to celebrate class of 2022. Recorded half of the clips prior to the commencement and students are shared thier story on the day walking the stage. Many international families who could not be in person watched this video as well.
The iSchool Recruitment Page
This web project aimed to recruit faculty, including the director of the department at the time. Information was collected from current faculty and staff, and then I designed a single page following the RIT branding guideline.
Caption Mask Promotion video from ImagineRIT
This was recorded during ImagineRIT featuring the student project in the iSchool. Using a microphone to record and then Premiere Pro to edit. They were invited to some local hospitals for a presentation and made an amazing contribution to the world.
Text-To-Speech Instruction for Disability Services
The goal of this project was reducing the number of human readers needs to save resources for others as testing accommodation needs were increasing dramatically. Text-to-speech with natural reader became the common resource for students in Disability Services Office (DSO)
Being Included: Institute Benefits in Supporting Inclusivity For Disabled Faculty in Higher Education
ICERI2024 Proceeding, pp. 5648-5654 publications with Dr. Elissa Weeden, Catherine Beaton, and April Roberts
Usage of generative AI among MLL students
This is part of the research with Prof. Beaton and supporting a focus group dat collection for multi lingual language larners using generative AI in both academia and personal life including language translation.
More Work or Collaborations with Yugo
I am happy to answer any questions about my work or inquiry about the collaborations. Please feel free to email me directly or fill out the form below.