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47
Citations
7247
World Ranking
1389
National Ranking
171

Overview

Yang Li is affiliated with Google in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of computer science. Their work spans several subfields, including computer vision and pattern recognition, human-computer interaction, information systems, cognitive neuroscience, and computer science applications.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as interactive and immersive displays, advanced image and video retrieval techniques, visual attention and saliency detection, software engineering research, tactile and sensory interactions, mobile crowdsensing and crowdsourcing, and augmented reality applications.

Yang Li has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Mixed Negative Sampling for Learning Two-tower Neural Networks in Recommendations, 2020, Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020
  • Learning to Denoise Raw Mobile UI Layouts for Improving Datasets at Scale, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Predicting and Explaining Mobile UI Tappability with Vision Modeling and Saliency Analysis, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Computational Approaches for Understanding, Generating, and Adapting User Interfaces, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Designing successive target selection in virtual reality via penetrating the intangible interface with handheld controllers, 2022, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

The frequent publication venues for Yang Li's work include:

  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • IEEE Network

Yang Li has collaborated frequently with a range of coauthors, including Gang Li, Gilles Baechler, Manuel Tragut, Jeffrey Nichols, and Ranjitha Kumar, each of whom has coauthored multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Gestures without libraries, toolkits or training: a $1 recognizer for user interface prototypes

    Jacob O. Wobbrock;Andrew D. Wilson;Yang Li

  • Cluster-GCN: An Efficient Algorithm for Training Deep and Large Graph Convolutional Networks

    Wei-Lin Chiang;Xuanqing Liu;Si Si;Yang Li

  • User-defined motion gestures for mobile interaction

    Jaime Ruiz;Yang Li;Edward Lank

  • Rico: A Mobile App Dataset for Building Data-Driven Design Applications

    Biplab Deka;Zifeng Huang;Chad Franzen;Joshua Hibschman

  • Full-dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO) for next generation cellular technology

    Young-Han Nam;Boon Loong Ng;K. Sayana;Yang Li

  • Fire and explosion characteristics of vent gas from lithium-ion batteries after thermal runaway: A comparative study

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  • Gesture recognition on computing device correlating input to a template

    Yang Li

  • FFitts law: modeling finger touch with fitts' law

    Xiaojun Bi;Yang Li;Shumin Zhai

  • A Large-Scale Database and a CNN Model for Attention-Based Glaucoma Detection

    Liu Li;Mai Xu;Hanruo Liu;Yang Li

  • From Regional to Global Brain: A Novel Hierarchical Spatial-Temporal Neural Network Model for EEG Emotion Recognition

    Yang Li;Wenming Zheng;Lei Wang;Yuan Zong

  • Propagation mechanisms and diagnosis of parameter inconsistency within Li-Ion battery packs

    Fei Feng;Xiaosong Hu;Lin Hu;Fengling Hu

  • Experimental analysis of mode switching techniques in pen-based user interfaces

    Yang Li;Ken Hinckley;Zhiwei Guan;James A. Landay

  • Numerical simulation of the heat extraction in 3D-EGS with thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupling method based on discrete fractures model

    Jun Yao;Xu Zhang;Zhixue Sun;Zhaoqin Huang

  • Person Re-Identification with Discriminatively Trained Viewpoint Invariant Dictionaries

    Srikrishna Karanam;Yang Li;Richard J. Radke

  • Protractor: a fast and accurate gesture recognizer

    Yang Li

  • Experimental analysis of touch-screen gesture designs in mobile environments

    Andrew Bragdon;Eugene Nelson;Yang Li;Ken Hinckley

  • Topiary: a tool for prototyping location-enhanced applications

    Yang Li;Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient-DRL Enabled Multiphysics-Constrained Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Battery

    Zhongbao Wei;Zhongyi Quan;Jingda Wu;Yang Li

  • Towards High-Energy and Anti-Self-Discharge Zn-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors with New Understanding of the Electrochemistry.

    Yang Li;Wang Yang;Wu Yang;Ziqi Wang

  • Multistage State of Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery With High Tolerance to Heavily Partial Charging

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  • Full dimension mimo (FD-MIMO): the next evolution of MIMO in LTE systems

    Younsun Kim;Hyoungju Ji;Juho Lee;Young-Han Nam

  • A Descriptor-Based Design Methodology for Developing Heterogeneous Microstructural Materials System

    Hongyi Xu;Yang Li;Catherine Brinson;Wei Chen

  • Viewpoint Invariant Human Re-Identification in Camera Networks Using Pose Priors and Subject-Discriminative Features

    Ziyan Wu;Yang Li;Richard J. Radke

  • Network functions virtualization with soft real-time guarantees

    Yang Li;Linh Thi Xuan Phan;Boon Thau Loo

  • Gesture search: a tool for fast mobile data access

    Yang Li

  • Disturbance-Immune and Aging-Robust Internal Short Circuit Diagnostic for Lithium-Ion Battery

    Jian Hu;Hongwen He;Zhongbao Wei;Yang Li

  • Experimental investigation on the heat transfer properties of Al2O3 nanofluids using the mixture of ethylene glycol and water as base fluid

    Wei Yu;Huaqing Xie;Yang Li;Lifei Chen

  • EtherQL: A Query Layer for Blockchain System

    Yang Li;Kai Zheng;Ying Yan;Qi Liu

  • A physics-based distributed-parameter equivalent circuit model for lithium-ion batteries

    Yang Li;Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;Troy Farrell;San Shing Choi

  • Optimization of power allocation for wind-hydrogen system multi-stack PEM water electrolyzer considering degradation conditions

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  • Mechanical responses of sheet-based gyroid-type triply periodic minimal surface lattice structures fabricated using selective laser melting

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  • Constrained Ensemble Kalman Filter for Distributed Electrochemical State Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Yang Li;Binyu Xiong;Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;Zhongbao Wei

  • Adaptive Ensemble-Based Electrochemical-Thermal-Degradation State Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Yang Li;Zhongbao Wei;Binyu Xiong;Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa

  • Offline and Online Blended Machine Learning for Lithium-Ion Battery Health State Estimation

    Chengqi She;Yang Li;Changfu Zou;Torsten Wik

  • Machine learning-based fast charging of lithium-ion battery by perceiving and regulating internal microscopic states

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  • Numerical and experimental studies of stack shunt current for vanadium redox flow battery

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  • Thermal runaway propagation behavior and gas production characteristics of NCM622 battery modules at different state of charge

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  • Design of minimum cost degradation-conscious lithium-ion battery energy storage system to achieve renewable power dispatchability

    Yang Li;D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;San Shing Choi;Binyu Xiong

  • Mixed Negative Sampling for Learning Two-tower Neural Networks in Recommendations

    Ji Yang;Xinyang Yi;Derek Zhiyuan Cheng;Lichan Hong

  • Load Current and State-of-Charge Coestimation for Current Sensor-Free Lithium-Ion Battery

    Zhongbao Wei;Jian Hu;Hongwen He;Yang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Cho-Jui Hsieh
Cho-Jui Hsieh University of California, Los Angeles
James A. Landay
James A. Landay Stanford University
Samy Bengio
Samy Bengio Apple (United States)
Sanjiv Kumar
Sanjiv Kumar Google (United States)
Jeffrey Nichols
Jeffrey Nichols Apple (United States)
Ciprian Chelba
Ciprian Chelba Google (United States)
Shumin Zhai
Shumin Zhai Google (United States)
Dan Suciu
Dan Suciu University of Washington
Gaetano Borriello
Gaetano Borriello University of Washington

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