Xi Jessie Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tel: 734-763-0541
Email: xijyang@umich.edu (xijyang at umich dot edu)
Please go to the Interaction and Collaboration Research Lab for the most up-to-date information.
I joined the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan in 2016 and direct the Interaction and Collaboration Research Lab. Prior to that, I was a postdoc at the Interactive Robotics Group of MIT and the SUTD-MIT International Design Center, working with Julie A. Shah and Katja Hölttä-Otto. I obtained my Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering from Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2014, working with Taezoon Park and Christopher D. Wickens.
I want to understand how humans interact with each other, with autonomous agents and with robots, and to propose design solutions facilitating such interactions.
Education
Ph.D., Human Factors Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2014
M.Eng., Human Factors Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2009
B.Eng., (First class honors), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2006