I'm a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Chicago, advised by Dr. Ken Nakagaki. I am a maker, tinkerer, hardware lover, and home-improvement enthusiast. My research aims to empower people to effortlessly and non-invasively augment and enrich their everyday environments. I pursue this by designing attachable and relocatable systems for users to bring actuation, interaction, and intelligence into their everyday spaces. I stand for individual creativity, and for giving people the agency to make their environments work for them on their own terms in their own ways.

Email: yunqiy at uchicago dot edu

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