About me

Hello! I’m Jianhui YAN, a third year graduate student from School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology.

I am actively seeking admission to a Ph.D. program focused on human-computer interaction, including Wearable Haptic System, Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Force Feedback.

I am advised by Prof. Lin Shu from School of Future Technology, South China University of technology.

You can find my CV here: Jianhui’s Curriculum Vitae.

Research Interests

Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearable Haptic System, Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Force Feedback

Education

  • B.S. Information Engineering, GPA: 3.71/4.0, South China University of technology, 09/2018-06/2022
  • M.S. Electronic information, South China University of technology, 09/2022-present
  • Research Intern, under Pro.f Jürgen Steimle supervision, Human Interaction Lab at Saarland University, 06/2024-09/2024

Publication

  • Under Review
    • EMS Hand Prop: Leveraging the Loss of SoA Caused by EMS to Make Hands Serve Better as Virtual Objects
    • Jianhui Yan, Jiesi Zhang, Haoqiang Hua, Wenxuan Wu, Hongnan Lin, Qiwei Xiong, Jianxiu Jin, Lin Shu.
    • Submitted to the Internation Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • Rejected and preparing for resubmission
    • CHI 2025 Paper: A Mobile and Wearable Haptic Device (Confidential)
    • Arata Jingu, Jianhui Yan, Maja Fehlberg, Roland Bennewitz, Jürgen Steimle.
    • Working with Arata Jingu under Prof. Jürgen Steimle’s supervision as a co-author, finally submitted a paper to CHI 2025, but got rejected. The paper is confidential as we are working on it currently.

Research Experience

Skills

  • MR Interaction Implementation
    • Developing built-in Mixed Reality (MR) interaction application for Quest 3
  • Electrical Muscle Stimulation
    • Actuating gestures based on electrical muscle stimulation
    • Performing experiment on human hands of different people
  • Computer Skills
    • Unity3D(C#), Python, Git, Matlab, Arduino, Deep Learning(Basic)

Awards

  • 2020 National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 09/2020
    • Second Prize of Guangdong Province
  • 2020 Guangdong Undergraduate Electronic Design Competition, 11/2020
    • Second Prize
  • Scholarship
    • National Inspirational Scholarship
    • 2019 Second-class Scholarship of South China University of Technology
    • 2020 “Hongping Evergreen Fund” Student Science and Technology Innovation Third-class Scholarship (2 items )
    • Lixin Stipend

Languages

  • English: IELTS 7
  • Cantonese: Native
  • Mandarin: Native
  • French: Basic

Teaching Assistant

  • Digital system design

Undergraduate course, South China University of Technology, School of Future Technology, 09/2023-12/2023

  • Digital logic circuit

Undergraduate course, South China University of Technology, School of Future Technology, 03/2023-06/2023

Service

  • Student Volunteer

EuroHaptic 2024, Lille, France, 07/2024