Yi Fei Cheng

I am a Ph.D. student at the Augmented Perception Lab at the Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute with David Lindlbauer. I am broadly interested in building and studying multimodal, adaptive systems. I draw on a range of methods, including data-driven modeling, optimization, simulation, longitudinal studies, and controlled experiments. Before starting my Ph.D., I completed my undergrad in Computer Science at Swarthmore College.

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Selected Publications

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Auditorily Embodied Conversational Agents: Effects of Spatialization and Situated Audio Cues on Presence and Social Perception

Yi Fei Cheng, Jarod Bloch, Alexander Wang, Andrea Bianchi, Anusha Withana, Anhong Guo, Laurie M. Heller, David Lindlbauer

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026 [Paper]

Conversational Agents on Your Behalf: Opportunities and Challenges of Shared Autonomy in Voice Communication for Multitasking

Yi Fei Cheng, Hirokazu Shirado, Shunichi Kasahara

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2025 [Paper]

SemanticAdapt: Optimization-based Adaptation of Mixed Reality Layouts Leveraging Virtual-physical Semantic Connections

Yi Fei Cheng, Yukang Yan, Xin Yi, Yuanchun Shi, David Lindlbauer

ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2021 [Paper]

Artwork

In the past, I dedicated a significant amount of time to exploring drawing, painting, and architecture.

Drawings

Paintings

Architecture