# Hang Yu (余航)

> Hang Yu, Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University researching Human–Robot Interaction (HRI), Robot Learning, VLAs, and Agentic Robotics. Publications, datasets, code, and CV.

This is Hang Yu's academic website. The HTML page is the source of truth; the text and JSON-LD copies are generated from it. Dates and roles reflect the page as written.

## Key facts

- Name: Hang Yu (余航); also cited as H. Yu
- Role: Ph.D. Candidate · Tufts University · HRI & Robot Learning
- Email: hyu08@tufts.edu
- Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (Human–Robot Interaction), Tufts University (GPA 4.0/4.0 — Expected Mar. 2026 Advisor: Dr. Elaine Schaertl Short)
- Education: M.S.E. in Computer Science, Tufts University (GPA 3.95/4.0 — Jan. 2021 Advisor: Dr. Elaine Schaertl Short)
- Research topics: Interactive RL; Learning from Human Feedback; Learning from Demonstrations; Human modeling for robot learning; Evaluation & datasets for HRI; HRI; RLHF/RLAIF; IntRL; Preference learning; Human factors
- Open to: research collaborations in HRI, RLHF for robots, and human data collection methodology.

## Profile and research

- [Full profile and publications](https://hangyu8123.github.io/llms-full.txt): Plain-text biography, education, all listed publications and resource links, service, and contact information.
- [Structured data](https://hangyu8123.github.io/profile.jsonld): Schema.org JSON-LD with person, profile, publication, dataset, and code records.
- [Publications (BibTeX)](https://hangyu8123.github.io/publications.bib): Every paper listed on the site, ready to cite.
- [JSON Resume](https://hangyu8123.github.io/resume.json): Structured CV following the jsonresume.org schema.
- [vCard](https://hangyu8123.github.io/hang-yu.vcf): Contact card.
- [News feed (RSS)](https://hangyu8123.github.io/feed.xml): Talks, papers, awards, and current work.
- [Academic homepage](https://hangyu8123.github.io/): Interactive website with the same public information.
- [Curriculum vitae](https://hangyu8123.github.io/assets/cv.pdf): Downloadable PDF.
- [Sitemap](https://hangyu8123.github.io/sitemap.xml): Page and image URLs for crawlers.

## Profiles

- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j0qxKQIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/HangYu8123)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hang-yu-0343b2273/)