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Yang Zhao 赵阳

She/Her

Yang (pronounced “yahng,” rhymes with “song”) is a first-year Ph.D. student in Information Sciences at UIUC. My research interests include digital humanities and information accessibility, with a focus on making visual cultural materials more open and usable for diverse audiences, especially people without technical backgrounds and those with different access needs.

Upcoming

I will attend the 4S 2026 Conference in Toronto during October 7-10 for a panel discussion.

Research Interests

Digital Humanities Computational Art History Information Retrieval Accessible HCI

Education

Ph.D. Student in Information Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

M.S. in Computer Science

University of York, UK

M.A. in Art History

Heidelberg University, Germany

B.A. in Museum Studies

Fudan University, China