Shu Yang

Designer & Technologist merging urban science with creative innovation. My expertise lies in UI/UX design, data visualization, and machine learning, with project experience in AI, AR, and decentralized gaming. I am passionate about crafting user-centric solutions that bridge the gap between design and technology.

Featured Projects

Abstain Mask Retain Core Poster

Abstain Mask Retain Core: Time Series Prediction

NeurIPS 2025 Spotlight Scientific Visualization Machine Learning

San Diego, CA | top 5% of accepted papers

Designed an interpretability framework to visualize manifold geometry and Stochastic Approximation (as seen in the diagrams), verifying how the Embedding Similarity Penalty prevents representation collapse. Conducted rigorous ablation studies across diverse datasets to validate the robustness of Adaptive Masking Loss.

SomniBot AI Sleep Assistant

SomniBot: AI-Powered Personalized Sleep Assistant

AI HealthTech Sleep Science FHIR RAG

An AI-driven sleep assistant providing personalized, science-backed guidance using FHIR and RAG. It features a self-assessment quiz and intelligent analysis based on EHR data to improve sleep quality while ensuring privacy.

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CLT Legal AI Assistant UI

CLT Legal AI Assistant: Intelligent Chatbot & Multilingual Platform

AI LegalTech NLP Chatbot

An AI-powered legal support tool for Community Land Trusts (CLTs). It uses machine learning to parse legal datasets and was iteratively enhanced across three versions to include a multilingual chatbot, user accounts, and an interactive map.

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UI/UX and Data Science Internship

Dauyan AI Writing Assistant

UI/UX Design Data Science User Research Startup

This project is a website which trying to combinate AI and English writing in order to help students study and exercise it deeper and easier. As AI could help them in conception, writing, scoring and other personalized questions

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Houston Healthcare Map

Houston's Healthcare Divide: Mapping Access and Inequality

GIS Urban Science Healthcare Data Analysis

This study uses GIS network analysis to examine healthcare accessibility in Houston. By analyzing road networks and travel times, it reveals disparities in resource distribution and its impact on residents.

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Florida Flood Economic Impact

Economic Toll of Flooding: Florida Case Study

GIS Machine Learning Climate Risk Economic Modeling

This project uses GIS and machine learning to predict flood risk and economic losses in Florida. It models vulnerability and economic impact by integrating physical, demographic, and socioeconomic data.

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Facial Pixel Mosaic generative art

Facial Pixel Mosaic: Real-time Generative Art with Eye Tracking

Creative Coding Generative Art Computer Vision ml5.js

An interactive artwork using ml5.js FaceMesh to create dynamic mosaic portraits from live video. It features eye-triggered regeneration and demonstrates creative coding with computer vision.

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Skills & Abilities

Design Expertise

  • UI/UX Design & Research
  • Branding & Visual Identity
  • Figma, Adobe Suite, C4D

Technical Proficiency

  • Machine Learning & Geospatial Analysis
  • Python, JavaScript
  • ArcGIS, OpenAI API

User Research & Analytics

  • Conducted 50+ usability tests
  • Analyzed 1,000+ market data points
  • User Journey Mapping

Get in Touch

I'm currently seeking new opportunities and am open to collaboration. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or just say hello!

Email

sy4254@nyu.edu

Phone

(929) 616-4129

LinkedIn

Aspen Yang