About
Bofan Yu is a thesis-based master's student in Computer Science at Simon Fraser University, supervised by Xing-Dong Yang. He has also collaborated with Te-Yen Wu. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University, and previously worked as a software engineer at Vaisala Canada Inc.
His research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) bridges sensing-enabled interaction and AI-based modeling of human intent, with a focus on intent models grounded in how people behave and interact in the physical world.
News
- Jul 2026 AWARD Received a Graduate Fellowship from SFU. 🏅
- Jun 2026 AWARD Received a True Scholarship from SFU. 🏅
- May 2026 AWARD Received the Professional Development Grant from SFU. 🏅
- Mar 2026 PAPER Two papers accepted to GI '26! 🎉
- Feb 2026 AWARD Received the SFU Computing Science Travel Award. 🏅
- Jan 2026 PAPER First-author paper on smart car cabins accepted to CHI '26! 🎉
- Jul 2025 AWARD Received a Graduate Fellowship from SFU. 🏅
- Jan 2025 Started M.S. at SFU with the Graduate Fellowship.
Publications
CHI '26
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
GI '26
Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2026
GI '26
Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2026