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Ming YAN | 延 鸣




Ming Yan is a designer and Ph.D. candidate in Design at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) under the supervision of Prof. Lucia Rampino and Prof. Giandomenico Caruso.

Her core field of research is product and interaction design, focusing on theories of HMI in autonomous vehicles and the nature of design processes, particularly as they pertain to product innovation and creativity. Her Ph.D. research topic in this area is "User acceptance implications for Human-Machine Interfaces in shared autonomous vehicles——Study of HMI for automated shuttle buses through VR prototyping and evaluation."

Since 2013, her attention has concentrated on the opportunities that smarts and interactive artifacts offer for creating an engaging user experience. Specific research topics she has addressed in this field are Aesthetics of Interaction, Product's Multi-Sensory Language, Tangible Interaction, and Design for Behaviour Change. She has published widely on these topics in both Chinese and English.




Research interests

  • Human-Machine Interfave (in autonomous vehicles)
  • Interactive design
  • Industrial Product Design


Working and Education Experience

  • 2020.09-2025.05: PhD in Design, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
  • 2019.01-2019.06: Exchange program, Audencia Business School, France;
  • 2017.09-2020.05: Interaction Design, School of Art and Media, Tongji University, China;
  • 2017.07-2017.08: Huangshan Hand-painted Factory,China; Served as the head of the department of hand-painted courses, teaching students drawing skills, including the practical use of perspective drawing skills, and industrial product painting with marker pens.
  • 2013.09-2017.05: Industrial Design, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, China;

Funding and awards

Competition awards:

  • National Second Prize of the 6th China Graduate Smart City Technology and Creative Design Competition
  • 2019, Silver Award of the first Xinchuang Cup China Universities Future Vehicle Human-Computer Interaction Design Competition
  • 2017, The Third Prize of "Jingshi Award" 2017 China User Experience Innovation Competition (Best User Experience Value Award)
  • National Third Prize of the 10th International User Experience Innovation Competition
  • 2017, Bronze award of TLD international creative design competition
  • Second prize of the third "Huichuang Youth" Shanghai College Students Cultural and Creative Works Competition
  • Special prize of "Longding Award" National 3D Digital Innovation Design Competition
  • 2015, National Second Prize in the Final of the 9th iCAN Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for International College Students
  • Provincial first prize of the 12th Shandong University Students' Electromechanical Product Innovation Design Competition
  • The 13th Shandong Province College Students Mechanical and electrical Products Innovation Design Competition (Industrial Design group) two provincial first prizes

Academic awards:

  • China National Scholarship in 2014, 2015 and 2016;
  • 2015, Shandong University President Scholarship (obtained by 20 people in the school);
  • 2016, Outstanding Students of Higher Educational Institutions in Shandong Province, China;
  • 2018, China National Scholarship for Master's Degree Candidates;
  • 2019, Guanghua Scholarship for Postgraduates of Tongji University;
  • Outstanding graduate students of Tongji University in 2018 and 2019;
  • 2020, Excellent Graduates from Shanghai, China;
  • 2020, Scholarship from China Scholarship Council and Politecnico di Milano, Italy;

Academic events

  • Attend the 2018 Tongji-Cambridge International Exchange Academic Conference; June 2018,U.k.
  • Attend the "4th Taishan International Disabled Persons Forum and the 2nd Taishan International Health Forum"; Research" keynote speech; September 2019, Taian, China
  • Attend the Co-creation sessions about the Living Publications Scenario; November 22-23,2021
  • Attend the workshop with Speculative Futures Milan (The Critical Catalyst Workshop); April 22,2022
  • Attend the 2022 International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Engineering Applications (ISDEA 2022), oral presentations and paper publication; May 13-15, 2022
  • Attend the Shenzhen Design Week Shenzhen Global Design Award Conference in Milan 2022; June 9, 2022
  • Attend the 2022 International Conference on the Applications of Computer-Aided Design (CAD’22), oral presentations and paper publication; July 15, 2022
  • Attend the Workshop with the theme of "Freeform Interface" held by HCIX Research club; July 26-28, 2022
  • Attend the International Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference 2022 (AHFE 2022), oral presentations and paper publication; July 26-28, 2022
  • In cooperation with the School of Mechanical Engineering of Shandong University in China, a workshop was held titled " Exploring Autonomous Driving and Museum Exhibition Narratives in Speculative Design Scenarios."; September 21 to October 28, 2022.
  • Attend the workshop with IEEE VR 2023 (the 30th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces); oral presentation; The paper entitled "Towards a 3D Evaluation Dataset for User Acceptance of Automated Shuttles" was published in 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW); March 25-29, 2023.


Hobbies

  • Chinese Calligraphy
  • Photography
  • Traveling


Publications

Google Scholar Ming Yan

  • Yan, M., Rampino, L., Caruso, G. “Perspectives on User’s Acceptance of Human-machine Interface in Autonomous Vehicles.” Proceedings of CAD’22, Beijing, China, July 11-13, 2022, 282-286. DOI: 10.14733/cadconfP.2022.282-286 [Already published]
  • Yan, M., Rampino, L., Zhao, H., Caruso, G. “Implications of Human-Machine Interface for Inclusive Shared Autonomous Vehicles.” Human Factors in Transportation. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 60. AHFE International USA, 2022. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002488 [Already published]
  • Xia, L., Sun, D., Yan, M. “Design Analysis of Sit-up Booster Based on KANO Model.” Human Factors in Aging and Special Needs. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 38. AHFE International, USA, 2022. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001676 [Already published]
  • Yan, M., Rampino, L., Caruso, G. “User acceptance of autonomous vehicles: review and perspectives on the role of the human-machine interfaces.” Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Applications, 2023. https://doi.org/10.14733/cadaps.2023.987-1004 [Already published]
  • Yan, M., Rampino, L., Caruso, G. “An Exploration of Barrier-Free Driving Education Assistance System Based on HCI Technology Under the Inclusive Design Concept.” 2022 International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Engineering Applications (ISDEA 2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9825-6_8 [Already published]
  • Yan M., Lin Z, Lu P, et al. “Speculative Exploration on Future Sustainable Human-Machine Interface Design in Automated Shuttle Buses” [J]. Sustainability, 2023, 15(6): 5497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su15065497 [Already published]
  • Yan M., Geng W, Hui P. “Towards a 3D Evaluation Dataset for User Acceptance of Automated Shuttles” [C]//2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2023: 89-93. DOI 10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00023 [Already published]
  • Lin Z, Villari B, Yan M, et al. “Integrating Speculative and Systemic Perspectives into Service Design Education in the Chinese Context” [J]. Journal of Futures Studies. [Accepted for publication: In press]