Yu Yang

Ph.D. Candidate –  LIMBS Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR)
Email
Academic History:

M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

B.E. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Journal Preprints:

  • [DOI] D. Biswas, A. Lamperski, Y. Yang, K. Hoffman, J. Guckenheimer, E. S. Fortune, and N. J. Cowan, “Organisms employ a mode-switching strategy for solving the explore-vs-exploit problem,” bioRxiv, 2023.
    [Bibtex] 
    @article {biswasorganisms2023,
author = {Biswas, Debojyoti and Lamperski, Andrew and Yang, Yu and Hoffman, Kathleen and Guckenheimer, John and Fortune, Eric S. and Cowan, Noah J.},
title = {Organisms employ a mode-switching strategy for solving the explore-vs-exploit problem},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1101/2023.01.11.523566},
URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2023/01/11/2023.01.11.523566},
journal = {bioRxiv}
}

  • [DOI] Y. Yang, D. G. Yared, and N. J. Cowan, “Can a Fish Learn to Ride a Bicycle? Sensorimotor Adaptation to Destabilizing Dynamics in Weakly Electric Fish,” bioRxiv, 2023.
    [Bibtex] 
    @article {yangcan2023,
author = {Yang, Yu and Yared, Dominic G. and Cowan, Noah J.},
title = {Can a Fish Learn to Ride a Bicycle? {S}ensorimotor Adaptation to Destabilizing Dynamics in Weakly Electric Fish},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1101/2023.01.27.525956},
URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2023/01/30/2023.01.27.525956},
journal = {bioRxiv}
}

Conference Abstracts:

  • Y. Yang, D. G. Yared, and N. J. Cowan, “Sensorimotor Adaptation to Novel Dynamics in Weakly Electric Fish,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2023.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{yangsensorimotor2023,
author = {Yang, Y and Yared, D. G. and Cowan, N. J.},
title = {Sensorimotor Adaptation to Novel Dynamics in Weakly Electric Fish},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2023,
month = jan,
}
  • H. Yeh, Y. Yang, and N. J. Cowan, “Luminance modulates sensorimotor delay in refuge tracking of Eigenmannia virescens,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2023.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{yehluminance2023,
author = {Yeh, H and Yang, Y and Cowan, N. J.},
title = {Luminance modulates sensorimotor delay in refuge tracking of {E}igenmannia virescens},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2023,
month = jan,
}
  • S. Zerefa, D. Biswas, Y. Yang, and N. J. Cowan, “Decoding Active Sensing via Tracking Behavior in Weakly Electric Fish,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2023.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{zerefadecoding2023,
author = {Zerefa, S and Biswas, D and Yang, Y and Cowan, N. J.},
title = {Decoding Active Sensing via Tracking Behavior in Weakly Electric Fish},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2023,
month = jan,
}
  • Y. Yang, D. G. Yared, L. N. Peterson, E. S. Fortune, and N. J. Cowan, “Can a fish ride a bicycle? The impacts of destabilizing feedback on refuge tracking behavior in Eigenmannia virescens,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2022.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{yangbicycle2022,
author = { Yang, Y and Yared, D G and Peterson, L N and Fortune, E S and Cowan, N J},
title = {Can a fish ride a bicycle? The impacts of destabilizing feedback on refuge tracking behavior in {E}igenmannia virescens},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2022,
month = jan,
}
  • Y. Yang, M. Wilkinson, L. Whitcomb, and N. Cowan, “Modeling nonlinearities of refuge tracking in Eigenmania virescens,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2021.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{yangnonlinearities2021,
title = {Modeling nonlinearities of refuge tracking in {E}igenmania virescens},
author = {Yang, Y and Wilkinson, MG and Whitcomb, LL and Cowan, NJ},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2021,
month = jan,
}
  • Y. Yang, Y. Pan, I. Uyanik, and N. J. Cowan, “The Selection of Stimuli Affects Non-parametric System Identification for Refuge Tracking Behavior in Eigenmannia virescens,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2020.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{yangselection2020,
author = {Yang, Y and Pan, Y and Uyanik, I and Cowan, N J},
title = {The Selection of Stimuli Affects Non-parametric System Identification for Refuge Tracking Behavior in {E}igenmannia virescens},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2020,
month = jan,
}
  • B. Nixon, I. Uyanik, Y. Yang, and N. J. Cowan, “Sensory salience affects sensorimotor delay in the tracking response of the glass knifefish,” in Soc Int Comp Biol, 2019.
    [Bibtex] 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{nixonsensory2019,
author = {B. Nixon and I. Uyanik and Y. Yang and N. J. Cowan},
title = {Sensory salience affects sensorimotor delay in the
tracking response of the glass knifefish},
booktitle = {Soc Int Comp Biol},
year = 2019,
month = jan,
}

Awards:

  • Creel Family Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
  • Whiting School of Engineering Teaching Assistant Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2023