Yu Yang
Ph.D. Candidate – LIMBS Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR)
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 Articles:
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D. Biswas, A. Lamperski, Y. Yang, K. Hoffman, J. Guckenheimer, E. S. Fortune, and N. J. Cowan, “Mode switching in organisms for solving explore-versus-exploit problems,” , 2023.
[Bibtex]@article{biswasmode2023, author = {Biswas, Debojyoti and Lamperski, Andrew and Yang, Yu and Hoffman, Kathleen and Guckenheimer, John and Fortune, Eric S. and Cowan, Noah J.}, title = {Mode switching in organisms for solving explore-versus-exploit problems}, year = {2023}, doi = {10.1038/s42256-023-00745-y}, URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2023/01/11/2023.01.11.523566}, journal = str_nmi }
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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 = {H. Yeh and Y. Yang and N. J. Cowan}, 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:
- BISCCIT Exchange Award to to CRAB Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023
- Creel Family Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
- Whiting School of Engineering Teaching Assistant Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2023