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Employment (1)

University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

2016-08-14 to present | Graduate research assistant (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
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Heng Yao

Works (4)

Exploring the Effects of User-Agent and User-Designer Similarity in Virtual Human Design to Promote Mental Health Intentions for College Students

ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
2025-01-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García; Chase Wrenn; Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira; Rashi Ghosh; Jacob Stuart; Heng Yao; Benjamin Lok
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Effects of Nonsensical Responses in Virtual Human Simulations on Clinicians’ Empathic Communication and Emotional Responses

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society
2024-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira; Heng Yao; Sarah Bloch-Elkouby; Megan L. Rogers; Olivia C. Lawrence; Devon Peterkin; Sifan Zheng; Kathleen Feeney; Erica D. Musser; Igor Galynker et al.
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Enhancing Empathic Communication in Healthcare Education Through Virtual Conversations: Leveraging Large Language Models for Real-Time Feedback

2024-09-30 | Conference paper
Contributors: Heng Yao; Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira; Margeaux Johnson; Roberta Pileggi; Amy Blue; Michael D. Bumbach; Rene Love; Benjamin Lok
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Enhancing Virtual Human Interactions by Designing a Real-Time Dialog Filter for Mitigating Nonsensical Responses

2024-09-30 | Conference paper
Contributors: Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira; Heng Yao; Sarah Bloch-elkouby; Olivia Lawrence; Giuseppe Sarli; Megan L. Rogers; Rohith Venkatakrishnan; Roshan Venkatakrishnan; Igor Galynker; Benjamin Lok
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Expert systems with applications. (2)
Review activity for Translational issues in psychological science. (1)