{"id":307,"date":"2022-08-31T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:32:43","slug":"dr-nan-gao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"307\" class=\"elementor elementor-307\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fa81806 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fa81806\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c1b9564\" data-id=\"1c1b9564\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b05661d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b05661d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":629,\"width\":223,\"height\":214,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-629\" src=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/head1-1024x980.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"214\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2>Dr Nan Gao is an Associate Professor at Nankai University.<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>20260428\u66f4\u65b0\uff1a\u672c\u4eba\u6bcf\u5e74\u53ef\u62db\u7855\u58eb\u751f2-3\u540d\uff0c\u535a\u58eb\u751f2-3\u540d\uff0c2026\u7ea7\u5b66\u751f\u76ee\u524d\u5df2\u62db\u6ee1\u3002\u8bf7\u6709\u610f\u7533\u8bf7\u5b9e\u4e60\u751f\u300127\u7ea7\u7855\u58eb\u751f\uff08\u4fdd\u7814\/\u7edf\u8003\uff09\u300127\u7ea7\u535a\u58eb\u751f\uff08\u76f4\u535a\/\u7533\u8bf7\u5236\uff09\u7684\u540c\u5b66\u586b\u5199\u6b64\u8868\uff08<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/p7Sdq1iWoNfQ5JPV7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Form<\/a>, \u9700\u79d1\u5b66\u4e0a\u7f51\u8bbf\u95ee\uff09\uff0c\u6b64\u4e3a<strong>\u552f\u4e00\u62a5\u540d\u6e20\u9053<\/strong>\uff0c\u8c22\u8c22\u5927\u5bb6\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am an Associate Professor at College of Software, Nankai University. Previously,\u00a0 I was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/en\/info\/1245\/5132.htm\">Shuimu Scholar<\/a> postdoc researcher at <a href=\"https:\/\/pi.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn\/\">Pervasive HCI Lab<\/a> of Tsinghua University, working with <a href=\"http:\/\/pi.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn\/lab\/people\/ChunYu\/\">A\/Prof Chun Yu<\/a>. I am also a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. I am interested in ubiquitous computing, mobile sensing, and human-computer interaction (HCI). In particular, my research specializes in utilising unobtrusive sensing data to infer human behaviours and mental states (e.g., personality, emotion, learning engagement), to help improve self-awareness and promote human well-being.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I completed my PhD in Computer Science at RMIT University in 2022, under the supervision of <a href=\"https:\/\/fsalim.github.io\/\">Prof Flora Salim<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swsamleo.github.io\/wei_shao.github.io\/\">Dr Wei Shao<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/contact\/staff-contacts\/academic-staff\/s\/saiedur-rahaman-dr-mohammad\">Dr Mohammad Saiedur Rahaman<\/a>. I obtained my Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in 2016 and 2018. I have published my research in top venues (e.g., PACM IMWUT\/ UbiComp, Scientific Data), released public datasets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rmit.figshare.com\/articles\/dataset\/In-Gauge_and_En-Gage_Datasets\/14578908\">In-Gauge and En-Gage<\/a>, and won the\u00a0<strong>IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award<\/strong>\u00a0in Ubicomp 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>News<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":342,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"98\" height=\"179\" class=\"wp-image-342\" src=\"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WeChat-Image_20210518205720.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[Jan 2026] Our Parental Labour Division paper was accepted by <a href=\"https:\/\/chi2026.acm.org\/\">CHI 2026<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>[Dec 2025] I serve as the <i>Chair for Student Competition and Challenges<\/i>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubicomp.org\/ubicomp-iswc-2026\/organizing-committee-2\/\">Ubicomp 2026<\/a>!!<\/li>\n<li>[Nov 2025] Our <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2512.22462\">therapy chatbot paper<\/a> was accepted by <a href=\"https:\/\/cscw.acm.org\/2026\/\">CSCW 2026<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>[Oct 2025] Spoke on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubicomp.org\/ubicomp-iswc-2025\/n2women-event\/\">N2Women Panel Discussion<\/a><em> &#8220;Women in Research: Navigating Challenges and Building Futures&#8221;<\/em> at UbiComp 2026.<\/li>\n<li>[Sep 2025] Invited as an AC for <a href=\"https:\/\/chi2026.acm.org\/authors\/papers\/selecting-a-subcommittee\/\">CHI &#8217;26<\/a> on the Learning, Education and Families Subcommittee.<\/li>\n<li>[Sep 2025] Invited as a TPC member of <a href=\"https:\/\/percom.org\/\">PerCom 2026<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[July 2025] Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2502.01325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family interaction analysis paper\u00a0<\/a>was accepted by IMWUT!<\/li>\n<li>[June 2025] Welcome to submit papers to our <a href=\"https:\/\/ubisense2025.github.io\/\">UbiSense Workshop<\/a> at Ubicomp\/ISWC 2025.<\/li>\n<li>[March 2025] A major career milestone &#8211; I officially start my new role as Associate Professor at the College of Software, Nankai University.<\/li>\n<li>[Feb 2025] I serve as the <b>Associate Editor <\/b>of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/journal\/imwut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMWUT<\/a>\u00a0journal!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"cursor: pointer;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">Click for more news<\/b><\/span><\/summary>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>[Jan 2025] Interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-01-07\/ai-chatbot-husbando-waifu-relationships-romance-psychology\/104701556\">ABC News<\/a> about our recent research on AI companion\/lover.<\/li>\n<li>[Dec 2024] I serve as the <i>Associate Chair<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/idc.acm.org\/2025\/\">IDC 2025<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[Oct 2024] Our <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3675094.3678423\">Ubicomp workshop paper<\/a> on got the <img class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f3c6.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" \/> <b><i>Best Paper Award<\/i><\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2024] I join the <i>Social Media Team<\/i> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computer.org\/csdl\/magazine\/pc\">IEEE Pervasive Computing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[June 2024] I serve as the <i>Chair for Student Competition and Challenges<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2025_wp\/\">Ubicomp 2025<\/a>!!<\/li>\n<li>[May 2024] I serve as <i>Associate Chair<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilehci.acm.org\/2024\/index.php\">MobileHCI 2024<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[Feb 2024] Our dataset of high altitude respiration and SpO2 data was released online, with the data descriptor published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41597-024-03065-x\">Scientific Data<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2023] Great news! I was awarded a grant (\uffe5300k) from the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Principal Investigator, Grant No. 62302252).<\/li>\n<li>[June 2023] I got the HDR Computing Technologies Prize, RMIT University STEM College.<\/li>\n<li>[June 2023] I was newly awarded a grant (\uffe580k) by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Principal Investigator, Grant No. 2023M731949).<\/li>\n<li>[March 2023] I serve as the TPC member of <a href=\"https:\/\/buildsys.acm.org\/2023\/people\/\">BuildSys 2023<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[March 2023] I serve as the Guest Editor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/sustainable-cities\">Frontiers in Sustainable Cities<\/a> for the special issue: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/research-topics\/53701\/trends-and-challenges-of-ubiquitous-computing-in-smart-cities\">Trends and Challenges of Ubiquitous Computing in Smart Cities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[Feb 2023] I serve as the Publicity Chair at <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdos.cn\/AIoTSys\/#\/\">AIoTSys 2023<\/a> (Oct 19-23, 2023).<\/li>\n<li>[Dec 2022] Great news! I was selected into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/en\/info\/1245\/5132.htm\">Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/postdoctor.tsinghua.edu.cn\/thu\/index.htm\">\u6c34\u6728\u5b66\u8005<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>[Oct 2022] I serve as the Program Committee Member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de\/emotionaware\/\">IEEE Percom EmotionAware workshop<\/a> (March 13-17, 2023).<\/li>\n<li>[Sep 2022] Great news! I got the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daad.de\/en\/the-daad\/postdocnet\/details-and-application\/\">DAAD AInet Fellowship<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2022] <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3550335\">Our paper<\/a> was accepted by IMWUT and will be presented at Ubicomp 2022.<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2022] <strong>A BIG DAY!<\/strong> I officially received my PhD and my thesis was publically available. (<a href=\"https:\/\/researchrepository.rmit.edu.au\/esploro\/outputs\/doctoral\/Human-behaviour-sensing-and-profiling-in\/9922139371301341?institution=61RMIT_INST\">Download<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2022] I gave an invited talk at Access Computing Summer Program (ACSP).<\/li>\n<li>[June 2022] I gave an invited talk at AIR, Tsinghua University.<\/li>\n<li>[May 2022] I was invited to give a guest lecture at RMIT University.<\/li>\n<li>[April 2022] Our data descriptor has been accepted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/sdata\/\">Nature Scientific Data<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>[Jan 2022] I was elected to the Execute member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccf.org.cn\/Chapters\/TC\/TC_Listing\/TCHCI\/\">CCF Technical Committee of Human-Computer Interaction<\/a> (CCF TCHCI).<\/li>\n<li>[Nov 2021] Our released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rmit.figshare.com\/articles\/dataset\/In-Gauge_and_En-Gage_Datasets\/14578908\">dataset<\/a>\u00a0was included in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ashraeobdatabase.com\/#\/\">ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database<\/a>\u00a0together with other open datasets from 14 countries and 32 institutions.<\/li>\n<li>[Sep 2021] I got the IMWUT\u00a0<strong>Distinguished Paper Award\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0at Ubicomp 2021 \u201cSix that represent outstanding, exemplary contributions to our community, selected from 169 papers in vol.4\u201d (3.55%).<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2021] I got\u00a0<strong>the winner<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/students\/student-essentials\/information-for\/research-candidates\/enriching-your-candidature\/phd-up-program\/three-minute-thesis\">Three Minute Thesis (3MT)<\/a>\u00a0competition at the School of Computing Technologies and finally won the\u00a0<strong>People\u2019s Choice Award<\/strong>\u00a0in the RMIT 3MT event.<\/li>\n<li>[Aug 2021] I received the\u00a0<strong>SCT HDR Research Achievement Award<\/strong>\u00a0at the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT.<\/li>\n<li>[July 2021] My\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2107.00389.pdf\">position paper<\/a>\u00a0has been accepted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emosense2021.wordpress.com\/\">Emosense 2021<\/a>\u00a0(Workshop in Ubicomp\/ISWC).<\/li>\n<li>[June 2021] My\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2008.08903.pdf\">GAN survey paper<\/a>\u00a0has been accepted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/journal\/tist\">TIST<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[May 2021] I have published the In-Gauge and En-Gage dataset on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rmit.figshare.com\/articles\/dataset\/In-Gauge_and_En-Gage_Datasets\/14578908\">Figshare<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cruiseresearchgroup\/InGauge-and-EnGage-Datasets\">Github<\/a>!!!<\/li>\n<li>[Feb 2021] Great news! My\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2008.08903.pdf\">paper<\/a>\u00a0was accepted by Building and Environment!<\/li>\n<li>[Nov 2020] I got the\u00a0<strong>People\u2019s Choice Award<\/strong>\u00a0on CIDDA Research Day (CRdD\u201920).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>[Sep 2020] My\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHYKCUZdsMo&amp;t=131s\">video<\/a>\u00a0got the\u00a0<strong>best presentation<\/strong>\u00a0in session 1C and was selected as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PLOvuuKCIxM\">a finalist for the best talk award<\/a>\u00a0in Ubicomp 2020.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>[April 2020] I gave a talk at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iea-annex.org\/\">IEA Annex 79 Expert Meeting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>[April 2020] I gave a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.soton.ac.uk\/serg-hosts-iea-symposium-online-over-190-attend\/\">talk<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iea-annex.org\/#symposium-home\">5th International Symposium on Occupant Behaviour<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Up to August 2019, there are more than 145 news pieces for my research. Some highlights include coverage in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewdaily.com.au\/life\/tech\/2019\/07\/28\/phone-use-predicts-personality\/\">The New Daily<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/scientists-personality-predict-smartphone-1451158\">Newsweek<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/rmit-develops-method-to-predict-peoples-personalities-using-phone-accelorometers\/\">ZDNet<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herald%20sun\/\">Herald Sun<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/phone-movement-personality-type-14567\/\">Neuroscience News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.gov.au\/news-publications\/media\/research-highlights\/scientists-use-phone-movement-predict-personality-types\">Australian Research Council<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/chinese\/2019-06-18\/personality-traits-prediction\/11217794\">ABC radio<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>[August 2019] My research was selected as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/news\/all-news\/2019\/aug\/top-science-stories\">Five top stories: putting the spotlights in Science<\/a>\u00a0in RMIT.<\/li>\n<li>[July 2019] I was interviewed by\u00a0<strong>RMIT University<\/strong>,\u00a0 &#8216;Scientists use phone movement to predict personality types&#8217;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/news\/all-news\/2019\/jul\/phone-movement-personaility\">Media Report<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>[June 2019] I was interviewed by\u00a0<strong>Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News<\/strong>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/chinese\/2019-06-18\/personality-traits-prediction\/11217794\">Media Report<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>[May 2019] Our group won the\u00a0<strong>Winner<\/strong>\u00a0of the Linfox Fuel Hackathon. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ybfventures.com\/winners-announced-for-ybf-ventures-x-linfox-fuelhack-hackathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media Report<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>Selected Research Outputs<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Please feel free to check my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=54zobvQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Nan-Gao-18\">ResearchGate<\/a> for updates \ud83d\ude00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wang, Z., Zhang, C., Deng, J., Hu, X., Jie, C.*, <strong>Gao, N.*<\/strong>, Yu, C., Zhang, H.* (2026). Division of Labor and Collaboration Between Parents in Family Education: The Case of Homework Involvement in Chinese Families. CHI 2026. <strong>[Rank A*, CCF A] <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2602.10501v1\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Quan, J., Li, Z., Zhu, T. Q., Li, Y., Wang, B., Pratt, W., &amp; <strong>Gao, N.*<\/strong> (2026). Relational Mediators: LLM Chatbots as Boundary Objects in Psychotherapy. <i>CSCW 2026<\/i>. <strong>[Rank A*, CCF A] <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2512.22462\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N<\/strong>., Liu, Y., Tang, X., Liu, Y., Yu, C., Huang, Y., &#8230; &amp; Shi, Y. (2025). The Homework Wars: Exploring Emotions, Behaviours, and Conflicts in Parent-Child Homework Interactions. proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 9(3), 1-37. <strong>[Rank A*, CCF A]<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2502.01325\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N<\/strong>., Yu, Z., Xu, Y., Yu, C., Wang, Y., Salim, F., Shi, Y. (2024). Leveraging Large Language Models for Generating Mobile Sensing Strategies in Human Behavior Modeling. <em>\u00a0UbiComp Workshop \u201924<\/em>. [<strong><u>Best Paper Award<\/u><\/strong> <img class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f3c6.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" \/>] <a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Automated_mobile_sensing_framework_ultizing_LLMs.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jing, X., Yu, C., Yue, K., Lu, L., <strong>Gao, N<\/strong>., Shi, W., Zhang, M., Wang, R., Shi, Y. (2024). AngleSizer: Enhancing Spatial Scale Perception for the Visually Impaired with an Interactive Smartphone Assistant. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2024, 8(3): 1-31. <strong>[Rank A*, CCF A<\/strong>] <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1145\/3678525\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ananthan, S., <strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Salim, F. (2024). Understanding Physiological Responses of Students Over Different Courses, In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC &#8217;24), New York, NY, USA, 104\u2013110. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_ISWC_Understanding-Physiological-Responses-of-Students.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Si, Y., <strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Zhang, H., Yang. H<em>.<\/em>\u00a0(2024). A High Altitude Respiration and SpO2 Dataset for Assessing the Human Response to Hypoxia.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<em>Scientific Data<\/em> <em>(Nature Portfolio)<\/em><\/em>,\u00a0<strong>11<\/strong>, 248. <strong>[SJR Q1, IF = <strong>10.8<\/strong>]<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/s41597-024-03065-x.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u6c6a\u806a, \u5f20\u6625\u7ea2, <strong>\u9ad8\u6960<\/strong>, \u91d1\u946b\uff0c\u674e\u56fd\u4fca. (2024). \u9762\u5411\u4eba\u5de5\u667a\u80fd\u751f\u6210\u5185\u5bb9\u65f6\u4ee3\u7684\u56fe\u4e66\u9986\u670d\u52a1\u9002\u5e94\u4e0e\u521b\u65b0.\u60c5\u62a5\u7406\u8bba\u4e0e\u5b9e\u8df5,1-10[2024-02-28]. http:\/\/kns.cnki.net\/kcms\/detail\/11.1762.G3.20240220.1245.002.html.28(6), 1513-1542.<\/li>\n<li>Tao, J., Gong, J., <strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Fu, S., Liang, S., Yu, C. (2023). Human-Computer Interaction for Virtual-Real Fusion. Journal of Image and Graphics, 28 (06). \u9676\u5efa\u534e, \u9f9a\u6c5f\u6d9b, <strong>\u9ad8\u6960<\/strong>, \u5085\u56db\u7ef4, \u6881\u5c71, &amp; \u55bb\u7eaf. (2023). \u9762\u5411\u865a\u5b9e\u878d\u5408\u7684\u4eba\u673a\u4ea4\u4e92. \u4e2d\u56fd\u56fe\u8c61\u56fe\u5f62\u5b66\u62a5. <a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CSIG_survey.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong> (2022).\u00a0<em>Human Behaviour Sensing and Profiling in the Wild<\/em>\u00a0(Doctoral dissertation, Ph. D. Dissertation. RMIT University). <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gao.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Rahaman, M. S., Shao, W., Ji, K., &amp; Salim, F. D. (2022) Individual and Group-wise Classroom Seating Experience: Effects on Student Engagement in Different Courses.\u00a0Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 6(3), 1\u201323. <strong>[Rank A*, CCF A<\/strong>]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Seating.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dong, B., Liu, Y., Mu, W.\u00a0<em>et al.<\/em>\u00a0A Global Building Occupant Behavior Database.\u00a0<em>Scientific Data<\/em> <em>(Nature Portfolio)<\/em>, 9,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>369 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-022-01475-3\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = <strong>10.8<\/strong>]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A-Global-Building-Occupant-Behaviour-Database.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Marschall, M., Burry, J., Watkins, S., &amp; Salim, F. D. Understanding Occupants\u2019 Behaviour, Engagement, Emotion, and Comfort Indoors with Heterogeneous Sensors and Wearables.\u00a0<em>Scientific Data (Nature Portfolio)<\/em>,\u00a09,\u00a0261 (2022).\u00a0\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 10.8]<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Understanding-occupants-behaviour-engagement-emotion-and-comfort-indoors-with-heterogeneous-sensors-and-wearables.pdf\"><strong> [PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Xue, H., Shao, W., Zhao, S., Qin, K. K., Prabowo, A., \u2026 Salim, F. D. (2022). Generative Adversarial Networks for Spatio-temporal Data: A Survey.\u00a0<em>ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology<\/em>,13, 2, Article 22 (April 2022).\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 10.489]\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Generative-Adversarial-Networks-for-Spatio-temporal-Data-A-Survey.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Rahaman, M. S., Shao, W., &amp; Salim, F. D. (2021). Investigating the Reliability of Self-report Data in the Wild: The Quest for Ground Truth.\u00a0<em>In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp \u201921)<\/em>, 237\u2013242. [Workshop]<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Investigating_the_reliability_of_self_report_responeses_with_sensing_data_in_the_wild.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Shao, W., Rahaman, M. S., Zhai, J., David, K., &amp; Salim, F. D. (2021). Transfer Learning for Thermal Comfort Prediction in Multiple Cities.\u00a0<em>Building and Environment<\/em>, 195, 107725.\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 7.093] <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Transfer-Learning-for-Thermal-Comfort-Prediction-in-Multiple-Cities.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Shao, W., Rahaman, M. S., &amp; Salim, F. D. (2020). n-Gage: Predicting in-class Emotional, Behavioural and Cognitive Engagement in the Wild.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies<\/em>, 4(3), 1\u201326.\u00a0<strong>[Rank A*, CCF A,\u00a0<u>Distinguished Paper Award<\/u> <img class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f3c6.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" \/>]\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHYKCUZdsMo&amp;t=131s\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2lCkMz4MZGk\">Teaser Video<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/n_Gage_Sensing_in_class_Multidimensional_Learning_Engagement_in_the_Wild.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kj\u00e6rgaard, M. B., Ardakanian, O., Carlucci, S., Dong, B., Firth, S. K.,\u00a0<strong>Gao, N<\/strong>., \u2026 Salim, F. D. (2020). Current Practices and Infrastructure for Open Data based Research on Occupant-centric Design and Operation of Buildings.\u00a0<em>Building and Environment<\/em>, 177, 106848.\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 7.093]<\/strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Current-practices-and-infrastructure-for-open-data.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Li, D., Wang, S.,\u00a0<strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, He, Q., &amp; Yang, Y. (2019). Cutting the Unnecessary Long Tail: Cost-Effective Big Data Clustering in the Cloud.\u00a0<em>IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing<\/em>, 1\u20131.\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 5.679]<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Long-tail.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gao, N<\/strong>., Shao, W., &amp; Salim, F. D. (2019). Predicting Personality Traits From Physical Activity Intensity.\u00a0<em>Computer<\/em>, 52(7), 47\u201356.\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 4.419]<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Predicting-Personality-Traits-From-Physical-Activity-Intensity.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Li, D., Ye, D.,\u00a0<strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, &amp; Wang, S. (2019). Service Selection With QoS Correlations in Distributed Service-Based Systems.\u00a0<em>IEEE Access<\/em>, 7, 88718\u201388732.\u00a0<strong>[SJR Q1, IF = 3.476]<\/strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Service_Selection_With_QoS_Correlations_in_Distributed_Service-Based_Systems.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Released Datasets<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gao, N.<\/strong>, Marschall, M., Burry J., Watkins S., Salim F. (2021): In-Gauge and En-Gage Datasets. RMIT University. Dataset.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25439\/rmt.14578908.v2\">Download from Figshare<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cruiseresearchgroup\/InGauge-and-EnGage-Datasets\">Github<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41597-022-01347-w.pdf\">Dataset Descriptor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":343,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"761\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-343\" src=\"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Picture1.png 761w, https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Picture1-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figcaption>The largest and most heterogeneous environmental and affect sensing dataset<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>Selected Awards<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2024 Best Paper Award, Ubicomp Mental Health Workshop<\/li>\n<li>2023 HDR Computing Technologies Prize, STEM College, RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2022 Tsinghua Shuimu Scholar (Postdoc Fellowship)<\/li>\n<li>2022 DAAD AInet Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>2022 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad<\/li>\n<li>2021\u00a0IMWUT\u00a0Distinguished Paper Award, Ubicomp<\/li>\n<li>2021\u00a0People\u2019s Choice Award, Three Minute Thesis competition, RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2021\u00a0Winner\u00a0of Three Minute Thesis competition, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2020\u00a0SCT HDR Research\u00a0Achievement Award, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2020\u00a0People\u2019s Choice Award\u00a0in CIDDA Research Day (CRdD\u201920), RMIT\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>2020\u00a0Best Presentation\u00a0in Session 1C and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PLOvuuKCIxM\">the finalist of best talk award<\/a>\u00a0in Ubicomp 2020<\/li>\n<li>2019\u00a0Winner\u00a0of Linfox Fuel Hackathon (<a href=\"https:\/\/ybfventures.com\/winners-announced-for-ybf-ventures-x-linfox-fuelhack-hackathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media Report<\/a>), 5000 AUD Award<\/li>\n<li>2018 Stipend and Tuition Fee Scholarship of RMIT\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>2015 Future Stars of Software Scholarship of BIT\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>2014 Edifier Scholarship of BIT University<\/li>\n<li>2014 Gold Medal, International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition, Boston, USA<\/li>\n<li>2013 Outstanding Student Cadres Award of BIT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"quotes\">Funding<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2024-2026. \u201cEnhancing Mental Wellbeing: Sensing and Early Intervention for University Students\u201d. <em>Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China<\/em> (\u56fd\u5bb6\u81ea\u7136\u79d1\u5b66\u57fa\u91d1\u9752\u5e74\u79d1\u5b66\u57fa\u91d1, Grant No. 62302252). Sole Principal Investigator (\uffe5300k)<\/li>\n<li>2023-2025. \u201cInteractive Perception and Intervention of Psychological Wellbeing\u201d. <em>China Postdoctoral Science Foundation<\/em> (\u4e2d\u56fd\u535a\u58eb\u540e\u79d1\u5b66\u57fa\u91d1\u7b2c73\u6279\u9762\u4e0a\u8d44\u52a9, Grant No. 2023M731949). Sole Principal Investigator (\uffe580k)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"quotes\">Teaching<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2025 Semester 1: <strong>Lecturer<\/strong>, Software Engineering, Nankai University<\/li>\n<li>2023 Semester 1: <strong>Tutor<\/strong>, <em>Mind, Individual and Culture<\/em> (10700073), Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<li>2021 Semester 2:\u00a0<strong>Tutor<\/strong>, <em>Foundations of Artificial Intelligence<\/em> (COSC 2960), CSIT@RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2021 Semester 1:\u00a0<strong>Tutor<\/strong>, <em>Advanced Programming Techniques<\/em> (COSC1076), CSIT@RMIT<\/li>\n<li>2020 Semester 1:\u00a0<strong>Tutor<\/strong>, <em>User-Centred Design<\/em> (COSC2628), CSIT@RMIT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"quotes\">Talks<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-045892a8-f032-4aad-ac82-82e2deff637f\">\n<li>2026. <strong>Invited Speaker<\/strong> by N2Women Panel Discussion &#8220;Women in Research: Navigating Challenges and Building Futures&#8221; at UbiComp 2026, Finland, Oct 14.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>2025. <strong>Invited talk<\/strong> by HCI+ summar training program, Online. 31 Aug.<\/li>\n<li>2024. &#8220;Leveraging large language models for generating mobile sensing strategies in human behaviour modelling&#8221;. <strong>Invited talk<\/strong> by UNSW Sydney, Australia. Oct 15.<\/li>\n<li>2024. &#8220;Sensing human behaviours and mental wellbeing in real-world scenarios&#8221;. <strong>Invited talk<\/strong> by the University of Melbourne, Australia. July 23.<\/li>\n<li>2023. <strong>Keynote report<\/strong> (of Chinese side) at China-Japan-ROK Youth International Seminar (organised by Chinese Society of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, &#8220;Belt and Road&#8221; Space Innovation Alliance, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology). April 23.<\/li>\n<li>2022. <strong>Invited talk<\/strong> at Access Computing Summer Program (ACSP, a program sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/gixnetwork.org\/\">Global Innovation Exchange (GIX)<\/a> by the University of Washington and Tsinghua University). August 10.<\/li>\n<li>2022. \u201cHuman psychological data acquisition, perception and modelling in real-world scenarios\u201d.\u00a0<strong>Invited talk<\/strong>\u00a0at Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University, China. June 16.<\/li>\n<li>2022. \u201cSuggestions for fresh PhD candidates\u201d.\u00a0<strong>Invited talk<\/strong>\u00a0at the School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), China. June 3.<\/li>\n<li>2022. \u201cHuman behaviour sensing and modelling in the wild\u201d.\u00a0<strong>Guest lecture<\/strong>\u00a0at Practical Data Science Course, RMIT University, Australia. May 19.<\/li>\n<li>2022. \u201cInsights about undertaking a research program to new candidates\u201d,\u00a0<strong>Invited panel speaker<\/strong>\u00a0at the High Degree Research (HDR) orientation, RMIT University, Australia. April 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>Services<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Academic Services<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Associate Editor<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/journal\/imwut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMWUT<\/a> (since 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubicomp.org\/ubicomp-iswc-2026\/organizing-committee-2\/\">UbiComp &#8217;26 Student Competition and Challenges,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubicomp.org\/ubicomp-iswc-2025\/organizing-committee\/\">UbiComp &#8217;25 Student Competition and Challenges<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ubisense2025.github.io\/organizers.html\">Ubicomp\/ISWC &#8217;25 UbiSense Workshop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Associate Chair (AC)<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/chi2026.acm.org\/authors\/papers\/selecting-a-subcommittee\/\">CHI &#8217;26<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/idc.acm.org\/2026\">IDC &#8217;26<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/idc.acm.org\/2025\/\"> IDC &#8217;25<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilehci.acm.org\/2024\/\">MobileHCI &#8217;24<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Program Chair<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/AVSiif6D_Yl8z-a9xDghQg\">ACSP &#8217;24<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Program Committee<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/percom.org\/program-committee\/\">PerCom &#8217;26<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomp2024.github.io\/index.html\">Ubicomp WellComp Workshop &#8217;25 &#8217;24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilehci.acm.org\/2024\/\">MobileHCI &#8217;24<\/a>, <a title=\"BuildSys 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/buildsys.acm.org\/2023\/\">BuildSys &#8217;23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdos.cn\/AIoTSys\/#\/\">AIoTSys &#8217;23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ictceel.khwopaconference.com\/site\/scientific_committee.html\">ICT-CEEEL &#8217;23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de\/emotionaware\/\">Percom EmotionAware Workshop &#8217;24 &#8217;23<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Guest Editor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/research-topics\/53701\/trends-and-challenges-of-ubiquitous-computing-in-smart-cities\">Frontiers in Sustainable Cities<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/electronics\/special_issues\/940KR2O490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Academy Services<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Executive member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccf.org.cn\/Chapters\/TC\/TC_Listing\/TCHCI\/\">CCF Technical Committee of Human-Computer Interaction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Executive member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccf.org.cn\/Chapters\/TC\/TC_Listing\/TCPC\/\">CCF Technical Committee of Ubiquitous Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Student expert member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/annex79.iea-ebc.org\/\">IEA EBC Annex 79<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ADDA AInet fellow<\/li>\n<li>Member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csig.org.cn\/detail\/2490\">CSIG Technical Committee on Human-Computer Interaction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Publicity Chair<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdos.cn\/AIoTSys\/#\/\">AIoTSys 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Session Chair<\/strong>: <a title=\"Ubicomp 2022\" href=\"https:\/\/ubicomp.org\/ubicomp2022\/\">Ubicomp 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reviewer<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Conference: CHI &#8217;26,&#8217;25,&#8217;24, 23, UbiComp &#8217;25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 19, MobileHCI &#8217;24, MUM&#8217; 23, HHME &#8217;23, Percom &#8217;22, NeurIPS &#8217;22, BuildSys &#8217;21<\/li>\n<li>Journal: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nature Human Behaviour<\/span>, IMWUT, IJHCS, Computers &amp; Education, Building and Environment, Nature Scientific Report, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC), ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST), Energy and Building, Applied Energy, Neurocomputing, Expert Systems With Applications, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrative Service<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The representative of Higher Degree Research (HDR) students in the<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.admscentre.org.au\/\">ARC\u00a0Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(ADM+S) Research Training and Development Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccf.org.cn\/About_CCF\/Governance\/Working_Committees\/Science_Popularization\/\">CCF Science Popularization Working Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>Personal<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading<\/strong>: I enjoy reading books from different areas, including but not limited to psychology,\u00a0 physiology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, ethics, and science fiction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backpacking<\/strong>: I was the leader and organiser of the largest outdoor club\u00a0<em>Fengxinzi<\/em>\u00a0at BIT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writing<\/strong>: I love writing popular science articles, although I often can\u2019t help but mix some chicken soup for the soul :\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>Believed Quotes<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>know thyself<\/em>\u00a0(know yourself). The saying was one of the Delphic maxims and was inscribed in the forecourt of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)\">Temple of Apollo at Delphi.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1>Contact<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":395,\"width\":21,\"height\":15,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"className\":\"is-style-default\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-395 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WeChat-Image_20210818155836.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"21\" height=\"15\" \/>Email: nan.gao@nankai.edu.cn<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":394,\"width\":21,\"height\":21,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-394 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nancygao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WeChat-Screenshot_20210818160421-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" \/>Location: Room 3-420, Nankai University, New Binhai Area, Tianjin, China<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/badges\/js\/profile.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px; margin: 0 auto;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"clustrmaps\" src=\"\/\/cdn.clustrmaps.com\/map_v2.js?cl=ffffff&amp;w=a&amp;t=m&amp;d=V7NH5ePVDbWTdq0QJS3-WomEu_Emuhkxu0NUiqN0oMg&amp;co=81aece&amp;cmo=e57a5a&amp;cmn=1d81c6\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:html \/--><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Nan Gao is an Associate Professor at Nankai University. 20260428\u66f4\u65b0\uff1a\u672c\u4eba\u6bcf\u5e74\u53ef\u62db\u7855\u58eb\u751f2-3\u540d\uff0c\u535a\u58eb\u751f2-3\u540d\uff0c2026\u7ea7\u5b66\u751f\u76ee\u524d\u5df2\u62db\u6ee1\u3002\u8bf7\u6709\u610f\u7533\u8bf7\u5b9e\u4e60\u751f\u300127\u7ea7\u7855\u58eb\u751f\uff08\u4fdd\u7814\/\u7edf\u8003\uff09\u300127\u7ea7\u535a\u58eb\u751f\uff08\u76f4\u535a\/\u7533\u8bf7\u5236\uff09\u7684\u540c\u5b66\u586b\u5199\u6b64\u8868\uff08Google Form, \u9700\u79d1\u5b66\u4e0a\u7f51\u8bbf\u95ee\uff09\uff0c\u6b64\u4e3a\u552f\u4e00\u62a5\u540d\u6e20\u9053\uff0c\u8c22\u8c22\u5927\u5bb6\ud83d\ude0a Currently, I am an Associate Professor at College of Software, Nankai University. Previously,\u00a0 I was the\u00a0Shuimu Scholar postdoc researcher at Pervasive HCI Lab of Tsinghua University, working with A\/Prof Chun Yu. 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