Yaxuan (Shelly) Yin

PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison in Information Science
yaxuan.yin@ wisc.edu

Biography

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👋 Hi, I'm Yaxuan
I am a PhD candidate in Information Science at the Collaborative Computing Group (MadCollab) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I am advised by Dr. Jacob Thebault-Spieker. I previously earned my Master's degree at New York University, specializing in urban informatics and data science. My research focuses on social computing and human-computer interaction, with a particular interest in studying and evaluating disparities in socio-technical systems (e.g., Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Airbnb).

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Publication

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1. Productivity or Equality? Tradeoffs in Volunteer Microtasking in Humanitarian OpenStreetMap.
   Yaxuan Yin, Longjie Guo, Jacob Thebault-Spieker.
   In Proceedings of ACM Conference On Computer‑Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW’24)
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2. The Effect of Population Density on Remote Humanitarian Mapping Activities: A Triple‑Difference Analysis.
   Yaxuan Yin, Jacob Thebault-Spieker.
   In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer‑Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’25)
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3. Beyond “Geo” HCI: Exploring Cultural Dimensions of Disparity in OpenStreetMap Road Safety Metadata.
   Yaxuan Yin, Jacob Thebault-Spieker.
   In Proceedings of ACM Conference On Computer‑Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW’25)
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Referred Posters, Works-in-Progress, and Workshop Paper

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1. Understanding Perceptions of the Reddit Reaction Mechanism in Political Subreddits.
   Longjie Guo, Yaxuan Yin, Jacob Thebault-Spieker.
   In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer‑Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’24) Extended Abstract
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