Research
Welcome to the BEAR Lab at the Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester .
BEAR stands for Behavioral Enhancement and Adaptive Reality (or Be Enthusiastic About Research :D).
We focus on understanding, predicting and enhancing user behavior in Mixed Reality (MR) interaction. We capture the user’s behavioral and perceptual patterns with computational methods; develop input techniques and adaptive user interfaces to facilitate human-computer two-way communication; explore unique behavioral enhancements enabled by MR.
Recent News
June 27, 2026
Two papers were accepted by UIST 2026.
June 15, 2026
Jiamu presented Tuning Face at DIS 2026, on behalf of the first author Yang and the team.
April 13, 2026
Yang presented Capability at a Glance at CHI 2026.
February 6, 2026
Yang finished her visit at BEAR Lab (and got her PhD degree a few months later!!!)
Selected Publications
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Zhipeng Li, Yishu Ji, Ruijia Chen, Tianqi Liu, Yuntao Wang, Yuanchun Shi, Yukang Yan.
CHI 2025
Shuchang Xu, Xiaofu Jin, Huamin Qu, Yukang Yan.
CHI 2025
Shuchang Xu, Xiaofu Jin, Wenshuo Zhang, Huamin Qu, Yukang Yan.
UIST 2025
Nandi Zhang, Yukang Yan, Ryo Suzuki.
CHI 2025
Yu Jiang*, Zhipeng Li*, Mufei He, David Lindlbauer, Yukang Yan.
ACM CHI 2023
Zhipeng Li, Yikai Cui, Tianze Zhou, Yu Jiang, Yuntao Wang, Yukang Yan, Michael Nebeling, Yuanchun Shi.
ACM UIST 2022
Yi Fei Cheng, Yukang Yan, Xin Yi, Yuanchun Shi, David Lindlbauer.
UIST 2021
Yukang Yan, Chun Yu, Wengrui Zheng, Ruining Tang, Xuhai Xu, Yuanchun Shi.
ACM CHI 2020
Yukang Yan, Chun Yu, Yingtian Shi, Minxing Xie.
UIST 2019
Yukang Yan, Chun Yu, Xiaojuan Ma, Xin Yi, Ke Sun, Yuanchun Shi.
ACM CHI 2018
Yukang Yan, Chun Yu, Xiaojuan Ma, Xin Yi, Ke Sun, Yuanchun Shi.
ACM CHI 2018