Yihao Zhou

I am a master's student in Informatics at Penn State IST, advised by Dr. Tanusree Sharma. Previously, I obtained my B.Eng. degree in Computer Science from East China Normal University.

Research Interests
    My research focuses on intimacy and attachment in digital spaces.
    I do research for fun. If my work brings a smile to you or if you share similar interests, please feel free to contact me :)
Publications ( show selected / show all by date )
PRAC3 (Privacy, Reputation, Accountability, Consent, Credit, Compensation): Long Tailed Risks of Voice Actors in AI Data-Economy
Tanusree Sharma, Yihao Zhou, Visar Berisha

AIES 2025 Paper

Honey Trap or Romantic Utopia: A Case Study of Final Fantasy XIV Players' Intimate Partner-Seeking Posts on Social Media
Yihao Zhou, Tanusree Sharma

CHI 2025 (Late-Breaking Work) Paper

Collective Creation of Intimacy: Exploring the Cosplay Commission Practice within the Otome Game Community in China
Yihao Zhou, Haowei Xu, Lili Zhang, Shengdong Zhao

Chinese CHI 2024 Paper

An Attention-Based Approach for Assessing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Evoking in Immersive Environment
Feng Liu, Yihao Zhou, Jingyi Hu

Heliyon Paper

BlueVR: Design and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Serious Game for Promoting Understanding towards People with Color Vision Deficiency
Ruoxin You, Yihao Zhou, Weicheng Zheng, Yiran Zuo, Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca, Xin Tong

CHI PLAY 2023 Paper / Code

Eye Tracking Emotion Evoking Interaction Based on Go/No-Go Paradigm VR Demonstration
Feng Liu, Junhao Qin, Zhenyin Zhang, Kecheng Tang, Jingyi Hu, Yihao Zhou

VRCAI 2022 Paper