Human Understanding & Behavior Lab
Po-Kai Yang
Incoming Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Computer Science
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
國立陽明交通大學 資訊工程學系
專任助理教授（預計 2026 年 8 月到任）
Incoming Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Computer Science
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
國立陽明交通大學 資訊工程學系
專任助理教授（預計 2026 年 8 月到任）
Our near-term research builds multimodal AI for behavioural health: the clinical foundation for broader human understanding and interaction. 實驗室目前的研究結合不同類型的感測訊號，用於分析人類行為與健康狀態；這些臨床導向的工作，也是我們在人類理解與人機互動研究上的基礎。
Inferring both explicit intentions and implicit states by fusing motion, cardiac-autonomic, speech, and gaze signals from wearable and ambient sensors. 整合穿戴式與環境中各類感測器所收集的訊號（包括身體動作、心律與自律神經反應、語音、眼動等），同時理解使用者外顯的意圖以及不易察覺的內在狀態。
Developing and validating cross-modal digital biomarkers for neurological and mental health conditions, in collaboration with hospital clinicians. 與醫院的臨床團隊合作，發展並驗證能整合多種訊號來源的數位生物標記，用於神經系統疾病以及心理健康狀態的客觀評估。
Building cross-modal behaviour foundation models with layered pre-training, interpretability mechanisms, and open-source benchmarking for clinical deployment. 發展能整合多種感測訊號的行為分析模型基礎，研究階段性的學習機制以及模型可解釋性，並透過開放原始碼資料集與基準測試，支援後續的臨床應用。
Highlighted papers and recent publications. See Google Scholar for the full list. 代表性論文與近期發表。完整著作清單請見 Google Scholar。
Bridging theory and hands-on practice in AI, sensor systems, and human behavior understanding. 結合理論與實作，內容涵蓋資料分析方法、感測系統，以及人類行為的理解。
Courses for the upcoming academic year are being finalized. Details will be posted here once confirmed by the department. 下一學年度的開課內容仍在規劃中。系所確認後將於此處公告。
Building a collaborative, multidisciplinary research team.
Principal Investigator
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Recent announcements from the lab.
Co-organizing "Advanced Time-Series Modeling for Wearable-Based ADL Monitoring in Healthcare" at EUSIPCO 2026 in Bruges, Belgium.
Po-Kai Yang joins the Department of Computer Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan (R.O.C.) as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.
The Human Understanding & Behavior Lab officially launches in the Department of Computer Science.
Successfully defended PhD thesis on "Automated Detection and Assessment of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning" at KU Leuven.
Our work on deep learning-based assessment of freezing of gait severity wins the Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Freezing of Gait in Atlanta.
Our FOG assessment paper in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation is recognised as the most cited paper of 2024.
We have open positions for motivated undergraduate, Master's, and PhD students interested in AI, deep learning, multimodal sensing, clinical neuroscience, and human-computer interaction. We value curiosity, initiative, and collaborative spirit. 實驗室正在招收博士班、碩士班與大學部專題生。我們研究人工智慧（AI）與深度學習，應用於穿戴式感測訊號分析、臨床健康照護、臨床神經科學，以及人機互動。歡迎對任何方向有興趣的同學與我們聯繫；我們重視好奇心、主動學習，以及跨領域合作的開放態度。
Office: EC Building, Room TBD · NYCU, Hsinchu, Taiwan 辦公室：國立陽明交通大學 工程三館（待確認）· 新竹
Send your CV and a brief research statement to po-kai.yang@kuleuven.be 請將履歷及簡短的研究興趣說明寄至 po-kai.yang@kuleuven.be
By appointment during office hours · email to schedule 辦公時間歡迎來訪，請先以電子郵件預約
We encourage English communication. Students are supported to attend international conferences and visit partner labs abroad 實驗室以中英雙語溝通，並支持同學參加國際會議與海外合作實驗室短期訪問