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[Me]

  • I am a big fan of R and cellular automata!
  • I am a coder [] of [design ] ], [art ] ], [games ] ], and [R tools ] ] (viewscape and dsmSearch).
  • I am trying to do everything I think is interesting even if I know I can’t.
  • I am currently working on a self-motivated project about generative streetscape.

I am doing research on soundscape and landscape, under the supervison of Dr.Mark Lindquist and Dr.Derek Van Berkel, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My education background is initially rooted in landscape architecture (7 years) and now overlaps with Data Sciense and Human-computer Interaction (since 2019). I see myself as an interdisciplinary researcher and are passionate about merging data and a design perspective to uncover the relationship and interaction between the built environment and multi-sensory perception, with a focus on promoting environmental sustainability and encouraging human-centered design and decision-making.


[News]

🔥 R package: streetscape has been on CRAN!

🔥 R package: quickPWCR has been on CRAN!

🔥 R package: viewscape has been on CRAN!

🔥 R package: dsmSearch has been on CRAN!


[Publications]

Yang, X., Fox, N., Van Berkel, D., & Lindquist, M. (2024). Viewscape: An R package for the spatial analysis of landscape perception and configurations in viewsheds of landscapes. SoftwareX, 26, 101662.

Chen, C., Xia, Y., & Yang, X. (2020). Resilience Strategies to Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Agricultural Areas in Nansha District of Guangzhou. Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 8(3), 10-25. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-1-020027

CHEN Chongxian, YANG Xiaohao, XIA Yu*. Impact of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetland Landscape Based on Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model[J]. Landscape Architecture, 2019, 26(9): 75-82. DOI: 10.14085/j.fjyl.2019.09.0075.08

Chen, C., Luo, W., Kang, N., Li, H., Yang, X., & Xia, Y. (2020). Study on the Impact of Residential Outdoor Environments on Mood in the Elderly in Guangzhou, China. Sustainability, 12(9), 3933.

Chen, C., Luo, W., Li, H., Zhang, D., Kang, N., Yang, X., & Xia, Y. (2020). Impact of perception of green space for health promotion on willingness to use parks and actual use among young urban residents. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(15), 5560.

Chen, C., Luo, W., Kang, N., Li, H., Yang, X., & Xia, Y. (2020). Serial Mediation of Environmental Preference and Place Attachment in the Relationship between Perceived Street Walkability and Mood of the Elderly. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(13), 4620.


[Peer review]

Guo, S., Zhou, Y., Yu, J., & Yang, L. (2022). Effects of the Combination of Audio and Visual Factors on Mental Restoration in a Large-Scale Urban Greenway: Perspectives from Wuhan, China. Land, 11(11), 2017.


[Resume]

Education
2014-2018 South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China
- Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture
- Graduation Thesis: Salty Agriculture in the Pearl River Delta - selected for exhibition by Symposium on Chinese Landscape Architecture Education 2018
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2019-2022 University of Michigan (UMich), Ann Arbor, USA
- Master of Landscape Architecture, Class 2022
- Master of Science in Geospatial Data Science, Class 2022
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2022-2026 University of Michigan (UMich), Ann Arbor, USA
- Ph.D. in Environment and Sustainability, Class 2026
- Master of Science in Information, Class 2025
Honour
10.2019 2019 ASLA Student Honor Award in Analysis and Planning, American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA)
From Risk to Productivity: A Successional Salty Agriculture System in the Pearl River Delta
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9.2019 2019 IFLA Asia-Pac Professional Award of Excellence (Team), International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA)
From Risk to Resilience: Assessment and strategy of the complex urban system to future sea-level rise in Guangzhou
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9.2017 2017 Second Prize of The Student Design Competition, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA)
Back to Canal: The Street without Ground

Presentation
02.23.2024 Graduate Conference in Religion & Ecology AT YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL
Exploring Acoustic Landscapes of Places of Worship for Environmental Planning

Grant
10.2020 USD1500 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant

Experiences
2017-2018 Research Assistant in Academic Project
- Assisted in translating three chapters of the book “Is Landscape...? Essays on the Identity of Landscape”
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2018-2020 Research Assistant in South China Urban Lab (SCULAB)
- Analyzed the walkability of urban within the accessible area of public parks
- Collected and analyzed point of interest (POI) data
- Process remote science images for landcover recognition
- Simulated the transformation process of coastal wetland in the different scenarios of sea-level rise
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2020-2023 Research Assistant in School For Environment And Sustainability, UMich (SEAS)
- Precess LiDAR data for green space/canopy cover recognition
- Analyze accessible areas of university and hospital facilities
- Process remote science images for landcover recognition
- Record 360-degree videos within the accessible area of university's and hospital facilities
- Train deep learning model for predicting emotion of soundscapes
- Develop R package for analysis of viewshed based on LiDAR

Teaching
2021 Fall Graduate Student Instructor in EAS 587 Place Making, SEAS, UMich
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2023 Winter Graduate Student Instructor in EAS 787 Urban Design, SEAS, UMich
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2023 Fall Graduate Student Instructor in EAS 587 Place Making, SEAS, UMich

Tools
Coding Python, R, C#, C++, Javascript, HTML
Modeling Rhino (Grasshopper, Rhinoscript), Unity, Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, AutoCAD, Blender, SketchUp
GIS Qgis, GRASS GIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine
Design Adobe Ps/Ai/Id

[Website]

I built this website with blogdown using the default theme (yihui/hugo-lithium).


[Contact]

xiaohaoy[at]umich[dot]edu