Yu (Hope) Hou

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Hi there! 👋

I am a third-year computer science PhD student at University of Maryland, College Park, fortunately advised by Prof. Rachel Rudinger and Prof. Hal Daumé III in the Computational Linguistics and Information Processing (CLIP) Lab. I earned my master degree from University of Southern California, where I worked with Prof. Nanyun Peng on natural language processing.

My research is in human-centered and socially aware NLP. I study how social factors like intergroup relationships are reflected in our language, and how AI-mediated communication influences our social connections, in either good or bad ways. To approach this, I am also curious about explaining and evaluating LLMs and understanding human behaviors. Broadly, I am interested in the intersection of NLP, HCI, and social psychology.

If you have any questions on my work or would like to chat, feel free to reach out! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)