{"id":837,"date":"2023-07-13T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/?page_id=837"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:46:45","slug":"yuanjun-feng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/research-assistant-position\/members\/yuanjun-feng\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuanjun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/07\/Square-500x500-YuanJun-1.png\" alt=\"YuanJun\" class=\"wp-image-800\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:81px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hello, I am <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Yuanjun FENG<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:81px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>UNIL | Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne &#8211; HEC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Information Systems (DESI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internef Building, Office 133.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CH-1015 Lausanne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email:&nbsp;yuanjun.feng@unil.ch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! I am a PhD candidate in&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/desi\/en\/home.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/desi\/en\/home.html\">Department of Information Systems (DESI)<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hec\/en\/home.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hec\/en\/home.html\">HEC Lausanne<\/a>, working with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/prof-yash-raj-shrestha\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/prof-yash-raj-shrestha\/\">Prof. Yash Raj Shrestha<\/a>. I am affiliated with&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/\">Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research interests encompass&nbsp;<strong>human-computer interaction<\/strong> and <strong>social science<\/strong> under the context of&nbsp;<strong>Generative AI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a passion for diverse fields. I find joy in the kitchen and table tennis during my leisure time. I also enjoy Chinese literature, calligraphy, and photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resume<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Feng, Y.<\/strong>, Feuerriegel, S., &amp; Shrestha, Y. R. (2026). <strong>Contextualizing Recommendation Explanations with LLMs: A User Study. <\/strong>International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2501.12152\">paper<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bashardoust, A.*, <strong>Feng, Y.*<\/strong>, Geissler, D.*, Feuerriegel, S., &amp; Shrestha, Y. R. (2026).<strong> The Effect of Education in Prompt Engineering: Evidence from Journalists.<\/strong> International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2026). (<em>*These authors contributed equally to this work.<\/em>) <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2409.12320\">paper<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feng, Y.<\/strong>, Choudhary, V., &amp; Shrestha, Y. R. (2025).\u00a0<strong>Noise, Adaptation, and Strategy: Assessing LLM Fidelity in Decision-Making.<\/strong>\u00a0Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP). <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2508.15926\">paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Information Systems, HEC Lausanne, 2023 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSc. in Management, Technology, and Entrepreneurship &amp; Minor in Energy, \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne, 2020 &#8211; 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.Eng in Energy and Power Engineering  &amp; B.Econ in Finance, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2016 &#8211; 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry Experience<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Machine Learning Engineer Intern, Legartis Technology AG, Zurich, 2022 &#8211; 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business Analyst Intern, Z-PUNKT Consulting, Zurich, 2021 &#8211; 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investment Intern, TokenMania Asset Management Corporation, Beijing, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Projects<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>User Perceptions of AI-Generated Recommendation Explanations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master Thesis (co)-Supervision<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/ismael-tewfik\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/ismael-tewfik\/\">Ismael Tewfik<\/a>, Optimizing Onboarding with \u201cEnboarder\u201d:&nbsp;A Solution to Early Employee Turnover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/krzysztof-syerenos\/\">Krzysztof Szerenos<\/a>, Optimizing Bank Operations: A Case Study on the Appian Case Management Tool Implementation in Santander Private Bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/members\/mireille-adjaoute\/\">Mireille Adjaoute<\/a>, Data Complexity in Open Finance: Integration Challenges and the Imperative of Standardization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Experiences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Artificial Intelligence in Business <\/strong>[BSc course @ UNIL; 2023 &#8211; present]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ad-hoc Reviewer (Conferences and Proceedings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (2024 -)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am Yuanjun FENG UNIL | Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne &#8211; HEC Department of Information Systems (DESI) Internef Building, Office &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002616,"featured_media":0,"parent":164,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-837","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions\/2671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}