Yuzhe You
CS PhD
ResearcherArtist +
DesignerStudent
Pilot
NSERC CGS-D Scholar · $120k CAD
UWaterloo President's ScholarUWaterloo President's Graduate Scholar · $10k CAD
About Me
I'm a fully funded CS PhD student at the University of Waterloo, researching in the WVisdom Research Group. I was previously affiliated with SOCR Big Data & Predictive Analytics (University of Michigan) and iTSS Lab (University of Waterloo).
My research spans XAI Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, and Machine Learning — building tools to visualize and interpret ML models, designing agent-supported generative workflows for creative design and video generation, and developing ML solutions for intelligent transportation.
Education

University of Waterloo
2023 – Present
PhD in Computer Science

University of Waterloo
2021 – 2023
MMath in Computer Science

University of Michigan
2017 – 2021
BS in Computer Science

Rhode Island School of Design
2015
Pre-college Art & Design
Industry experience

Adobe
2026 – Present
Research Intern
Sneaks Speaker at Adobe Summit 2026

Adobe
2025
Research Intern

Microsoft
2025
Research Intern

BlackBerry
2023 – 2024
Research Intern
Featured Works
Community Library Creator
Research I contributed to during my Microsoft internship, published at CHI 2026
Recent News

Adobe Research
Sep 2026
Adobe Research intern follows her mentor’s footsteps onto the Adobe Summit stage
My internship, mentorship, and journey to Adobe Summit Sneaks.
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Adobe for Business
May 2026
Inside Adobe Summit Sneaks 2026
A behind-the-scenes interview on Project Test Kitchen.
Watch interview · 1:02

University of Waterloo
Jun 2025
Yuzhe You wins best student paper award at GI 2025 for novel cybersecurity tool
Recognized for my cybersecurity visualization research.
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Discover My Research in Action
Adobe Summit Sneaks · 2026
#ProjectTestKitchen
My research on stage at Adobe Summit, presented to thousands of attendees alongside comedian and actor Iliza Shlesinger.
Pixel animation
My MMath Research
A pixel animation I created to share how interactive visualizations help explain adversarial attacks on machine learning models.