Ye Yang

Developed "CC Kitty," a bilingual emotional language response bot using Streamlit and Python. Designed the emotion-response logic to facilitate empathetic human-AI interaction.

Refined over 3,000 AI texts in English and Chinese, improving multicultural user satisfaction by 15%. Enhanced large language models for context-aware interactions across education and public service domains, processing more than 1,500 dialogue segments.

Taught over 40 students from 12 countries, resulting in 90% improved confidence in language skills. Led more than 30 speaking drills, helping students advance 1 HSK level and 1.5 IELTS bands.

Led campaign efforts for an online tutoring platform that successfully attracted users. Generated $300 in revenue through strategic initiatives.

Activities and societies: Course: CPGA3.69, GPA3.91 | Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics; CDA; English & Technology; Thesis: Power Delegation; Perlocutionary Acts; Aggressive Food Persuasion in Chinese Culture; CDA

Candidate for Master of English Language Studies (MELS) with a focus on Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, CDA, and English & Technology. Thesis research includes power delegation, perlocutionary acts, aggressive food persuasion in Chinese culture, and CDA.

Activities and societies: Course: Corpus-driven analysis; Keyword tools; Python

Attended the Corpus Linguistics Summer School, focusing on corpus-driven analysis, keyword tools, and Python for linguistic research.

Activities and societies: Honors and Awards: Outstanding Graduate Award in 2021; 3rd Level Scholarship in 2021; 3rd Prize, China National “Internet+” Innovation Competition in 2020; 20+ Bilingual Public Speaking Awards

Completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English with a minor in Applied Psychology. Recognized with the Outstanding Graduate Award in 2021 and a 3rd Level Scholarship in 2021.