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PhD Candidate (GeoAI, Urban Data Science)

• Major in Urban Informatics, supervised by Prof. Filip Biljecki.
• Enrolled with NUS Research Scholarship (full scholarship with stipend)
• Expected graduation in 2027.

Master of Computer and Information Technology

• GPA 4.0/4.0.
• Module direction - Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
• Teaching Asistant in mathematics and algorithm design
• Expected graduation in 2025.

Master of Science (Space Syntax, Urban Data Science)

• Graduated with Distinction (GPA 4.0/4.0).
• Final Thesis supervised by Dr. Kimon Krenz.
• Research Project supervised by Prof. Sophia Psarra and Design Project by Prof. Kayvan Karimi.

Bachelor of Architecture

• Top 10%; GPA 3.6 out of 4.0.
• Final Thesis supervised by Prof. Hao Long
• 2 times awarded International Communication Scholarship
• Multiple times awarded Excellent Studio Design Work

PhD Researcher

• Research direction - Urban analytics

Teaching Assistant

• TA in Mathematical Foundation of Computer Science (2022 Summer, 2022 Fall)
• TA in Introduction to Computer System (2023 Fall)

Research Assistant

• Independent research supervised by Dr. Waishan Qiu
• Research direction - Urban streetscape perception

Architectural and Urban Design Intern

• Main designer of a real estate sale center
• Assistant designer involved in multiple real estate planning and design projects

Research Intern in Architectural Surveying

• Team surveying on an ancient temple in Sichuan Province, supervised by Lecturer Jialong Jiang
• Surveyed old chinese buildings with equipments including drones and laser scanners
• Teniques included handdrawing, drone surveying and 3D reconstruction

Research Assistant in Soundscape Analysis

• Experiment and data collection on sound-absorbing material with acoustical instrument.
• Wrote and published a paper about new sound-absorbing material.

• Tan Cheng Siong Research Scholarship

• NUS Research Scholarship

• Master of Science Degree with Distinction (UCL Bartlett)

• Bechalor of Architecture Degree (Chongqing University)
• Excellent Engineer Award with BArch graduation (Ministry of Education, China)

• The 6th China Human Environment Design Academic Year Award, Honorable Mention (Tsinghua University, China)

• The 5th CUC CUP Architecture Design International Competition, 3rd Place (Hangzhou, China)
• Young Designers Award, Honorable Mention (Southeast University, Nanjing, China)

• Architecture Biennale 2018, 16th International Architecture Exhibition, Art Document Exhibition of Chinese Teachers & Students in Architecture Majors of Colleges and Universities (Venice, Italy)
• UC Berkeley International Exchange Scholarship (Berkeley, CA, US)

• Aug 7, 2025: Research Talk: London-Singapore Urban Analytics Seminar for Liveable Cities, Department of Architecture, NUS, Singapore
    Title: "Unifying and Quantifying Urban Comfort"
    With: Assoc Prof Stephen Law, Assoc Prof Zara Shabrina, Dr Jin Rui, Dr. Filip Biljecki, Winston Yap, Xiucheng Liang, Zicheng Fan
• Aug 7, 2025: Research Talk: SCULAB Seminar (remote), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
    Title: "Perception- and Behavior-Based Analysis of the Built Environment: From Building to Urban Scale"
    With: Assoc Prof Chongxian Chen
• Jul 14, 2025: Research Talk: PhD Candidate Oral Qualifying Examination, Department of Architecture, NUS, Singapore
    Title: "Unifying and Quantifying Urban Comfort"
    With: Dr. Filip Biljecki (supervisor), Assoc Prof Yuan Lai (Tsinghua University), Dr. Yu Qian Ang, Assoc Prof Rudi Stouffs
• Jun 25, 2025: Research Talk and Session Chair: CUPUM Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) 2025, UCL East, London, UK

• Nov 15, 2024: Research Talk and Symposium Committee Chair: Graduate Research Symposium, Department of Architecture, NUS, Singapore

• Yang, S., Chong, A., Liu, P., & Biljecki, F. (2025). Thermal Comfort in Sight: Thermal Affordance and its Visual Assessment for Sustainable Streetscape Design. Building and Environment. DOI | PDF
• Yang, S., Lei, B., & Biljecki, F. (2025). Urban Comfort Assessment in the Era of Digital Planning: A Multidimensional, Data-driven, and AI-assisted Framework. In 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2025). UCL East, London, UK. URL | PDF

• Yang, S., Krenz, K., Qiu, W., & Li, W. (2023). The Role of Subjective Perceptions and Objective Measurements of the Urban Environment in Explaining House Prices in Greater London: A Multi-Scale Urban Morphology Analysis. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 12(6), 249. DOI | PDF

• Xu, X., Qiu, W., Li, W., Huang, D., Li, X., & Yang, S. (2022). Comparing satellite image and GIS data classified local climate zones to assess urban heat island: A case study of Guangzhou. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. DOI | PDF
• Yang, S., & Yang, Y. (2022). Cultural impacts on traditional Chinese garden design: A configurational comparison between traditional Chinese imperial and private gardens using space syntax. In Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium (p. 414). URL | PDF
• Yang, S., & Psarra, S. (2022). The social impact of atrium space in multilevel buildings: An analysis of university libraries using space syntax. Available at SSRN 4249348. URL | PDF

• NUS Research Scholarship (NUSGS-CDE DO IS AY22&L GRSUR0600042), National University of Singapore
• Participating in research project: Large-scale 3D Geospatial Data for Urban Analytics, National University of Singapore Start Up Grant R-295-000-171-133
• Participating in research project: Multi-scale Digital Twins for the Urban Environment: From Heartbeats to Cities, Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1

• Peer Reviewer for Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier), Editor: Filip Biljecki
  
• Peer Reviewer for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature Portfolio), Editor: Waishan Qiu
  
• Peer Reviewer for Building and Environment (Elsevier), Editor: Monika Woloszyn
  
• Peer Reviewer for Urban Informatics (Springer), Editor: Wenzhong Shi
  
• Peer Reviewer for Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer), Editor: Dionissios Τ. Hristopulos
  

• Peer Reviewer for Computational Urban Science (Springer), Editor: Yuhao Kang
  

• Prof. Filip Biljecki, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore • Email: filip@nus.edu.sg • Research: 3D city models, urban analytics, GeoAI
• Prof. Sophia Psarra, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London • Email: s.psarra@ucl.ac.uk • Research: Space syntax, architectural morphology, urban design
• Dr. Kimon Krenz, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London • Email: k.krenz@ucl.ac.uk • Research: Urban morphology, housing studies, spatial analysis