Yichuan Zhang

Projects

Things I have built

A selection of full-stack, applied AI, and community projects — favouring practical reliability over polish.

Project Timeline

Where I’ve spent my time, grouped by intent — foundational research, applied products, and communityinitiatives. Bars span each project’s active period; red means still in progress, gray means wrapped.

  • Current Work
  • Completed
Projects grouped by category, plotted from 2022 to 2026. Ongoing projects are red; completed projects are gray.
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Research

Building knowledge and methods

Human-AI Collaboration in ATC — Contrail Avoidance with Eye Tracking

Studying air traffic controller attention management with eye tracking during radar monitoring and coordination with pilots.

Calibrated Intervention in Human–AI Collaborative Forecasting: How Modification Intensity and Direction Interact to Determine Performance

An eye-tracking study of when human corrections improve an AI forecast—and when confident intervention makes it worse.

CAS 2026 Paper Network

From a flat conference programme to an explorable map of related research.

Interdisciplinary Fusion Project

Cross-disciplinary collaboration platform with seminars, mixers, and co-creation workshops at UTokyo.

Urban Flood Risk Simulation

A 5 m city-scale hydrodynamic model evaluated against observed flood reports and independent susceptibility evidence.

Applied / Product

Turning research into real-world value

LLM Agent–Embedded Cruise Procurement Platform

A full-stack cruise procurement platform that embeds an LLM agent inside an approval-gated workflow spanning document intake, RFQ generation, supplier coordination, and execution.

RealityAI

Floor-plan-aware multimodal property discovery.

IP Collaboration Candidate Screening

A decision-support prototype that narrows a large pool of character IPs to a per-audience shortlist — separating "generally popular" from "a fit for this segment".

Loomi — AI Creative Canvas

A tree-based creative software concept for material-guided, iterative exploration.

Community / Learning

Growing together, sharing knowledge

Yujian Reading Circle

A purpose-driven, role-agnostic reading community in Tokyo, built around shared interests and in-person conversation.

Portfolio Map

Projects positioned by research depth (Intellectual Merit) and real-world impact (Broader Impacts).

Human-AI Collaboration in ATC — Contrail Avoidance with Eye Tracking

ATC · Sustainability · Eye Tracking

Calibrated Intervention in Human–AI Collaborative Forecasting: How Modification Intensity and Direction Interact to Determine Performance

Human–AI Collaboration · Appropriate Reliance · Eye Tracking

CAS 2026 Paper Network

Scientific Discovery · Semantic Search · Conference Tools

Interdisciplinary Fusion Project

Interdisciplinary · Innovation

Urban Flood Risk Simulation

Flood Modelling · Urban Resilience · Climate Adaptation

LLM Agent–Embedded Cruise Procurement Platform

AI Solutions Architecture · Agentic Workflow · Cruise Procurement

RealityAI

Property Technology · Multimodal Retrieval · Explainable Recommendation

IP Collaboration Candidate Screening

Decision Support · Consumer Analytics · Applied ML

Loomi — AI Creative Canvas

AI + Art · Hackathon · Creative Tools

Yujian Reading Circle

Community Building · Brand Building · Event Programming

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Broader Impacts

All Projects

  1. Conceptual research problem: competing radar monitoring, pilot communication and decision-support demands on controller attention
    ResearchResearch2026 – Present

    Human-AI Collaboration in ATC — Contrail Avoidance with Eye Tracking

    Studying air traffic controller attention management with eye tracking during radar monitoring and coordination with pilots.

    Intellect
    8
    Impact
    9
    • Think Big
    • Dive Deep
    • Invent and Simplify
    • · ATC
    • · Eye Tracking
    • · Contrails
    • · Sustainability
    • · Human-AI Interaction
  2. Layered cruise procurement platform architecture with bounded business domains, an approval-gated LLM agent, data services, and external integrations
    Full-stack Engineer2024 – Present

    LLM Agent–Embedded Cruise Procurement Platform

    A full-stack cruise procurement platform that embeds an LLM agent inside an approval-gated workflow spanning document intake, RFQ generation, supplier coordination, and execution.

    Intellect
    7
    Impact
    4
    • Ownership
    • Deliver Results
    • Dive Deep
    • · React
    • · TypeScript
    • · FastAPI
    • · Supabase PostgreSQL
    • · Google Document AI
    • · LLM APIs
    • · LINE Messaging API
  3. Conceptual illustration of how the direction and magnitude of human correction can improve or worsen an AI forecast
    ResearchResearch2026

    Calibrated Intervention in Human–AI Collaborative Forecasting: How Modification Intensity and Direction Interact to Determine Performance

    An eye-tracking study of when human corrections improve an AI forecast—and when confident intervention makes it worse.

    Intellect
    9
    Impact
    9
    • Dive Deep
    • Learn and Be Curious
    • Think Big
    • Invent and Simplify
    • · Human–AI Collaboration
    • · Eye Tracking
    • · Forecast Adjustment
    • · Mixed-Effects Models
  4. Loomi cover — AI creative canvas title slide
    Prototype & Concept — Team とあるパンダ2026

    Loomi — AI Creative Canvas

    A tree-based creative software concept for material-guided, iterative exploration.

    Intellect
    5
    Impact
    6
    • Invent and Simplify
    • Learn and Be Curious
    • Bias for Action
    • · AI/ML
    • · Product Design
    • · Prototype
    • · Multimodal
  5. CAS 2026 interactive 3D semantic map of accepted papers
    Sole Developer2026

    CAS 2026 Paper Network

    From a flat conference programme to an explorable map of related research.

    Intellect
    8
    Impact
    8
    • Invent and Simplify
    • Think Big
    • Deliver Results
    • Learn and Be Curious
    • · Python
    • · SPECTER
    • · PCA
    • · NetworkX
    • · Louvain
    • · DeepSeek
    • · Ollama
    • · Three.js
  6. Actual analysis maps comparing official flood susceptibility with modelled deep ponding in Niterói
    Flood Simulation & Hazard Modelling2026

    Urban Flood Risk Simulation

    A 5 m city-scale hydrodynamic model evaluated against observed flood reports and independent susceptibility evidence.

    Intellect
    9
    Impact
    8
    • Dive Deep
    • Insist on the Highest Standards
    • Earn Trust
    • Think Big
    • · Python
    • · 2D Hydrodynamics
    • · LInA Solver
    • · LiDAR DTM
    • · GIS
    • · NumPy
  7. Out-of-fold comparison of how many reference candidates each ranking recovered, per validation segment
    Co-creator — Team とあるパンダ2026

    IP Collaboration Candidate Screening

    A decision-support prototype that narrows a large pool of character IPs to a per-audience shortlist — separating "generally popular" from "a fit for this segment".

    Intellect
    8
    Impact
    4
    • Dive Deep
    • Earn Trust
    • Insist on the Highest Standards
    • Invent and Simplify
    • · Python
    • · Entropy Balancing
    • · Sparse Group Regularisation
    • · Nested Cross-Validation
    • · Survey Data
  8. Interdisciplinary research startup project — team of doctoral students at the University of Tokyo
    Lead Organiser2025 – 2026

    Interdisciplinary Fusion Project

    Cross-disciplinary collaboration platform with seminars, mixers, and co-creation workshops at UTokyo.

    Intellect
    4
    Impact
    7
    • Ownership
    • Think Big
    • Earn Trust
    • · Community
    • · Web
  9. RealityAI product mockup
    Floor-plan POC, multimodal retrieval, ranking, backend API & interaction architecture2025

    RealityAI

    Floor-plan-aware multimodal property discovery.

    Intellect
    5
    Impact
    3
    • Bias for Action
    • Learn and Be Curious
    • · GPT-4
    • · CLIP
    • · Qdrant
    • · Vector Retrieval
    • · Reranking
    • · Backend APIs
  10. Reading circle in session
    Founder / Community Builder / Brand Designer / Operator2022 – 2024

    Yujian Reading Circle

    A purpose-driven, role-agnostic reading community in Tokyo, built around shared interests and in-person conversation.

    Intellect
    4
    Impact
    9
    • Customer Obsession
    • Think Big
    • Earn Trust
    • Ownership
    • · Community Operations
    • · Brand Design
    • · Event Programming
    • · Website