Louis Lei Yu Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2019 - Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2013 - 2019 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Pomona College, 2012 - 2013 Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Social Computing Lab, HP Labs, 2010 - 2012 Ph.D, Computer Science, University of Victoria, 2010 M.Sc, Computer Science, University of Victoria, 2005 B.Sc (hons), Computer Science, Queen's University, 2003

Courses (Fall, 2024)

• MCS-178-001: Introduction to Computer Science II.
• MCS-178-005: Introduction to Computer Science II Lab.
• MCS-177-006: Introduction to Computer Science I Lab.
• MCS-178-001: Introduction to Computer Science II.
• MCS-276-001: Introduction to Systems I.
• FTS-100-349: It's just Noise/Music.

Schedule and Activities

Louis Yu's Schedule (Fall, 2024)

• My office is OHS 306 (phone: x7473). My office hours for the Fall, 2024 semester are as follows:
  • Tuesdays 2:50PM - 3:20PM.
  • Thursdays 2:50PM - 3:20PM.
  • Saturdays 1:00PM - 2:15PM.
  • Thursdays free for appointments via email.
  
  
• Visitors are welcome whenever my office door is opened, even outside scheduled office hours. If you would like to meet with me, the best way is to email me and schedule an appointment.

Curriculum vitae

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CV

Selected Publications

(pdf)	Utilizing Pattern Mining and Classification Algorithms to Identify Risk for Anxiety and Depression in the LGBTQ+ Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic (MAISoN2022) Josephine Bierbaum, Melissa Lynn, and Louis Yu
(pdf)	Evaluating Mobile Music Experiences: Radio On-the-Go (MobiCASE2018) Louis Yu, Anupriya Ankolekar, and Thomas Sandholm
(pdf)	Dynamics of Trends and Attention in Chinese Social Media(American Behavioral Scientist) Louis Yu, Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman
(pdf)	An Evaluation of the Effect of Spam on Twitter Trending Topics (SocialCom2013) Grant Stafford and Louis Yu
(pdf) (video)	Play it by Ear: A Case for Serendipitous Discovery of Places with Musicons (CHI2013) Anupriya Ankolekar, Thomas Sandholm and Louis Yu
(pdf)	Artificial Inflation: The True Story of Trends in Sina Weibo (SocialCom2012) Louis Yu, Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman
(pdf) (Slides)	What Trends in Chinese Social Media Louis Yu, Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman The 5th ACM workshop on Social Network Mining and Analysis (SNAKDD2011)
(pdf)	The Evolution of Friendships in Chinese Online Social Networks Louis Yu, and Valerie King The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom2010)
(pdf) (slides)	Guanxi in the Chinese Web Valerie King, Louis Yu, and Yan Zhuang The 1st IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom2009) - Best Paper Award Winner
(pdf)	Guanxi in the Chinese web - a Study of Mutual Linking Valerie King, Louis Yu, and Yan Zhuang The 17th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW2008) - Best Poster Paper Award Winner

Selected Presentations and Performances

(slides)

Play it by Ear: a Case For Serendipitous Discovery of Places with Musicons

(slides)	Characteristics of Friendships and Trends in Chinese Social Networks
(video)	"Untitled", (working) performance by Joyce Lu, YT Wong, Louis Yu and Sam Posner, part of the Electric Lodge Max 10" series

Contact Information

Email: lyu@gustavus.edu
Voice: (507) 933-7473
Cell: (415) 374-9197
Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
USA

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-Lou