Chen Yu
Charles and Sarah Seay Regents Professor
Models human learning with egocentric video and multimodal sensing of infants and parents, linking statistical learning to attention and perception.
Chen Yu's lab at UT Austin works on video understanding, vision-language & multimodal and learning theory & optimization. 32 papers since 2023. 14 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 0%
- PhD students
- 0
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 14
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 13 papers2025 · T1 0
- 10 papers2024 · T1 0
- 9 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOther
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Learning theory & optimization14 papers
- Vision-language & multimodal6 papers
- Video understanding0 papers
- egocentric video0 papers
- human learning0 papers
Paper list
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202513 papers
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyChildren with ASD show diminished input statistics for word learning during caregiver-child interaction (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningContingent behavior during caregiver-child interaction improves the quality of word learning opportunities (opens in a new tab)
- Cognitive ScienceCross-Situational Statistics Present in an Early Language Learning Context: Evidence From Naturalistic Parent-Child Interactions (opens in a new tab)
- Trends in Cognitive ScienceDense longitudinal neuroimaging reveals individual brain change trajectories (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyNear-Zipfian Distribution is Prevalent in Infant Input (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningOverlooked Input for Word Learning: Examining the Role of Attention on Non-Target Objects During Object Labeling (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningParents and Children Jointly Create Multimodal Semantic Regualrities During Naturalistic Toy Play (opens in a new tab)
- Cognitive ScienceSeeking Meaning: Incorporating Linguistic Information in Cross-Situational Verb Learning (opens in a new tab)
- InfancySelective Attention in Early Word Learning: An Eye-Tracking Study on Viewing Naturalistic Egocentric Scenes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningSimulated Cortical Magnification Supports Self-Supervised Object Learning (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyThe roles of speech complexity and pointing gesture in guiding children's attention during shared book reading (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyUsing Head-Mounted Eye Tracking to Examine Infant Face Looking During Naturalistic Freeplay (opens in a new tab)
202410 papers
- VolumeAdvances in Child Development and Behavior
- InfancyComparing apples to manzanas and oranges to naranjas: A new measure of English-Spanish vocabulary for dual language learners (opens in a new tab)
- Developmental PsychologyConsistency and variability in multimodal parent–child social interaction: An at-home study using head-mounted eye trackers (opens in a new tab)
- Developmental PsychologyDevelopmental Changes in How Head Orientation Structures Infants’ Visual Attention (opens in a new tab)
- Developmental ScienceInfant vocal productions coincide with body movements (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyLearning semantic knowledge based on infant real-time attention and parent in-situ speech (opens in a new tab)
- The Routledge Handbook of Embodied CognitionLinking Words to World: An embodiment perspective (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningMultimodal Pathways to Joint Attention in Naturalistic Contexts (opens in a new tab)
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental PsychologyParent–child sensorimotor coordination in toddlers with and without hearing loss (opens in a new tab)
- Advances in Child Development and BehaviorWord learning is hands-on: Insights from studying natural behavior (opens in a new tab)
20239 papers
- Developmental ScienceControlling the input: How one-year-old infants sustain visual attention (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyEmbodied attention resolves visual ambiguity to support infants’ real-time word learning (opens in a new tab)
- InfancyLook before you reach: Fixation-reach latencies predict reaching kinematics in toddlers (opens in a new tab)
- Developmental ScienceLooking is not enough: Multimodal attention supports the real-time learning of new words (opens in a new tab)
- Cognitive ScienceReduced Implicit but not Explicit Knowledge of Cross-Situational Statistical Learning in Developmental Dyslexia (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and LearningSaccade Amplitude Statistics are Explained by Cortical Magnification (opens in a new tab)
- CognitionThe temporal structure of parent talk to toddlers about objects (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyUsing an Egocentric Human Simulation Paradigm to quantify referential and semantic ambiguity in early word learning (opens in a new tab)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science SocietyUsing manual actions to create visual saliency: an outside-in solution to sustained attention and joint attention (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went14 listed
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