7 月 8 日上午十点，爱荷华州立大学Lingyao Yuan教授应邀走进人工智能与数据科学博彩社区 ，以“Exploring Research Frontiers in Digital Humans in the AI Age”为题，为在场师生带来了一场关于数字人前沿研究的深度分享，报告会由于晓丹副教授主持。

依托计算机图形学与人工智能技术，数字人作为高度写实的虚拟化身已在多行业广泛应用，围绕产业现实与学术空白，Yuan教授及其团队开展了一系列多维度研究。本次报告，Yuan教授不仅梳理了研究脉络与核心成果，还完整分享了从选题构思、研究设计到项目落地、同行评审的全周期经验，希望激发更多青年学者对数字人领域的研究兴趣，推动未来学术合作。

交流环节，现场气氛活跃。师生们围绕数字人的伦理边界、跨文化用户接受度差异、数字人在教育医疗等垂直场景的落地路径等话题展开提问，Yuan教授结合多年研究积累与国际合作经验，逐一给出了细致而富有启发性的回应。

整场报告内容充实、视角新颖，为博彩社区 师生提供了宝贵的方法论参考。

嘉宾简介：

Lingyao (Ivy) Yuan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics and the Kingland Graduate Director of Business Analytics at the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Information Systems from Indiana University in 2015.Her research focuses on digital humans, virtual agents, and artificial intelligence, with particular attention to non-cognitive behavior and decision-making processes in human–AI interactions. Her work advances understanding at the intersection of technology and human behavior and has appeared in leading outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Decision Sciences. Beyond her research, Yuan serves as President of Midwest AIS and sits on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Electronic Commerce and AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction.