Education

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Cornell University

PhD, Science and Technology Studies                                   Sep 2020 - 

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New York University

MA, Media, Culture, and Communication                               Sep 2017 - May 2019

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Nanjing Normal University

BA, Journalism                                                                        Sep 2013 - May 2017

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Presentations & Talks

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Zhao, Y. “Beyond Fixing: Algorithmic Identity-making and Facial Detectability Problems of Selfie Software,” Exception Error: Fatal, Illegal, Unknown, Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society (SIGCIS) at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT’19), Milan, Italy, October 27, 2019.

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Zhao, Y. “Face as a ‘Mathematical Problem’: History of Face Detection from Chinese Figural Art to Western Physiognomy,” Towards a History of Artificial Intelligence: Workshop at Columbia University, New York, NY, May 23-24, 2019. 

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Zhao, Y. “Retouched Away: Self-tracking and the Biopolitics of Selfie Software,” InfoSocial Graduate Student Conference at Northwestern University (InfoSocial’19), Evanston, IL, April 12, 2019.

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Publication

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Yue Zhao, “Xiao Liu, Information Fantasies: Precarious Mediation in Postsocialist China,” International Journal of Communication 14, no. 0 (January 14, 2020): 3.

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Awards

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Sage Fellowship

Cornell Department of Science and Technology Studies                      Sep 2020

 

Mitchell Leaska Scholarship

NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication                    Apr 2019

 

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Industrial experiences

 

PEN America

Communications Intern                                    Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

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Wuxuduoyan (务虚多⾔）: a podcast on technology, culture, and society

Co-founder & Host                                           2018 - present

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MIT Technology Review China

Translator & Freelance editor                           2018

 

Radio Netherlands Worldwide Media

Digital Editorial Intern                                       2016 - 2017

 

Film Channel, Hunan Television

Assistant Editor                                                2014

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Special training & skills

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School of Visual Art, Certificate in Illustrator: Professional Techniques, 2019

Artistic: graphic design; digital illustration; photography; watercolor

Languages: Chinese (native); English (proficient); French (intermediate)