Siyi Gong
Biography
Siyi Gong is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Communication Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is affiliated with the Visual Intelligence Lab. Siyi is interested in exploring the cognitive underpinnings underlying cooperation, communication, and innovation. Her recent project involves lab experimentation and statistical modeling to explore how cognitive, motivational, and social mechanisms contribute to cumulative improvements in cultural innovation. Additionally, Siyi is interested in integrating tools like Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing into her studies to examine the dynamic interplay between machine and human intelligence.
Selected Publications
Gong, S., Jiang, K., Li, J., Karadanaian, M., Meng, Z., Gao, T. Communicating through Acting: The Role of Contextual Affordance in Intuitive Mimetic Gestural Communication. Submitted.
Li, Zhen., Tang, N., Gong, S., Zhou, J., Shen, M., Gao, T. Perceptual Gestalt as Focal Point in the Strategy of Conflicts. Submitted.
Tang, N., Gong, S., Zhao, M., Zhou, J., Shen, M., Gao, T. Joint Commitment in Human Cooperative Hunting through an “Imagined We”. Submitted.
Tang, N., Gong, S., Zhou, J., Shen, M., & Gao, T. (2023). Generative Visual Common Sense: Testing Analysis-by-synthesis on Mondrian-style Image. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Stacy, S.*, Gong, S.*, Parab A., Zhao, M., Jiang, K., & Gao, T. (2023). A Bayesian Theory of Mind Approach to Modeling Cooperation and Communication. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics, e1631. (* joint first author)
