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Dr. Yixiao Wang is an interaction design researcher who is especially interested in making the built environments socially intelligent and interactive. In his vision, our homes, offices, classrooms, public spaces, etc. could become socially intelligent “Space Agents” as if our friends, partners, companions, caregivers, etc. Thus, Yixiao has developed his expertise in human-centered design, engineering, and evaluation of smart machines (in various scales, both spatial and non-spatial), and in exploring how the socially expressive smart machines that seem to have emotions, personalities, and even a set of social roles, could improve and empower our everyday lives.