Publications

Research on multi-agent collaboration, knowledge alignment, and human interaction with intelligent systems.

My research asks how systems with different knowledge representations can understand each other and work together. Earlier and collaborative work also explores information visualization and human–robot interaction.

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2025

  1. BDDM
    LLM-Assisted Ontology-Based Task-Oriented Data Exchange Paradigm: A Case Study
    Shiyao Zhang, Xue Feng, Yuji Dong, and Jie Zhang
    In 2025 International Conference on Big Data and Data Mining (BDDM), 2025

    Explores how language models and structured knowledge can support data exchange around a specific task.

  2. Preprint
    The Evaluation for Usability Methods of Unmanned Surface Vehicles: Are Current Usability Methods Viable for Unmanned Surface Vehicles? Insights from a Multiple Case Study Approach to Human-Robot Interaction
    Zitian Peng, Shiyao Zhang, Shanliang Yao, Xiaohui Zhu, Mengjie Huang, Prudence Wong, and Yong Yue
    arXiv preprint , 2025

    Investigates the difficulties beginner operators face when controlling unmanned boats, using interviews and field observations to inform better interfaces.

2024

  1. Large Language Model Assisted Multi-Agent Dialogue for Ontology Alignment
    Shiyao Zhang, Yuji Dong, Yichuan Zhang, Terry R. Payne, and Jie Zhang
    In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Extended Abstract , 2024

    Uses dialogue between AI agents to match concepts across different knowledge models, making the alignment process easier to inspect.

  2. Active Collaboration in IoT: Cognitive-agent Oriented Resource-centric Architecture
    Yuji Dong, Shiyao Zhang, Xueyan Yao, Jie Zhang, Sida Huang, and Yue Li
    In 2024 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2024

    Presents an architecture in which connected devices use AI agents to combine their capabilities and create services together.

2015

  1. PICom
    Pervasive Information Visualization: Toward an Information Visualization Design Methodology for Multi-device Co-located Synchronous Collaboration
    Paul Craig, Xin Huang, Huayue Chen, Xi Wang, and Shiyao Zhang
    In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology; Ubiquitous Computing and Communications; Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing; Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, 2015

    Explores how large displays and mobile devices can support people working together with visual information in the same room.