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Yumeng Hou [yjuːˈmʊŋ] [hoʊ] is an Assistant Professor of Computational Performance Studies and Computational Archives at the Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also a researcher at the NUS Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities

Yumeng's research explores the intersection of computation, visualisation, interaction, digital curation, and cultural archives. Through experimental and applied research, she investigates how digital and data-science methods can enhance the representation, transmission, and transformation of intangible cultural experiences, particularly in somatic and performative practices. She also curates art-tech augmented embodied narratives for museum exhibitions. Her work has been published in leading journals and conference proceedings in digital humanities, heritage studies, and computational sciences, including ACM JOCCH, DSH, JDOC, JOHD, DHQ, IEEE VIS, CG&A, ADHO DH Conference(s), as well as in scholarly books.

Yumeng earned her PhD in Digital Humanities and Computational Museology from EPFL’s Laboratory for Experimental Museology (Switzerland). She holds an MSc in Computer Science from EPFL and a BEng in Digital Media Technology from Zhejiang University (China). Before joining NUS, she was a Research-track Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Beyond academia, she has worked as Cloud Product Manager, Digital Strategist, and Creative Technologist.

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