Lab/Center Members
Pan Hui(许彬)
Chair Professor-Computational Media and Arts Thrust, Information Hub, HKUST (GZ)
Postdoc
Yuyang Wang (王宇阳)
He is a postdoctoral fellow. He received a PhD in computer science from the Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology in France. He worked as a visiting researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. In addition, he holds a master's degree in numerical methods in engineering from the International Center for Numerical Methods, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Spain. His research interests include data-driven modelling methods to develop intelligent navigation techniques in virtual environments and create educational tools on the XR platform.
Ahmad Yousef Alhilal
Ahmad ALHILAL is a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he got his Ph.D. in July 2022. His primary research interests are adaptive video streaming in mobile cloud gaming, the Metaverse, and pervasive and cloud computing.
Phd
Kit-Yung Lam (James)
Kit Yung Lam research interest in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Augmented Reality and Multimodel input Interface. James has previously worked on Augmented Reality(AR) system, from hardware to software including end-user application and cloud server, to create an intuitive and easy to use AR system for providing a user-centric information visualization.
Kirill Shatilov
Kirill A. Shatilov is a PhD student majoring in Computer Science and Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CWB). Kirill received his M.S. as well as B.S. degree of science in computer science in Novosibirsk State University. His main research interests are in the areas of natural human computer interfaces, extended realities and mobile computing.
Liang Yang(杨亮)
Liang Yang is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in Human-Computer Interaction in Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. He studied Electronic Information Engineering at Wuhan University and had worked for more than a decade in the top ICT businesses, including four years in the VR/AR industry. Now He has been one Ph.D. student in Computational Media and Arts(CMA) and the center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity in HKUST.
Xian Wang(王娴)
Hi! I am a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence Thrust at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. My research interests are Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (XR), Remote Collaboration and Haptics.
Anqi Wang (王安芑)
Anqi Wang is an interdisciplinary researcher, artist, and architect, working in technology-art-humanities propositions and innovative applications in the media environment of Web 3 and Metaverse.
Amy Qin (秦华轩)
Amy Qin is a Ph.D. student in Computational Media and Arts at HKUST. She obtained a Bachelor in Honours Computer Science with a Psychology Minor (with Distinction) at the University of Waterloo.
Luyao Shen (申璐瑶)
A first-year PhD student who is curious about metaverse
Research Assistant
Weipeng Zhuo(卓维鹏)
Steve Weipeng Zhuo's research interest lies in IoT applications and 3D avatar creation from 2D images. Steve has been working on the localization of IoT devices using wireless and IMU signals. Recently, he tries to integrate the location-based services for 3D avatars in the metaverse.
Mphil
Chris Park
Chris Park’s research interest lies in visual localization and 3D registration methods in large-scale Augmented Reality (AR) systems. He currently focuses on creating an accurate and scalable 6-DoF visual localization system that can be deployed on large scale AR applications using computer vision and machine learning techniques.
Handy Yin(殷瀚迪)
B.E. , Tsinghua University. Now research on 3D avatar generation. Love reading novels, watching movies, listening to music, playing Frisbee. Life motto: Just have fun.
Juhyung Son
Hello, My name is Juhyung Son. I am studying for metaverse. I will create useful metaverse space for people.
Ruichen Li（李睿琛）
I'm Ruichen Li, graduated from Fudan University with a bachelor's degree. I am interested in social network and the metaverse. In my spare time, I like to explore rhythmic music and delicious food.
Shan Jin (金山）
VRAR lover, wish to use metaverse to change the world
Sijia Li (李思佳）
My five-year bachelor's study in architecture has provided me with a artistic perspective. Also, I have a special interest for children's education. Therefore, on one hand, I focus on HEBI (Human-Educational Building Interaction) and on the other hand I study BPCI (Baby Parents -Computer- Interaction) during my postgraduate study.
Tong Yuan（袁通）
Push art forward via technology, lead technology into the future with art, I am an unconventional microelectronics engineer from SUSTech, here in HKUST(GZ), I wanna be an interdisciplinary creator, designer and researcher.
Wei Geng(耿伟)
Geng Wei received his Bachelor from HEU in 2017 and Master from FDU in 2020. He previously worked in Huawei focusing on HPC and Programing Language(VM). His current research interests include Edge Computing and High Performance AR.
Xuling Zhang (张栩凌)
Hi, everyone~My name is ZHANG Xuling (张栩凌).During my UG period, I studied mathematics and applied mathematics. I had some experience in computer vision. My research interest is markerless motion capture. Nice to meet you all!
Ziru Zhang(张子儒)
My name is Zhang Ziru. My research interests are edge computing and metaverse. I am interested in using edge computing to improve the performance of the metaverse devices.
