ORGANIZERS
ORGANIZERS
Mengru Xue
Mengru Xue is an assistant professor at the International School of Design, Zhejiang University, Ningbo. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Design (2021) from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, and M.S. in Software Engineering (2015) from Zhejiang University, and B.S. in Industrial Design (2013) from Shandong University. Dr. Xue is an active member of the academic community. She is a member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and CCF (China Computer Federation). She has served as the organizer and Track Chair of several international conferences, including the IFIP-ICEC (International Federation for Information Processing – International Conference on Entertainment Computing) 2022 “Digital Arts and Health” Workshop and the IFIP-ICEC 2023 “Aesthetics and Empowerment” workshop. She is also the paper chair of Chinese CHI 2022 and the senior PC member of Chinese CHI 2023. She is an editorial board member for the International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART). Her research interests are physiological data visualization, wearable sensing, biofeedback design, quantified self, and affective computing.
Cheng Yao
Cheng Yao is the Executive Dean of the International School of Design, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, China. He’s also the Director of the Information Product Design Department, College of Software Technology at Zhejiang University and Executive Deputy Director of the Engineering Research Center of Computer-Aided Product Innovation Design, Ministry of Education. He is also a Guest Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), University of Nottingham, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). He acted as a visiting scholar at HCII, Carnegie Mellon University from 2014 to 2015. And been awarded IBM 2014 visiting scholarship. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), China Industrial Designers Association (CIDA). The author and co-author of more than 70 refereed papers, he is one with a multi-discipline background who possesses the ability to combine design research and design practice into design education. His research interests lie in interaction design, AI-aided design and interaction, design methodologies, cultural and technology impacts on design and intelligent products. He has won and supervised more than 30 international design awards including red-dot, iF awards, etc.. He was invited as a jury leader or committee member in more than 30 international and national design competitions.
Jun Hu
Jun Hu is a Senior Member of ACM, currently an Associate Professor in Design Research on Social Computing, and the Scientific Director for the Engineering Doctorate program in Designing Human-System Interaction at Department of Industrial Design (ID), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Jiangnan University and a Guest Professor at Zhejiang University. He was the head of the Designed Intelligence of ID TU/e from 2015 to 2017. He is currently the chair of the working group “Art and Entertainment” of IFIP TC14 (Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing). He is the coordinator of the TU/e DESIS Lab in the DESIS network (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability). He serves the editorial boards of several international journals such as Information, International Journal of Arts and Technology, and EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies. He has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications with an H-Index of 28 in conferences and journals in the fields of HCI, IoT, AI, industrial design, computer science and design education. Dr. Jun Hu has a PhD in Interaction Design and an Engineering Doctorate in User-system Interaction, both from TU/e. He has also a B.Sc in Mathematics and an M.Eng in Computer Science. He is a System Analyst and a Senior Programmer with qualifications from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. From 2006 to 2007 he served as the Secretary-General for The Association of Chinese Scholars and Engineers in the Netherlands (VCWI) and from 2008 to 2009 as the Chairman.
Yuan Feng
Yuan Feng is an Associate Professor at Department of Industrial Design of Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Design (2022, Cum Laude) from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, and M.S. in Industrial Design Engineering (2015) and B.Eng. in Industrial Design (2012) from Northwestern Polytechnical University. Her research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and cognitive engineering, with a focus on the exploration, development and evaluation of interactive systems (including social robots) for promoting human cognitive performance and affective experiences. Her current research interest is Multisensory Design X HCI with a special focus on technologies bridging the digital and physical world. She is a collaborating professor at Aging Experiences (AeX) group, Future Laboratory, Tsinghua University, China. She is served as an editorial board member for international journal of Advanced Design Research, a guest editor of special issue on “Aesthetics and Empowerment” of International Journal of Arts and Technology, and a reviewer for several international journals and conferences (e.g., ACM CHI, RO-MAN, ICSR, HAI).
Jiabao Li
Jiabao Li is an Artist, Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Endless Health, Founding Director of Ecocentric Future Lab, and a Harvard graduate. She creates works addressing climate change, interspecies co-creation, humane technology, and perceptions. In Jiabao’s TED Talk, she uncovered how technology mediates the way we perceive reality. Jiabao is the recipient of numerous awards including Forbes China 30 Under 30 and the Outstanding Professor Award at MoMA. Her work has been exhibited internationally, at MoMA, Venice Architecture Biennale, Ars Electronica, Today Art Museum Biennial, SIGGRAPH, Milan and Dubai Design Week, ISEA, Anchorage Museum, and Museum of Design.