CV
Education
- Ph.D (Computer Science) in University of Hamburg, Germany, 2015 Recipient of EU Marie Curie PhD Fellowship Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Wermter (European Neural Network Society President)
- M.S. (Cognitive Science) in University of Osnabrück, Germany, 2025 (expected)
- M.Phil. (Electrical Engineering) in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2010 Supervisor: Dr. Yu-fai Fung
- B.Eng. (Major in Automation, Minor in Computer Science) in South China University of Technology, China, 2006
Academic Experience
Research Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK since 2020
Independent Research Fellow/Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, UK 2019 - 2020
Research Scientist, AIST, Japan (one of the top research institutes and think tanks in Japan) 2017- 2019
Independent Researcher
Junior Researcher, Waseda University, Japan 2016
Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Ogata
Postdoc Researcher, Uni. of Plymouth, UK 2015
EU Project: POETICON++, Supervisor: Prof. Angelo Cangelosi
Research Assistant, Uni. of Hertfordshire, UK 2014
EU Project: ALIZ-E, Supervisor: Dr. Lola Canamero
Other Experience
Co-founder and CTO, Dailove Limited, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, since 2023
To build data-driven and elderly-friendly medication management system solutions for community- and home-based health-care.
Research Grants
DAAD/RGC Joint Research Scheme (PI) Socio-demographic variables to embodied and emotional experiences in virtual nature: a cross-country study Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
HA Data Lab Collaboration Project (PI) Research on Dementia Journey from Electronic Clinical Data in Hong Kong Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Departmental Allocated Fund, (PI) An One-for-all Platform with Extendable Rehabilitation Assistant Service (OPERA): Machine Learning Driven Development and Exemplification Study, July 2022 - Jan 2024
PolyU RIAIoT Research Fund (PI) The feasibility study of the brain-control and human-interaction mechanisms for the use of telerobot in people with severe physical disabilities Oct 2022 - Sep 2024
PolyU Start-up Fund, (PI) Social assistive robots used for elderly mental care and its neural responses, Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Waseda SGU International Collaborative Grant, April-Sep 2015
JSPS-NSFC International Grant, Feb 2018
Nottingham Trent Independent Research Fellowship, (PI) 2019
Nottingham Trent University Strategic Project Fund, (PI) January - December 2020
Academic Awards
Rutherford Fellowship, Sussex University, 2019
Best Theory Paper, International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, 2017
Best Student Paper, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, 2012
Marie Curie PhD Fellowship, European Union, 2010 - 2013
Knowledge Transfer Awards
HK Science Park Incubation
- Co-founder, Dailove Limited, Elderly interactive and sensor technology for a medication management solution - HK$1.3M)
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught,
- Bio-inspired artificial intelligence (Hamburg 2011)
- Knowledge processing and neural networks (Hamburg 2011)
- Robotics and Cybernetics (NTU 2019)
- Introduction to Computer System and Programming (SCUT 2020, medium of instruction: English)
- Big Data and AI (SCUT 2020, medium of instruction: English)
- Machine Vision (SCUT 2020, medium of instruction: English)
- Current Development in Neurological Rehabilitation (PolyU 2022, 2023)
- Human-AI Interaction (Southeast University 2021-2023, medium of instruction: English)
- Neuroscience Investigation (PolyU 2022)
- Enabling Occupation: Environmental Issues and Assistive Technology (PolyU 2022)
- Recent Advances in Rehabilitation for People with Developmental Disabilities (PolyU 2022)
- Advances In Congenital Pathophysiology and Pediatric Rehabilitation (PolyU 2023) SFQ=4.4
- Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare (Hong Kong Productivity Council, 2023)
- Theory and Practice of Rehabilitation Robotics and Smart Systems for Rehabilitation, (PolyU 2024), SFQ=4.8
Graduate Students Supervised,
- Co-supervised: J. Li (SCUT, PhD, 2018-2022), S. Huang (SZU, M.Eng, 2016-2018), A. Naser (NTU, PhD, 2019-2022), C.F. Ling, J.C. Ye. (SCUT, M.Eng. 2019-), S.H. Cheung (PolyU, PhD, 2022-)
Other Professional Activities
Associate Editors
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Chair,
Task Force on Action and Perception, IEEE CIS Technical Committee on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Guest Editors
Complexity: Neural Network for Complex Systems: Theory and Applications (2017)
Interaction Studies: Human-robot Collaborative Intelligence (2017)
Complexity: Control Design for Systems Operating in Complex Environments (2018)
IEEE Transaction on Cognitive and Developmental Systems: Unsupervised Continuous Learning (2018)
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing: Human Behaviour Monitoring, Interpretation and Understanding (2019)
Neural Computing and Applications: Human-in-the-loop Learning and Applications (2021)
Security and Communication Networks: Safety and Adaptivity in Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications (2021)
Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Biological-Inspired Autonomous Mobile Manipulation: Challenges in Design, Control, and Real-World Application (2022)
IEEE Transaction on Cognitive and Developmental Systems: Movement Sciences in Cognitive Systems (2022)
Organised Events,
Conference on Robotics and Development of Cognition 2012, Lausanne, CH.
Workshop in Human Robot Collaborative Intelligence (at ICARM 2018), SG.
IEEE Symposium on Domestic Robotics 2019, Xiamen, CN.
Special Session of Human-in-the-loop Learning (at IEEE SMC 2020), Toronto, CA.
Workshop in Sensorimotor Interaction, Language and Embodiment of Symbols (at IEEE ICDL/EpiRob 2020), Valparaiso, CL.
Special Session of Human-in-the-loop Learning System and its User-centric Methods (at IEEE SMC 2021), Melbourne, AU.
2nd Workshop in Sensorimotor Interaction, Language and Embodiment of Symbols (at IEEE ICDL/EpiRob 2021), Beijing, China.
The 15th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe 2022), Hong Kong
3rd Workshop in Sensorimotor Interaction, Language and Embodiment of Symbols (at IEEE ICDL/EpiRob 2022), London, UK.
Ad-hoc Reviewer,
IEEE Transaction on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
Interaction Studies
IET Control Theory and Applications
Frontiers on AI and robotics
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI),
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN), etc