I’m interested in how we learn through our bodies, how AI shapes our capabilities and experiences, and how we communicate and understand one another. Building in part on my earlier research on emotion, I hope to bring together perspectives from different disciplines to explore new approaches and interventions that support learning, agency, well-being, and human connection.
MPhil in Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship · HKUST
How do people learn physical skills and become more attuned to their own bodies? I’d like to explore how AI, sensing, and interactive feedback can help learners interpret their movements, connect external guidance with bodily sensations, and improve through practice. A key question is whether these approaches support lasting learning, transfer to new situations, and greater independence in understanding and adjusting one’s own movement.
I’m curious about how interacting with AI changes the way we learn, think, feel, create, and relate to others—and how we interpret, respond to, and adapt to those changes. This includes questions about reasoning, attention, and memory, as well as emotion and relationships. A related direction is designing systems that help people adapt and grow as AI continues to learn and evolve, and understanding the mechanisms through which AI’s evolution and human development shape one another. I’d like to distinguish immediate changes in performance or experience from lasting changes in abilities, habits, and self-understanding. Through designing and studying human–AI interactions, I hope to understand when AI strengthens capabilities, agency, and well-being, and when it creates dependence or unintended consequences. My earlier research on emotion provides one foundation for these questions.
Another question that draws me is how people communicate and come to understand one another. I’d like to explore approaches that help people express emotional experiences and intentions, understand others’ feelings and perspectives, and navigate misunderstandings. These might include communication practices, social arrangements, or interactive systems, drawing on psychology, HCI, computer science, computational social science, sensing, and network technologies. A central question for me is when intervention can support understanding and connection, what form it should take, and when it is better to leave room for people to navigate the interaction themselves.
