People

Led by Dr. Yingjie Victor Chen, an Associate Professor from the Computer Graphic Technology department and Dr. Zhenyu Cheryl Qian, an Associate Professor from the Arts & Design department, PIVIL is open to both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as domestic and international visiting scholars from other institutions.

Lab Director

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Dr. Yingjie Chen

Associate Professor

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Dr. Zhenyu Qian

Associate Professor

Current Student

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Marlen Promann Sergiwa

PhD Student

Year: 2015-2021
Research Interests: UX, HCD, InfoVis, CSCW, HCI
Next: Post-Doc at University of Texas Austin
Mom / Dog lover / Avid traveller / Snowboarder

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Jiahui Dong

PhD Student

Year: 2017.08 - Now
Research Interests: VR, HCI

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Xiaolei Guo

PhD Student

Year: 2019.08 - Now
Research Interests: HCI, User study, VR

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Zhiwen Cao

PhD Student

Year: 2017.08 - Now
Research Interests: ML, Deep learning, AR

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Zuotian Li

PhD Student

Year: 2021.01 - Now
Research Interests: Data Visualization, HCI

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Anran Feng

Visiting Scholar

Year: 2019.08 - Now
Research Interests: Interaction Design, Aesthetics of Interaction
Photography / Music

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Lu Ding

PhD Student

Year: 2017.08 - Now
Research Interests: Urban Design

Alumnus

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Dr. Dongfang Liu

Ph.D.

Year: 2017-2021
Research Interests: AI for autonomous agents, CV, applied DL/ML, HCI
Current: Assistant Professor of RIT
Dog Lover/Travel/Fitness

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Dr. Rui Li

Visiting Scholar

Year: 2016-2017
Passion: UX, Industrial design
Current: Associate Professor of Jiangnan University

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Dr. Yafeng Niu

Visiting Scholar

Year: 2017
Passion: HCI; Design ergonomics; Software design and development; Industrial product design
Current: Associate Professor of Southeast University, China

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Apurva Nagarajan

MSc

Year: 2018-2020
Current: Google

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Dr. Zheng Zhou

Ph.D.

Year: 2016-2018
Passion: Data visualization, Frontend Engineering
Current: UI Principal Engineer at Secureworks

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Guojun Han

MSc

Year: 2018-2020
Passion: Data visualization, information design, data engineering
Current: Software Development Engineer

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Dr. Yun Lin

Visiting Scholar

Year: 2017-2018
Passion: HCI, Data Visualization
Current: Advanced interaction laboratory of Southeast University (AD)
Photography / Videography

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Dr. Hui Tang

Ph.D.

Year: 2014-2019
Passion: Data Visualization & Analytics; Tangible Interaction, Architectural, Urban Design
Current: Research Associate

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Dr. Shuang Wei

Ph.D.

Year: 2012-2020
Passion: Data Visualization, Computer Assisted Learning, HCI
Current: Assistant Professor at JiangNan University

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Zongcheng Chu

MSc

Year: 2018-2020
Passion: Deep learning, Computer Vision
Current: Research Assistant at Purdue
Skiing / hiking / basketball

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Sanmathi Dangeti

MSc

Year: 2014-2016
Current: Graphics Software Engineer at Intel

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William Huynh

MSc

Year: 2013-2016
Current: General Technical Director at Disney Animation Studio