Shu Zhong

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I am a PhD candidate at the University College London’s Computer Science and Interaction Centre (UCLIC), supervised by Marianna Obrist, Elia Gatti and Youngjun Cho.

Before my PhD journey, I worked in the aerospace industry✈️, where I designed and supervised the production of air turbine fan boosters and compressors—literally 🛫, not just a desk job!

My research focuses on AI for social good and domain-specific Human-Centered AI. I code 👩🏻‍💻, build prototypes, and explore Human-AI interaction, with a particular interest in integrating domain expertise into natural interactions. A key part of my PhD is to bring human-awareness to machine-awareness within the UKRI Textile Circularity project.

In addition, I serve as an Athena Swan (gender equality) PhD Student Representative at CS UCL.

Selected Publications

  1. Feeling Textiles through AI: An exploration into Multimodal Language Models and Human Perception Alignment
    Shu Zhong, Elia Gatti, Youngjun Cho, and 1 more author
    In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction , 2024
  2. Milipoint: A point cloud dataset for mmwave radar
    Han Cui, Shu Zhong, Jiacheng Wu, and 3 more authors
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 2024
  3. LLM-mediated domain-specific voice agents: the case of TextileBot
    Shu Zhong, Elia Gatti, James Hardwick, and 3 more authors
    Behaviour & Information Technology, 2025
  4. MindTouch: Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Mid-Air Tactile Perception
    Madhan Kumar Vasudevan, Shu Zhong, Jan Kučera, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2023
  5. Mindful touch: Mid-air haptics facilitates novices’ subjective experiences of audio-guided mindfulness meditation
    Desiree Cho, Shu Zhong, Madhan Kumar Vasudevan, and 1 more author
    International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2025
  6. Envision Human-AI Perceptual Alignment from a Multimodal Interaction Perspective
    Shu Zhong, and Marianna Obrist
    In ICLR 2025 Workshop on Bidirectional Human-AI Alignment , 2025