CV
Education
- ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland — Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction (Sep 2022 – Jun 2026, expected)
Supervisors: Prof. Martin Raubal, Prof. Christian Holz
Affiliation: geoGAZElab (3D Sketch Maps project) - Tianjin University, Tianjin, China — M.Sc. in Urban Planning (Sep 2019 – Jun 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Jie He
Grade: 89.52 / 100; National Scholarship Winner - Chongqing University, Chongqing, China — B.Sc. in Urban Planning (Sep 2014 – Jun 2019)
Grade: 3.67 / 4.0; Rank: 2 / 56
Academic Visiting
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Delft, Netherlands — Visiting Researcher, Mobility in eXtended Reality (MXR) lab, Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (Apr 2025 – Sep 2025)
Mentor: Asst. Prof. Yan Feng - University of Münster, Münster, Germany — Visiting Researcher, Spatial Intelligence Lab (SIL) & Spatial and Architectural Cognition Lab (SPARC), Institute for Geoinformatics (Feb 2024 – Mar 2024)
Mentors: Jun. Prof. Jakub Krukar, Prof. Angela Schwering - Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K. — Exchange Student, School of Geography and Urban Planning (Sep 2016 – Feb 2017)
Teaching Record
For a detailed list of courses and workshops taught, please see the Teaching page.
ETH Zürich
- Fall 2025: Computational Methods for Geospatial Analysis (Lecture, graduate); Geographic Information Technology and Analysis (Exercise, undergraduate)
- Spring 2025: Spatial Data Science (Seminar, graduate)
- Fall 2024: GIS and Geoinformatics Lab (Lecture, Exercise, Project, graduate); Geographic Information Technology and Analysis (Exercise, undergraduate)
- Fall 2023: GIS and Geoinformatics Lab (Lecture, Exercise, Project, graduate); Geographic Information Technology and Analysis (Exercise, undergraduate)
- Spring 2023: Mobile GIS and Location‑Based Services (Exercise, graduate)
- Fall 2022: GIS and Geoinformatics Lab (Lecture, Exercise, Project, graduate)
Tianjin University
- Fall 2021: Software Practice for Design and Digital Humanities (Lecture & Project, undergraduate)
- Fall 2020: Software Practice for Design and Digital Humanities (Project, undergraduate); Special Topics on Research Methodology (Teaching assistant, graduate)
Workshops
- Fall 2025: ETH Zürich Design++ XR Summer School in AEC (Lecture, Exercise, Project)
- Spring 2025: GeoHCI+AI+XR: LLM‑based HCI Workshop for Immersive Biodiversity Conservation Education (Lecture, Exercise, Project)
- Spring 2024: Workshop on Python Programming for Quantitative Research (Lecture, Exercise)
- Fall 2024: Workshop on R Programming for Data Analysis and Visualisation (Lecture, Exercise)
Software Development
- Crowd3DMap (AR, Jun 2025 – present): Crowdsourced 3D sketch mapping tool enabling volunteers in different locations to depict their observations and generate a map together.
- HolmeSketcher (AR, Feb 2025 – present): Converts freehand sketching into 3D models with generative AI to augment crime scene investigation.
- CoMap (AR, Sep 2024 – Feb 2025): Multi‑player collaborative 3D sketch mapping system that integrates 2D and 3D sketch mapping, supports collective mapping through a shared visual workspace, incorporates verbal and visual information sources, and adapts to different search‑and‑rescue roles and activities.
- Sketch2Terrain (AR, Feb 2024 – Jul 2024): Combines freehand sketching with generative AI to enable non‑experts to create 3D sketch maps of terrains.
- VResin (VR, Feb 2023 – Jun 2023): Synergises 3D mid‑air sketching with 2D surface sketching, scaffolding 3D sketching into a layer‑by‑layer process, useful for drawing multilayer buildings.
- HoloSpot (AR, Sep 2022 – Dec 2022): Provides gesture, spatial‑anchor and joystick controls to operate Boston Dynamics Spot via HoloLens 2.
- MotionSim+ (Mar 2021 – Sep 2022): Pedestrian simulation app modelling physical‑distancing moving behaviours during COVID‑19.
- AutoDesign (Mar 2021 – Jun 2021): Multi‑agent app for urban amenities relocation based on walkability optimisation.
Experience
- IDEA League Summer School: Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing, Summer 2024
- geoGAZElab Winter School: Eye Tracking – Experimental Design, Implementation and Analysis, Winter 2023 (project: using eye‑tracking technology to explore intentional response distortion in personality tests)
- Esri Training Class: Building Web Apps with ArcGIS Experience Builder (online), Fall 2023
Courses
ETH Zürich
- Fall 2022: Mixed Reality — project: Interacting with the Robot via HoloLens 2 (score 5.5 / 6)
- Fall 2023: Human‑Computer Interaction: Cognition and Usability (score 6 / 6)
- Fall 2025: Human‑Computer Interaction (score N.A. / 6)
Awards & Honors
- 2024: Honor Award, “Chunhui Cup” entrepreneurship competition (Ministry of Education & Ministry of Science & Technology of the PRC)
- 2022: National Scholarship (top 0.2 % students in China), Chinese Government; Award for Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons, Tianjin University
- 2021: First Prize of Best Presentation, 4th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU); Second Award, “Chengyuan Cup” Planning Decision Support Model Design Competition
- 2020: Honor Award, “Esri Cup” Chinese College Students GIS Software Development Competition; First Award, “Challenge Cup” Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works, Tianjin University
- 2019: Grand Academic Fellowships (five recipients), Tianjin University; Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship, Chongqing University
- 2018: Outstanding Individual of Innovation (one recipient per university), Chongqing Municipal Government; First Prize of Academic Scholarship, Chongqing University
- 2017: Outstanding Undergraduate Program Scholarships, China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- 2015: Third Prize of Academic Scholarship, Chongqing University
- 2014: Second Prize of Academic Scholarship, Chongqing University
Reviewer & Professional Service
- Reviewer for journals: Pattern Recognition (2025)
- Reviewer for conferences: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2024 – 2025)
- Program Committee: ETH Zürich Design++ XR Summer School in AEC (2025)
- Operations Committee: ACM CHI Session Chair (Yokohama, 2025)
- Membership: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2023 – 2025); Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (2021 – 2022)
Mentoring
- Master theses advises (co‑supervised): M. Bauckhage*, “Exploring Historical River Landscape Evolution: A Framework for Automatic Reconstruction and Visualization in Virtual Reality” (Spring 2025, Institute of Cartography & Geoinformation, ETH Zürich)
- Bachelor theses advises (co‑supervised): A. Dachler*, “Spatial Visualization of User Interaction and Locomotion in Virtual Reality Interactive Scene” (Spring 2025, Institute of Cartography & Geoinformation, ETH Zürich)
- Project advises (co‑supervised): (Fall 2024) M. Bauckhage*, “Modeling Historical River Landscape Evolution in Virtual Reality” (Institute of Cartography & Geoinformation, ETH Zürich); R. Bollati, D. Pasiak & E. Romanetti, “Wildlife Explorer: visualising fauna and flora on an interactive map in AR” (GIS and Geoinformatics Lab, ETH Zürich); (Fall 2023) P. Bättig & W. Song, “Holo‑Geomatics: AR‑Assisted Geomatics Learning Experience at ETH” (GIS and Geoinformatics Lab, ETH Zürich); M. Bauckhage, E. Scheiring & T. Weber, “mARio pARty: A HoloLens‑Based Mario Adventure” (GIS and Geoinformatics Lab, ETH Zürich); M. Besse, R. Ma & C. Vacek, “Phantom AR Glass: mini‑map based puzzle game” (GIS and Geoinformatics Lab, ETH Zürich); (Spring 2023) A. Pironato, C. Affolter & T. Weber, “Intuitive Creation of Virtual Landscape Models with HoloLens 2”; (Fall 2022) L. Hübner & F. Dal, “FoodSaver: HoloLens application to reduce food waste” (GIS Lab, ETH Zürich); R. Wang, Y. Jia & N. Shi, “Green Your Rooftop: AR Assisted Solar Panel Planning and Installation”