BiWell (Build interaction for Wellness) Lab conducts research to design, build, and examine computing technologies for enhancing individuals' health and well-being. Our work encompasses all the phases of human-centered design, including collecting empirical understandings of humans, developing interactive systems, and examining how people use these systems in the real world.
We are part of KLIC, the big HCI community at CityUHK, and actively collaborate with universities and institutions across Hong Kong and other regions. The call for prospective students can be found below.
CHI 2026@Barcelona, Spain, Apr 2026
Zihao shares his research work at Microsoft Research Asia@Hong Kong, Jan 2026
Lamma island@Hong Kong, Dec 2025
Xi gave a tutorial@Hong Kong AI Week, Dec 2025
Ocean Park@Hong Kong, Jan 2025
Minhui and Ellen presented at CHI 24@Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2024
Ph.D. Students:
Minhui Liang, CityUHK CS (2023.09—), co-authored [ea2, c7, c8, c13, ea5, j8, c17]
BS in Xi'An Jiaotong University
Zihao Zhu, CityUHK CS (2024.09—),
co-authored [j6, c14, ea6]
MS in HKUST-GZ, BS in BUPT
Xi Zheng, CityUHK CS (2024.09—), co-authored [c10, j8, c12]
MS in NUS, BS in U of Toronto
Yu Xu, CityUHK CS (2026.09—)
MS in U of Chicago, BS in UCSD
Yulin Jin, CityUHK CS with Presidential Research Award (2026.09—)
MS in UCAS, BS in Tsinghua
MPhil Students:
Jacky Chen CityUHK CS (2026.09—)
BEng in CUHK
Undergrad Students:
Shannon Sie Santosa, CityUHK CS (2023.02—), co-authored [c8, c16]
Qian Wan, CityUHK CS Ph.D. co-supervised with Zhicong Lu (2025.01—2025.11) → Postdoc at NTU, co-authored [c16]
Chenhao Hong, CityUHK CS & Columbia Joint Program (2023.03—2025.11), co-authored [j8]
Yaxuan Mao, CityUHK SCM undergrad (2023.09—2025.04) → MS student at UW HCDE, co-authored [j7, ea3]
Zhuoyang Li, CityUHK Communication undergrad (2022.06—2025.01) → Ph.D. student at TU/e, co-authored [ea2, c7, c10, c12, j6, c15]
Katie Xue, Shen Wai International School (2023.12—2025.04), co-authored [ea3]
Trung Hai Le, CityUHK CS undergrad (2022.10—2023.06), co-authored [ea2]
For Ph.D. Students: Currently, I only admit Ph.D. students with prior research experience in HCI (e.g., publications or working papers), ideally through collaboration with me or with strong recommendations from colleagues whom I trust. If you do not yet meet these criteria, consider applying as an MPhil student or exploring short-term collaboration opportunities with me first to build that foundation.
For MPhill Students/RA/Collaboration:
I encourage you to contact me a few months before your planned start date with the following info (although I may not reply to all the emails, I will certainly read them; if you send me an email without reading the text, you are unlikely to receive my reply):
- Your CV (with skillsets), transcripts, and English test if applicable
- Title the email "HCI Research Supervision - [Your Name]" and briefly talk about what you think HCI is
- Skim the list of active projects in the home page. Find a topic that looks interesting, checkout my published papers under the topic, and pick one to read it through. Then share your thoughts in the email.
Note that you should be able to communicate fluently in both spoken and written English.
For CityUHK undergrads:
I'm happy to supervise our undergrads on research projects. If you are interested, send me an email with the following info:
- Your CV (with skillsets) and transcripts
- If you are requesting final year project (FYP) supervision, please attach your proposal
- Title the email "HCI Undergrad - [Your Name] - [Your Request]" (request is what support you need, such as FYP, RMS). Depending on my bandwidth and project needs, I may schedule a quick chat with you first.
About reference letter: I am more than happy to write strong letters for students who have demonstrated great work ethics and motivation while closely working with me. That said, I have to respectfully decline requests from students whom I do not know very well, because the lack of interaction details and collaboration examples would not effectively support their applications anyway.
