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Research Assistant Professor Forum

Event

  • Date

    24 Oct 2025

  • Organiser

    PolyU Design

  • Time

    09:15 - 12:50

  • Venue

    V1101, 11/F, Block V, PolyU Map  

Summary

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Research Assistant Professor (RAP) Forum is to facilitate intellectual exchange among faculty members to foster collaborative research in PolyU Design and to provide an opportunity for RAPs to share their research ideas. Five RAPs will present their latest research projects in the interdisciplinary areas, rethinking design research at the intersection of ethnographies, emotions, technology and more.

Time: 9:15 AM – 12:50 PM (HKT)
Date: 24 October 2025
Venue: V1101, 11/F, JCIT, HKPolyU

In-person participation
Facilitated by Prof. Tina Luximon
Each speaker with 30mins presentation + 10mins Q&A


*All SD staff and students are welcome.

*Registration is required by 17 Oct 2025 at 11:59pm. Register here.


Forum Rundown:

Time
09:15 - 09:55am

Dr Muhammad TUFAIL

Title: The influence of divergent
design perspectives, emerging materials, and cognitive tools on design processes

 

09:55 - 10:35am

Dr Luis VEGA

Title: Rethinking Conditions of ‘Practice’ for Practice-Led Design Research: Materiality, Positionality, Relationality

 

10:35 - 11:15am

 

Dr Markus WERNLI

Title: Two ethnographies of holobiontic intelligences in Hong Kong

 

11:15 am - 11:30 pm Tea Break
11:30 am - 12:10pm

Dr Feiran ZHANG

Title: Making Emotions Matter: Designing AI-Powered Emotion Awareness Tools for Children

12:10 am - 12:50pm

Dr Zhibin ZHOU

Title: Designing AI for Design

 


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