Ke Zhou

Hi! I'm a first-year Computer Science Mphil Student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(GZ).

My research interests lie in intersection of extended reality(XR) and human-centered intelligence with a particular focus on leveraging efficient, data-driven techniques to enhance multimodal experiences on portable XR devices. I aim to employ AI-driven approaches to perceive and interpret user-centric data (e.g., eye tracking, hand gestures, physiological signals) and environmental information (e.g., physical properties, semantics) to:

1) Designing intelligent agents that provide real-time, adaptive guidance and personalized support to augment human capabilities and foster intuitive user experience.

2) Developing immersive computational frameworks to bridge the gap between between high-fidelity, low-latency visual requirements and strict hardware constraints to enhance user presence and comfort.

To enable these capabilities on resource-constrained mobile XR devices, I aim to build a robust infrastructure -- a distributed platform for XR which seamlessly offload heavy computational tasks to the edge/cloud to prioritize the strict motion-to-photon latency required for immersion, ensuring a stable and adaptive flow of resources. I drew the inspiration from FogROS.

Ultimately, my goal is to build next-generation extended reality systems that are both intelligent and immersive, integrating the virtual and physical world seamlessly.

Prior to HKUST(GZ), I received my Bachelor's degree at Chongqing University. During my undergraduate years, I was honored to be advised by Prof. Wai Tong from Texas A&M University and Prof. Teng Han from ISCAS. I also had the privilege to collaborate with Prof. Xiang Li from University of Cambridge (incoming assistant professor at Hong Kong University).

I am actively seeking PhD opportunities for Fall 2026 admission!

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News
  • Jan 2026: One paper got accepted to CHI 2026! Thanks to all the co-authors!

  • Oct 2025: Handows won Honorable mention! Thanks to Jindu and all the co-authors!

  • Sep 2025: Will come to ISMAR 2025 in Korea! See you in Daejeon:)

  • Sep 2025: Submitted two papers to CHI 2026, thanks to my collaborators and hope for good luck~

  • Jul 2025: One paper got accepted to ISMAR 2025 (TCVG Track)! See you in Korea :)

  • Apr 2025: Excited to attend CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan!

  • Jan 2025: One paper got accepted to CHI 2025! See you in Yokohama!

    • Publications
    fast-texture Handows: An Interactive Window Management System for Mixed Reality
    Jin-Du Wang, Ke Zhou, Haoyu Ren, Per Ola Kristensson, Xiang Li

    Accepted by IEEE ISMAR 2025 (TVCG Track) (Honorable Mention)
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    fast-texture Exploring the Remapping Impact of Spatial Head-hand Relations in Immersive Telesurgery
    Tianren Luo, Ke Zhou, Pengxiang Wang, Shuting Chang, Gaozhang Chen, Hechuan Zhang, Qi Wang , Teng Han, Feng Tian ,

    Accepted by ACM CHI 2025
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    fast-texture Continuous Measurement Methods for Transient Physiological Discomfort in VR Locomotion
    Tianren Luo, Pengxiang Wang, Shuting Chang, Ke Zhou, NianLong Li, Yulong Bian, Xiaohui Tan, Qi Wang , Teng Han, Feng Tian ,

    Accepted by ACM CHI 2026
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    fast-texture GOATUI: Generating Opportunistic Adaptive Tangible User Interfaces through Function Alignment in Augmented Reality
    Ke Zhou, Jin-Du Wang, Tianren Luo, Linping Yuan, Wai Tong
    Under Review

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    Research Experience
    Research Intern at VVAI Lab Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
    Research Intern at HCI Lab of ISCAS Jun 2024 - Sep 2024
    Research Intern at SiR lab Feb 2024 - May 2024

    Selected Projects
    fast-texture Ray Tracer from Scratch

    A C++ ray tracing engine built entirely from scratch without external graphics libraries. Features global illumination, physically based materials, and depth of field effects.
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    Academic Services
    Conference Presentation: CHI 2025, ISMAR 2025

    About me
    Outside my studies, I am a huge sport enthusiast including football (I mean soccer :)), badminton and long-distance running (I aim to run a marathon in the future). I also enjoy gaming and reading history books (especially on ancient China and World history).



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