Yongquan “Owen” Hu

I build context-aware systems that connect people, devices, and environments.

I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales in January 2026, advised by Prof. Aaron Quigley and Prof. Wen Hu. My dissertation, Empowering Context-Aware Applications with AI-Driven Vision-Based Multimodal Interfaces, connects sensing, AI reasoning, and interaction.

As an independent researcher, I collaborate across institutions, including the Institute of Science Tokyo, on physiological and multimodal human–AI interaction. In 2025–2026, I was a Research Fellow at the Smart Systems Institute, National University of Singapore, where I worked on multimodal affect sensing and LLM-supported wellbeing interactions.

Across mobile, wearable, and immersive interfaces, I work to keep intelligence understandable, accessible, and responsive to people.