About me
Hi, welcome.
This is Xiaoyu MO. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Independent Interdisciplinary Program (Computational Media and Art), Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, HKUST, supervised by Dr, Bertram Emil SHI and Dr. Kim-Pong TAM.
I am interested in incorporating technologies such as VR, 3D modelling and bio-feedback to study topics on environmental design and neuroscience.
Welcome to contact me at xmoac@connect.ust.hk.
Education
PhD candidate, Independent Interdisciplinary Program (Computational Media and Art), Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, HKUST
MicroMasters Program in Analytics, Georgia Tech & Edx
Master of Landscape Architecture (Course Taught Postgraduates), College of Design, Iowa State University, Unites States
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, College of Forest, South China Agricultural University, China
Research Experience
[2020] - [now]
[Research Postgraduate Student, Independent Interdisciplinary Program (Computational Media and Art), Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, HKUST ]
I am working on a research project exploring how people perceive the natural environment in Virtual Reality.
[2018] - [2019]
[Research Assistant, College of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China ]
Investigating HK government reports, Hong Kong Built Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM) official documents, and enterprise’s sustainability reports and processing qualitative analysis
Investigating more than 100 green building projects and processing basic quantitative analysis
Contributing to conference paper presentation
Articles
Wang, X., Mo, X., Lee, L. H., Wei, X., Jin, X., Fan, M., & Hui, P. (2023, October). Designing Loving-Kindness Meditation in Virtual Reality for Long-Distance Romantic Relationships. In Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia (pp. 7608-7617).
Wang, X., Mo, X., Fan, M., Lee, L. H., Shi, B. E., & Hui, P. (2022). Reducing Stress and Anxiety in the Metaverse: A Systematic Review of Meditation, Mindfulness and Virtual Reality. arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14645.
Yifan, S. H. E. N., Mo, X., Krisciunas, V., Hanson, D., & Shi, B. E. (2022, October). Intention Estimation via Gaze for Robot Guidance in Hierarchical Tasks. In NeuRIPS 2022 Workshop on Gaze Meets ML.
Leiringer, R., Gottlieb, S. C., Fang, Y., & Mo, X. (2022). In search of sustainable construction: the role of building environmental assessment methods as policies enforcing green building. Construction Management and Economics, 1-19.
Leiringer, R., Mo, x. and Fang, y. (2019). The role and impact of Building Environment Assessment Methods in achieving green building. In: 10th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organization. Tallinn.Work Experience
Academic Affiliations
[2019] - [2020]
[Instructor, The College of Design, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China ]
Teaching core courses for undergraduates who majored in environment design, such as Auto-CAD, rendering, modeling, environmental psychology, etc.
[2016]
[Manager Assistant, The Art Gallery of College of Design, Iowa State University, United States]
Administrating details of exhibitions like art pieces installation, opening orientation, on-site follow up, etc
[2015]
[Teaching Assistant, International Scholar and Student Office, Iowa State University, United States]
Giving lectures in the small class (12 students) & helping with class management in big lectures (100+ students)
Industry
[2017] - [2018]
[Project Manager, The Netease Company Limited, China ]
Delivering art resources with good quality for other groups by managing the art team and external providers.
Improving productivity of the art team by optimizing workflow and regulation.
[2016]
[Data analysis and graphic designer intern, UC Union, Alibaba Group, Guangzhou, China ]
Analyzing promotion data and identifying illegal promotion companies, and at least 20 companies were recognized successfully (accounting for about 1/2 of the total number of the current period).
Summarizing the violation data and designing anti-violation promotion illustrative cartoon (more than 10 pages) for long-term display on the official website
Professional Activities
[2020] - [present]
[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ]
[2018] - [2019]
[General Secretary, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), HKU]
[2019] - [2020]
[Associate Member, Building Environmental Assessment Method Society Limited (BSL), Hong Kong]
[2018] - [2020]
[Member, Virtual Reality and Visualization Technology Chapter, China Computer Federation, China]
[2013] - [2015]
[Visual Designer, Cantonese Students in the United States Association, China]
Software/Programming
Auto CAD, 3Ds Max, Sketchup, Rhino, V-ray, Lumion, Unity 3D, Adobe Creative, Redmine, NVivo, Python, R, C#
Honors
[2015] - [2016]
[Graduate Student Assistantship, Iowa State University, United States]
[2015]
[Mrs. Glenn Murphy International Award, Iowa State University, United States]
[2011]
[The 2nd Class & 3rd Scholarship, South China Agricultural University, China]
Online Courses/Training/Certificate
BEAM Affiliate, Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
Thinking and Methodology of Visual Communication Design, Tsinghua University & Xuetangx