Hello!

My name is Zhang Fu, family name in front. You can call me Jerry. I graduated from King's College London with a first class BEng and a distinction MSc degree. Followed by a software engineer career at Huawei. I am currently employed in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a research assistant and I will be starting my PhD here at the PolyU from September 2025.

Research Interests

My research interests lie in the fields of human-centred computing, robotics and application- and clinical-oriented fundamental computer science research, through which I am dedicated to deliver clinical solutions to realise my vision, the long-standing ambition of mine to make a meaningful impact.

Followings are topics I am paritcularly interested

• Human-computer interaction (HCI), Robotics and Human-robot Interaction (HRI)
• for Healthcare Applications
• for Clinical Applications
• for Accessiblity
• HCI and HRI design approches
• Aritificial Intelligence algorithms and applications
• Computer visions
• Generative models
• Pretrained language models

With a interdisciplinary background in computer science, mathematics, and engineering, I have a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of computing and theories of computation and electronics, along with extensive experience in pratical software development. While my research focuses on the application and delivers software- and hardware-based realiable clicnical solutions, I am also passionate about optimising the fundamental and theoretical algorithms and methods on which deployed application-oriented research is based.

In the past, I have worked on research in the following areas: Machine teaching for robot; HCI for accessiblity and for mental disorders interventions. Which cover across computer science, mathematics, and engineering.

Experiences

Work Experience

Full-time Research Assistant August 2023 - Now	Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Full-time Software Engineer December 2021 - May 2023	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Computing To Start in Sept 2025 2025-2029	Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Master of Science in Advanced Computing Pass with Distinction 2020-2021	Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences, King's College London
Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering First Class Honours 2017-2020