Weiquan Lu

Weiquan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing in NUS who examines the User Experience (UX) Design of technologically-empowered learning environments. He designs and utilizes experiential learning technology (such as simulations, Augmented and Virtual Reality) in the courses he teaches, and his education research interests include figuring out how all this technology tangibly and measurably affects human learning using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He also advises the government in the fields of UX design and experiential learning, and he develops Metaverse applications for industry clients. He holds a B.Comp. in Computing and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NUS.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Experiential Learning
• User Experience Design
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning for learning analytics / academic integrity

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) National University of Singapore (2009 — 2013)
• Bachelor of Computing (E-Commerce), minor in Technopreneurship National University of Singapore (2003 — 2007)

Companies

• Senior Lecturer National University of Singapore (2019)
• Assistant Professor, Communications and New Media National University of Singapore (2016 — 2019)
• Chief Researcher, Augmented Learning Group Keio-NUS CUTE Center (2013 — 2016)
• Research Engineer National University of Singapore, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2008 — 2009)
• Head of Information Technology MGX Communications Pte Ltd (2007 — 2008)
• Student Researcher (Internship) Institute for Infocomm Research (2006 — 2007)
• E-commerce Engineer (Internship) Navio Systems, Inc (2005 — 2006)
• Director and Editorial Manager NUS School of Computing Corporate Communications (2004 — 2005)
• Paramedic Raffles Medical Group (2003 — 2003)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Chu, K., Lu, W., Oka, K., Takashima, K., Kitamura, Y. A Study on AR Authoring using Mobile Devices for Educators. ICAT-EGVE2018.
• Oka K., Lu W., Özacar K., Takashima K., Kitamura Y. 2017 Exploring in-the-Wild Game-Based Gesture Data Collection. In: Bernhaupt R., Dalvi G., Joshi A., K. Balkrishan D., O'Neill J., Winckler M. eds Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2017. INTERACT 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10514. Springer, Cham.
• Lu, W., Pillai, S., Rajendran, K., Kitamura, Y., Yen, C-C., Do, E.Y-L. Virtual Interactive Human Anatomy: Dissecting the Domain, Navigating the Politics, Creating the Impossible.Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

AWARDS & HONOURS

• Regional Award Winner (Gold) for Virtual Interactive Human Anatomy, QS Reimagine Education Conference https://www.reimagine-education.com/regional-2019-award-winners/