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East China Normal University · School of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Poly Z.H. Sun

Associate Professor · Director of Personal Informatics System Lab

Understanding intelligence from the human perspective, and designing interactive systems and intelligent hardware that serve individuals.

zhsun@psy.ecnu.edu.cnPutuo Campus
Formal portrait of Poly Z.H. Sun
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News

2026–2027 Admissions & Recruitment

Academic Graduate Admissions

School of Intelligent Interaction, Lingang Campus｜Academic Ph.D.｜2 positions

  • [Ph.D.] Intelligent Interaction

School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Putuo Campus｜Academic Master’s｜1 position

Admission is available in any one of the following tracks:

  • [Master’s] Track 12: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Human–Computer Interaction (Engineering)
  • [Master’s] Track 10: Health and Clinical Psychology (Medicine)
  • [Master’s] Track 06: Emotion, Affect, and Social Neuroscience (Science)

Professional Graduate Admissions

School of Intelligent Interaction, Lingang Campus｜Professional Doctorate｜1 position

  • [Doctorate] Intelligent Interaction (including part-time study)

School of Intelligent Interaction, Lingang Campus｜Professional Master’s｜4 positions

  • [Master’s] Artificial Intelligence

School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Putuo Campus｜Professional Master’s｜2 positions

Admission is available in any one of the following tracks:

  • [Master’s] Human Factors Engineering and User Experience
  • [Master’s] Industrial and Organizational Psychology

School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Lingang Campus｜Professional Master’s｜3 positions

  • [Master’s] Human Factors Engineering and User Experience

Open Positions

Research Associate｜1 position

  • Focus: embodied intelligence, robotics, and chip technologies

Assistant Researcher｜2 positions

  • Focus: intelligent systems

Postdoctoral Researcher｜3 positions

  • Focus: brain–computer intelligence
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Resume

个人简介

Poly Z.H. Sun received the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors Engineering, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, the Director of Personal Informatics System Lab (PIS-Lab), and the Director of Embodied Robotics and Interactive Intelligence Lab (ERI2-Lab) at East China Normal University.

Prof. Sun has authored/co-authored over 60 research papers, including 35 IEEE Transactions papers, 8 IEEE Journal papers, and 1 IEEE Letter paper. Five papers were recognized as ESI Highly Cited or Hot Papers. His Google Scholar citations exceed 1,700, with an h-index of 23 as of August 2026. His current research interests include human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, social computing, digital healthcare, intelligent transportation systems, and human factors.

He has been serving as an editor, reviewer, associate chair, area chair, and session chair for journals and conferences in human-computer interaction, intelligent systems, biomedical and health informatics, automation, and human factors engineering.

My Lab: Personal Informatics System Lab (PIS Lab).

Concept illustration of the Personal Informatics System Lab

Personal Informatics System Lab

The lab has five research platforms spanning human-factors studies, prototype making, embodied interaction, open-world simulation, and embodied robotics.

  • Future Human Factors Innovation Lab｜Old Library 2023
  • 3D Printing & Experience Design Lab｜Old Library 2021
  • Embodied Interaction & Human–AI Collaboration Lab｜Old Library 2020
  • Open-world & Social Cognition Simulation Lab｜Old Library 2020
  • Embodied Robotics & Interactive Intelligence Lab｜7F, Lingang Pilot Education Building
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Education

教育经历

2019—2024

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Work Experience

工作经历

2025—Now

Associate Professor

East China Normal University

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Other Appointments

社会兼职

Journal

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Associate Editor

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics

Associate Editor

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Associate Editor

Journal

IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification

Associate Editor

2026

ACM CUI

Associate Chair

2026

ACM CHI

Associate Chair

2024—2026

ACM CSCW

Associate Chair

2024—2026

ACM AutomotiveUI

Associate Chair

2025—2026

ACM IMX

Associate Chair

2025—2027

IJCNN

Area Chair

Member

IEEE, ACM, Chinese Psychological Society, Chinese Ergonomics Society

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Research Fields

研究方向

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Personal Health Informatics

Human-in-the-loop systems for understanding cognition, emotion, and health in everyday life.

  • Multimodal Sensing
  • Adaptive XR
  • Digital Health
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Advanced Human Factors

Understanding behavior, cognition, and risk in complex intelligent systems.

  • Human Factors
  • Cognition
  • Risk
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Embodied Human–AI Interaction

Studying physical AI from a human perspective across robotics, intelligent hardware, and interaction.

  • Embodied AI
  • VLA
  • World Models
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Cognitive Collaboration

Making intelligent processes perceivable and understandable through prototypes, interaction, and models.

  • Tangible Informatics
  • HCI
  • Collaboration
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Open Course

开授课程

In progress · Fall 2026

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Theory)

36 hours｜Psychology + Computer Science Dual Degree

In progress · Fall 2026

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Practice)

72 hours｜Psychology + Computer Science Dual Degree

In progress · Fall 2026

Frontiers of Psychology: AI Psychology (AI and Human Factors Engineering)

2 hours｜Graduate course in Psychology

Completed · Spring 2026

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

72 hours｜Undergraduate Honors Program in Psychology

Completed · Fall 2025

Frontiers of Psychology: AI Psychology (AI and Human Factors Engineering)

2 hours｜Graduate course in Psychology

Planned

Embodied Perception and Interactive Intelligence

Master and doctoral students

Planned

Advanced Health Informatics

Master and doctoral students

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Research Project

科研项目

2026—2027

Youth Project for High-Level Institution Development

Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality · PI

2025—2027

Faculty Research Start-up Program

East China Normal University · PI

2025—2027

AI–Psychology Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Ministry of Education Teaching Steering Committee · PI

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Publications

出版物

This list covers publications since joining East China Normal University in 2025.

  1. [J20]2026

    Budgeted Neuro-Symbolic Decision for Industrial Online Repair Under Expensive Verification

    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE T-ASE), 2026.

  2. [J19]2026

    Enhancing Resilience of Urban Cold Chain Logistics: A Predict-and-Prescribe Approach

    Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2026.

  3. [J18]2026

    Multilateral Network Transformation for Transport Mode Selection of Multimodal Transportation

    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE T-ITS), 2026.

  4. [J17]2026

  5. [J16]2026

  6. [J15]2026

  7. [J14]2026

  8. [J13]2026

  9. [J12]2026

  10. [J11]2026

  11. [J10]2026

  12. [J9]2026

  13. [J8]2026

  14. [J7]2026

    LLM-enhanced Intent-Aware for Proactive Decision Support Services in Industrial Activities

    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE T-ASE), 2026.

  15. [J6]2025

  16. [J5]2025

  17. [J4]2025

  18. [J3]2025

    Cross-transportation-mode Knowledge Transfer for Trajectory Recovery with Meta Learning

    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE T ITS), 2025.

  19. [J2]2025

    Can Subsidies Accelerate the Platformization of Vehicle Logistics Industry? Evidence from China

    IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (IEEE T CSS), 2025.

  20. [J1]2025

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Honor & Reward

荣誉及奖励

2025

Grand Prize, Challenge Cup AI Track

Faculty adviser (1/3)

2025

National Applied Psychology Practice Competition — Third Prize

Faculty adviser (1/1)

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Academic Achievement

学术成果

Physiology-driven human factors

Multisource human–machine–environment models for understanding behavior and supporting safer intelligent systems.

Brain-activity-driven personal health informatics

Individual-aware methods for understanding cognitive and health states from brain activity.

Interaction methodology for future intelligent systems

An iterative research path connecting prototypes, observation, computational models, and product validation.

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Enrollment & Training

招生与培养

Training philosophy

The lab cultivates interdisciplinary researchers and designers with adventurous thinking, technical depth, and practical skill.

Graduate positions are available in both 2027 and 2028. Master’s and doctoral positions are especially available in 2027; prospective applicants are encouraged to send a CV.

The lab does not recruit students whose sole goal is to work on large language models or software, and it does not pursue artificial general intelligence research (such as standalone computer vision, natural-language understanding, or speech-recognition research). Every project must involve hardware and robotics through both prototype development and hardware validation. Please do not contact us if this research approach does not match your interests.

Who can join

We welcome students and visitors interested in AI, embodied intelligence, XR, human factors, HCI, and health informatics.

How we work

Members lead prototypes, experiments, models, and validation studies grounded in real problems and long-term collaboration.