Prof. Yuhua Jin received his B.Sc. in Applied Physics, M.Eng. in Optical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from Beijing University of Technology in 2010, 2013, and 2017, respectively. Following this, he spent two years as a Postdoctoral Associate in the HCI Engineering Group at MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) from 2018 to 2020. Before joining CUHK-Shenzhen as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in School of Science and Engineering (SSE), he also served as a visiting scholar at the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University in Canada and as the CTO of Tinted Technology Inc. in Italy.

Prof. Yuhua Jin is an innovative researcher at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Optical Engineering. His research direction combines interdisciplinary approaches, primarily focusing on advanced personal fabrication technologies and visualization technologies. This includes exploring how to integrate advanced optical technologies with computing software and hardware to conduct diverse and innovative applied research. His goal is to bridge the gap between high-end technology and its practical applications in our daily lives. During his tenure at MIT, Dr. Jin developed a groundbreaking color-changing technology named “Photo-Chromeleon”. This “reprogrammable” dye empowers users to digitally alter its physical color by projecting special light onto it, challenging the traditional notion that color is a permanent finish for objects after manufacturing. This work holds significant innovative implications for various fields in science, engineering, and art. For his research achievement, Dr. Jin received the Best Paper Award and the Best Talk Award at ACM UIST 2019, and was also awarded a DCEXPO Special Prize at SIGGRAPH 2020. His work has gained widespread attention, featuring in hundreds of press articles from distinguished outlets such as BBC News, MIT News, Fast Company, Business Insider, and many others.