Cheng Luo is a Ph.D. student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), conducting research under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem at the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL) within the Center of Excellence for Generative AI.

Biography

Cheng Luo is a Ph.D. student in the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), specializing in generative AI and human-computer interaction. His research focuses on interactive video generation, multimodal understanding, and real-time generation, with applications in the field of mental health. He earned his Master's degree in Computer Science from Shenzhen University, China, in 2023.

Research Interests

His research interests include real-time and interactive video generation, generative models, affective computing, multimodal large language models, human-computer interaction, and psychosis intervention.

About

Cheng Luo is a Ph.D. student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), conducting research under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem at the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL) within the Center of Excellence for Generative AI. His work focuses on affective artificial intelligence, aiming to understand human emotions, facilitate natural human-AI interactions, and address mental health challenges through intelligent, empathetic AI.

Service Contributions

Service to the Discipline or Profession
  • Organizer of the REACT(2023-2025) Challenges, 2023 - 2025, 2023 - present

Education

Master of Science (M.S.)
Computer Science, Shenzhen University, China, 2023