Dong Zhang is a designer, artist, and AI researcher whose practice moves across design, art, and computation. Rather than treating these roles as separate disciplines, he approaches AI as a material and a tool for creating interactive installations, speculative objects, mixed-reality experiences, robotic performances, and computationally fabricated forms. His work asks how emerging technologies can shape emotional expression, personal memory, and embodied perception while keeping human experience at the center.
As a graduate researcher in Computer Science, his research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and Human-AI Interaction, with a focus on Affective Computing, 3D generation, embodied interaction, and AI-assisted creative practice. Projects including Shadow Life, FeltSight, Syncret, ExFace, and DreamPrinting span interactive art, haptic mixed reality, AI-authored object design, humanoid robotics, and volumetric 3D printing. His research has appeared at SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, IROS, CHI, and DIS, while his art and design work has been presented at Ars Electronica, VISAP, and Milan Design Week. He received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Interaction Design from ShanghaiTech University and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at the same university under the supervision of Prof. Jingyi Yu. He also collaborates with HY-LAB under the guidance of Prof. Yue Zou.
张冬是一名以设计为起点、横跨艺术与人工智能研究的 Designer、Artist 与 AI Researcher。这三个身份在他的实践中并不彼此分隔：AI 更多是一种材料和工具，用于构建交互装置、推想性物件、混合现实体验、机器人表演与计算制造作品。他关注新兴技术如何参与情感表达、个人记忆与身体感知，同时将人的经验保持在创作和研究的中心。
目前，张冬是一名计算机科学方向的研究生，研究位于人工智能与 Human-AI Interaction 的交叉处，重点关注 Affective Computing、3D generation、具身交互以及 AI 辅助的创造性实践。他的项目包括 Shadow Life、FeltSight、Syncret、ExFace 与 DreamPrinting，横跨交互艺术、触觉混合现实、AI 物件设计、人形机器人与体积 3D 打印；相关研究成果发表于 SIGGRAPH、SIGGRAPH Asia、IROS、CHI 与 DIS，艺术与设计作品曾参与 Ars Electronica、VISAP、米兰设计周等展览。教育方面，他本科毕业于上海科技大学计算机科学专业并辅修交互设计，目前在上海科技大学攻读计算机科学硕士，导师为虞晶怡教授；同时与 HY-LAB 合作，由邹悦教授指导。