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Personal profile
Research interests
Computer Science / Information Technology - Generative AI
Computer Science / Information Technology - World Models
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer Vision
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer Graphics
Computer Science / Information Technology - Human-computer interaction
Computer Science / Information Technology - Agentic AI
Creative Arts, Performing Arts & Design - AI for Creativity
Creative Arts, Performing Arts & Design - Film Studies
Computer Science / Information Technology - World Models
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer Vision
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer Graphics
Computer Science / Information Technology - Human-computer interaction
Computer Science / Information Technology - Agentic AI
Creative Arts, Performing Arts & Design - AI for Creativity
Creative Arts, Performing Arts & Design - Film Studies
Position Held
Associate Director of Media Intelligence Research Center
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Information Engineering, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2022
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Projects
- 6 Active
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Foundational Video World Models: Simulating Physical Dynamics and Interactive Reasoning
RAO, A. (PI)
1/06/26 → 31/05/30
Project: Research
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Discretionary Research on Artificial Intelligence
RAO, A. (PI) & CHEN, Y. (CoPI)
1/06/26 → 31/05/29
Project: Research
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Video Generation and Editing Driven by 3D Physical Simulation
LIAO, J. (CoPI), GAO, L. (PI), XU, F. (CoPI), RAO, A. (CoPI) & FU, H. (PI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) / Research Grants Council (RGC)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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A Method for Multi-Shot Camera-Motion Controllable Video Generation Based on Natural Language
RAO, A. (PI)
31/10/25 → 31/10/30
Project: Research
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Research output
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Collaposer: Transforming Photo Collections into Visual Assets for Storytelling with Collages
Zhou, J., Xie, L., Ma, J., Wei, Z., Qu, H. & Rao, A., 13 Apr 2026, CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Oliver, N., Shamma, D. A., Candello, H., Cesar, P., Lopes, P., Bozzon, A., Kosch, T., Liao, V., Ma, X., Artizzu, V., Draxler, F., Lopez, G., Reinschluessel, A. V., Tong, X. & Toups Dugas, P. O. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, 18 p. 686. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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Collaposer: Transforming Photo Collections into Visual Assets for Storytelling with Collages
ZHOU, J., XIE, L., Ma, J., WEI, Z., QU, H. & RAO, A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) 19 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Composing Concepts from Images and Videos via Concept-prompt Binding
Kong, X., Zhang, Z., Guo, Y., Zhao, Z., Zhang, S. & Rao, A., Jun 2026. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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DataSway: Vivifying Metaphoric Visualization with Animation Clip Generation and Coordination
Xie, L., Zhou, J., Rao, A., Qu, H. & Shu, X., 12 Jun 2026, DIS 2026 - Proceedngs of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Yen, C. C., Lee, J.-J., Do, E.Y.-L., Zheng, C., Yoo, D. & Tang, T. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 4815-4833 19 p. (DIS 2026 - Proceedngs of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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Interactive story board, pre-visualization processing method and related device: [China]
RAO, A. (Key Inventor) & WEI, Z. (Inventor), 14 Aug 2026, IPC No. G06T 13/00, G06F 3/0482, G06F 16/583, G06F 40/205, G06N 3/0455, G06N 3/0464, 22 May 2026, Priority date 9 Jun 2025, Priority No. US63/820,002Research output: Patent
Activities
- 6 Invited
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AI for Creative Visual Content Generation Editing and Understanding / Course Speaker
ZHANG, T. (Invited speaker) & RAO, A. (Moderator)
18 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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AI for Local Video Dataset
RAO, A. (Invited speaker)
12 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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From Intention to Attention to Manifestation
RAO, A. (Invited speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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From Intention to Attention to Manifestation
RAO, A. (Invited speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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From Intention to Attention to Manifestation
RAO, A. (Invited speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited