Doctor, specially-appointed researcher

Director of Design A.I. Lab, doctoral supervisor

Research orientation

Design and artificial intelligence

Human-computer interaction

Education Background

2014: earned a PhD from Harvard University

2007: earned a master degree from Princeton University

2005: earned a bachelor degree from Tongji University

Work Experience

2016-present: working as a specially-appointed researcher at Tongji University College of Design and Innovation

2014-present: working as Founder and CEO in Tezign Information Technology Co., Ltd.

2013-2015: worked as a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley

2007-2011: worked as a lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Honors and Awards

2017: Entrepreneurship talent in Shanghai

2017: World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

2016: Aspen Institute China Fellowship

2015 Shanghai “Pujiang Talent” entrepreneurship talent

2015: Hong Kong Design Foundation/ Global Design Research Award for M+ Museums of Visual Arts

International exchanges and activities

2017: Summer Davos Forum

2017: Harvard College China Forum

2017: Carnegie Mellon University Innovation Forum

2017: Boao Forum for Asia

2015: American Planning History Society’s Annual Meeting

2012: Princeton - Fung Global Forum

2012: International City Symposium: Water in the 21st Century, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

2012: Harvard Asia Forum

Lectures: Harvard University, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, UCLA, Rice University, Delfort University, and Oslo School of Architecture and Design, etc.

Contact information

Email: lfan@tongji.edu.cn

Zhihu account: https://www.zhihu.com/people/flfanling

Website: www.sheji.ai