Ph.D., Assistant Research Fellow

Master's Supervisor
Assistant Editor, She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation

Brief Introduction

Dr. Tao Shen currently serves as Assistant Research Fellow and Master's Supervisor at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, and concurrently holds positions as Assistant Editor of She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation and Co-Chair of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII). He received his Ph.D. in Knowledge Science from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, specializing in interdisciplinary research spanning intelligent design, urban health science, and sustainable communities. His research focuses on leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, computer vision, and cognitive science to explore the mechanisms through which built environments influence residents' health and well-being, while developing data-driven intelligent design support systems. In recent years, he has led multiple national research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, publishing over 50 academic papers in prestigious international journals such as Design Studies, npj Heritage Science, and Automation in Construction. His research has made significant contributions to the fields of design science, intelligent construction, and community health. He has been honored with the Japan Society for the Science of Design Outstanding Design Research Award and the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Design Creativity.

Research
Urban Health Science

Intelligent Design

Sustainable Communities

Cognitive Science

Computer-Aided Design

Teaching
Doctoral Course: Quantitative Research Methods

Academic and social Post
Member, Design Society
Co-Chair, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII)

Education Background
2017.10-2019.12  Ph.D. in Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
2015.10-2017.09  M.S. in Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Work Experience
2023.05-present  Assistant Research Fellow, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
2020.03-2023.04  Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
2016.07-2019.10 Research Assistant, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Design
[1] 2024-2027  Ministry of Education Industry-University Collaborative Education Project: Empirical Research Methods in Design Studies (Principal Investigator)
[2] 2023-2026  Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation Project: Configuration Pathways and Optimization Design for Enhancing Elderly Well-being through Public Spaces in Old Communities (Principal Investigator)
[3] 2022-2023  Innovation Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Discipline Cluster 2022 Project: Multimodal Behavioral Spatiotemporal Analysis of Intelligent Sustainable Community Residents in Multi-Scenario Settings (Principal Investigator)
[4] 2020-2023  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project: Research on Sustainable Community Catalyst Design Support System Based on Agent-Interaction-Adaptation Design Thinking (Principal Investigator)
[5] 2023-2026  Liaoning Province Key Social Science Research Project: Research on Pathways for Digital Transformation and Upgrading of Liaoning Fashion Industry Driven by Generative Artificial Intelligence (Co-Principal Investigator)
[6] 2020-2023  Liaoning Province Social Science Foundation 2020 General Project: Research on Transformation and Upgrading Pathways of Traditional Cultural Industries in Liaoning Driven by Artificial Intelligence and Design Innovation (Co-Principal Investigator)

Publications

[1] Zhang, M., Lao, Q., Li, Q., Ji, D., Shen, T., & Lou, Y. (2025). Boundary spanners in co-design networks: Modulating tension and structuring informal power. Design Studies, 101, 101358.

[2] Zhang, L., & Shen, T. (2025). Identity negotiation on the LIHKG platform: A grounded theory study of Mainland Chinese immigrants' adaptation to Hong Kong society. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1643942.

[3] Li, Y., Liu, C., Lou, Y., Shen, T., Wu, Y., Guo, J., Li, Y., & Zhang, M. (2025). Integrating colored LiDAR and YOLO semantic segmentation for design feature extraction in Chinese ancient architecture. npj Heritage Science, 13(1), 316.

[4] Gao, C., Zhao, G., Gao, S., Du, S., Kim, E., & Shen, T. (2025). Cross-cultural insights into traditional Jiangnan gardens of China and Japanese gardens through algorithm-enhanced comparative analysis. npj Heritage Science, 13(1), 315.

[5] Zhang, M., Shen, T., Li, Y., Li, Q., & Lou, Y. (2025). Exploring the complex associations between community public spaces and healthy aging: an explainable analysis using catboost and SHAP. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 2200.

[6] Jiang, C., Huang, R., & Shen, T. (2025). Generative AI-Enabled Conceptualization: Charting ChatGPT's Impacts on Sustainable Service Design Thinking With Network-Based Cognitive Maps. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 25(2), 021006.

[7] Shen, T., Li, Y., Lou, Y., Liu, C., Ji, D., Zhang, M., & Li, Y. (2025). Measuring joint attention in co-creation through automatic human activity recognition. Design Science, 11, e33.

[8] Gao, C., Zhao, G., Gao, S., Du, S., Kim, E., & Shen, T. (2024). Advancing architectural heritage: precision decoding of East Asian timber structures from Tang dynasty to traditional Japan. Heritage Science, 12(1), 219.

[9] Shen, T., Zhang, M., & Wu, T. (2024). Emotion-driven action interaction design in small quadruped robots: leveraging NXEIK multilevel network. Journal of Engineering Design, 1-36.

[10] Li, Y., Xiao, Z., Li, J., & Shen, T. (2024). Integrating vision and laser point cloud data for shield tunnel digital twin modeling. Automation in Construction, 157, 105180.

[11] Gao, C., Zhang, Q., Tan, Z., Zhao, G., Gao, S., Eunyoung, K., & Shen, T. (2024). Applying optimized YOLOv8 for heritage conservation: enhanced object detection in Jiangnan traditional private gardens. Heritage Science, 12, 31.

[12] Shen, T., Wang, J., & Fu, Y. (2023). Exploring the relationship between home environmental characteristics and restorative effect through neural activities. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17.

[13] Liu, C., Li, Y., Gu, J., Lou, Y., & Shen, T. (2023). Enhancing Pedestrian Target Recognition in Open Community Multi-Scene Spaces Using the Yolo-STP Network. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, 319-328.

[14] Shen, T., Gao, C., & Xu, D. (2020). The analysis of intelligent real-time image recognition technology based on mobile edge computing and deep learning. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, 1-10.

[15] Shen, T., Nagai, Y., & Gao, C. (2019). Design of building construction safety prediction model based on optimized BP neural network algorithm. Soft Computing, 1-12.

[16] Shen, T., Nagai, Y., & Gao, C. (2019). Improve Computer Visualization of Architecture Based on the Bayesian Network. Computers, Materials & Continua, 58(2), 307-318.

[17] Shen, T., & Nagai, Y. (2018). Effects of Unfolding Techniques as Design Stimuli in Building Design. In DS 89: Proceedings of The Fifth International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2018), University of Bath, Bath, UK (pp. 15-22).

[18] Yoshida, T., Nagai, Y., Shen, T., & Kosugi, A. (2016). Design of Tea Ceremony Room with Wooden Lattice. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Conference of the Japan Society for the Science of Design (p. 87).

Honors and Awards
[1] 2019  Outstanding Design Research Award, Japan Society for the Science of Design (JSSD)
[2] 2018  Best Paper Award, International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC)

Contact
Email: shentao@tongji.edu.cn