I’m a CS PhD student at George Mason University, advised by David Porfirio.

My research spans human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction with a focus on building and evaluating interactive multi-robot video sensemaking systems in real-world, high-stakes environments around human attenion.

News

5.18 AWARDS Received the 2026–2027 Doctoral Research Scholarship at George Mason University.

4.29 AWARDS 3rd place, Mason AI Day Graduate Poster Competition.

2.26 AWARDS 1st place presenter, PhD Symposium.

Recent Publications

Attune: A Self-Annotation Tool for Understanding Robot Operator Attention Profiles

Puqi Zhou, S. R. Hong, and D. Porfirio

UIST 2026

A pre-deployment elicitation tool that uses operator eye gaze to identify attention shifts, provide AI-assisted annotation, and characterize individual attention profiles for multi-robot supervision.

Designing Multi-Robot Ground Video Sensemaking with Public Safety Professionals

Puqi Zhou, A. Asgarov, A. Hussain, W. Park, A. Paudyal, S. Shrestha, C. Tang, M. Lighthiser, M. Hieb, X. Xiao, C. Thomas, and S. Hong

CHI 2026

A testbed and MRVS system for multi-robot ground video sensemaking with public safety professionals, including a dataset of 20 patrol videos and 38 events of interest.

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