Aven Le Zhou
Assistant Professor, Design School at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolAven Le Zhou is an Assistant Professor and artist-programmer who builds creative AI and interactive media experiences, directing the Interactive Experiences Lab at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Over a decade he has combined exhibition practice—including multiple solo and international group shows—with research-led teaching in AI arts and interactive media at institutions such as NYU Shanghai. His work bridges generative deep learning, human-AI collaborative creativity, and spatial/parametric design backgrounds stemming from architecture and AI studies. He runs artMachines, translating research prototypes into public-facing artworks and workshops, and holds fellowships with The RSA and the Chartered Society of Designers. Aven’s profile blends studio practice and academic rigor—he is concurrently a PhD researcher in Computational Media and Arts—bringing a practitioner’s curiosity (coffee, hotpot, extreme sports) to technical experimentation and pedagogy.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Architecture, Bachelor’s Degree, Architecture at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master’s Degree, Artificial Intelligence at University of LiverpoolOther, Interactive Media Arts, Other, Interactive Media Arts at New York UniversityHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Other, Machine Learning, Other, Machine Learning at Duke UniversityVisiting, Parametric Design, Visiting, Parametric Design at University of Technology Sydney
Github Skills (35)
jupyter-notebook8
jupyter7
notebook7
deploying7
cyclegan7
ima6
deep-learning6
lstm6
machine-learning6
image-translation6
jupyterlab6
spring6
webgl6
javascript6
p5js5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aaaven/aaaven.github.io
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:308 commits, 340 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
aaaven/aiarts2019
Sep 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:46 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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