Summary
Jun Hu is a design-focused HCI researcher and academic leader with 13+ years driving social computing, human-system interaction, and designed intelligence at Eindhoven University of Technology. As Scientific Director of the Engineering Doctorate program and Associate Professor, he blends rigorous engineering (PDEng, PhD) with industrial design to supervise interdisciplinary PhD and PDEng projects at the intersection of AI, IoT and user experience. He has authored 300+ peer-reviewed works (H-index 30), chairs IFIP’s Art & Entertainment working group, and steers international conferences and journals, reflecting a sustained impact on both research and community building. Beyond academia he maintains deep technical roots—earlier roles as system analyst, senior programmer and researcher at Philips underline a practical fluency in software, signal processing and systems. He also cultivates Sino-European research and education ties as chairman of the Foundation for Design Promotion in Europe and China and through adjunct professorships in China. Colleagues describe him as a connector who turns multidisciplinary curiosity into concrete programs, labs and publication outlets.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Distributed Multimedia and software architecture at Industrial Design, TU/e, PhD, Distributed Multimedia and software architecture at Industrial Design, TU/e at Eindhoven University of Technology
PhD Candidate, Human Computer Interaction, PhD Candidate, Human Computer Interaction at Xi'an Jiaotong University
M.Eng, Computer Science, M.Eng, Computer Science at Northwest University
English, Chinese