Minghui Liu is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Future Laboratory, Tsinghua University. She holds a Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. from the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, as well as a dual Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication.
Her research is situated at the interdisciplinary frontier of Visual Communication Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Behavioral Science. Her work focuses on intelligent healthcare service systems, indoor navigation modeling, and attention prediction within the context of global population aging. Dr. Liu has published extensively in prestigious domestic and international journals and conferences, including Zhuangshi (Art & Design), ACM CHI, and Chinese CHI. She has contributed to numerous high-level research projects, including those funded by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation. Dr. Liu is dedicated to addressing complex societal needs through data-driven behavioral assessment and human-centered design (HCD) interventions.
In her professional practice, she has contributed to high-profile national projects, including the National Image Design Exhibition of the Early PRC, visual design for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and curatorial work for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Research Projects
Intelligent Embodied Media Design and Technology for Interpersonal Emotional Communication (Funded by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation).
Industry-Education Integration and Collaborative Innovation in the Life and Health Sector.
Design Research on Intelligent Medical Wayfinding Systems.
Social Participation and Practice of Senior Citizens: A Global Perspective.
Product Design Research for "Invisible Caregiver" Assistive Technologies.
Smart Home Design under the Framework of Universal Design.
Full-Process Intelligent Healthcare Service Design and Information Management Systems.
Parametric Portrait Design Research for Elderly Users.
Data-Driven Methodologies for Behavioral Assessment.
Publication
Liu, Minghui; Xue, Cheng; Zhai, Yuxiang (2023) From Lab to Virtual: Comparing Real and AI-Generated User Interviews in Home Appliance Evaluation. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium of Chinese CHI, 571-581.
张为威; 刘明惠; 王韫 (2022) 数字时代的包容性：设计伦理视角下老龄化智能产品设计研究.* 装饰, (5), 46-51.
Liu, Minghui; Su, Yu’an (2024) Enhancing airport wayfinding for older adults through gesture-based navigation. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, 1-3.
Liu, Minghui; Zheng, Ruishen; Niu, Ruowen; Zuo, Yirui; Zhang, Weiwei (2024) A literature review of indoor wayfinding in virtual environment: comparability to real environment and ecological validity. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, 1-2.
Liu M, Zheng R, Niu R, Zuo Y, Zhang W (2024) Literature Review of Indoor wayfinding: Examining Analogy and Ecological Validity between Virtual and Real Environments. Chinese CHI 2024.
Liu M, Su Y (2024) Enhancing Elderly Patients' Decision-Making and Experience in Hospitals through Virtual Agents. Chinese CHI 2024.
Liu, Minghui; Su, Yu’an (2025) Mediguide: reducing cognitive load and improving elderly patients' healthcare experience. Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-7.
Niu, Ruowen; Zheng, Ruishen; Liang, Chen; Liu, Minghui (2025) Exploring Joint Effects of Locomotion Continuity and Wayfinding Assistance in Non-Embodied VR Game Navigation. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-21.
Guo, Zekai; Liu, Minghui (2025) Memoire: Facilitating Emotional Expression and Enhancing Community Engagement for Older Adults. HCII.
Cheng Xue, Minghui Liu, Yuxiang Zhai, Jiachen Du, Xinyi Fu (2025) Physiological and Behavioral Analysis Based Multimodal Evaluation of Older Adults’ Experience with Kitchen Appliances.
Liu, Minghui; Zheng, Ruishen; Niu, Ruowen; Zuo, Yirui; Zhang, Weiwei (2024) A Literature Review of Indoor Navigation: Examining Comparability and Ecological Validity between Virtual and Real Environments. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium of Chinese CHI, 405-416.
Xiang, Chenzhuo; Liu, Minghui; Xin, Qi; Jeung, Jihong; Xu, Qianyao (2025) Can Vision-Language Models Perceive "Lookalike Effects" Between Humans and Cartoons as We Do? Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Posters, 1-3.
Honor & Award
2017: Silver Award, China Print Design Biennale, for the installation book work "Literature Clinic."
2020: Third Prize (Finals), BRICS Skills Development and Technology Innovation Competition & Xiamen BRICS Industrial Innovation Cooperation Competition.