Hongxin Fu
Education

MFA in Artistic Design (Digital Media Art)

Beijing Normal University

GPA 3.7 / 4.0

August 2023 – presentZhuhai, China

BEng in Software Engineering

Zhejiang Gongshang University

GPA 85.36 / 100

August 2019 – July 2023Hangzhou, China
Languages
English

IELTS 7.5 ( L 8.0 | R 9.0 | W 6.5 | S 6.5 )

Experience

Research Assistant

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Supervisor: Prof. Yanlin Zhang

September 2025 – PresentGuangzhou, China

Visualization Designer and Developer

HCI+ Program
June 2025 – Presentremote

Visiting Research Student

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Supervisor: Prof. Yanlin Zhang

April 2025 – August 2025Guangzhou,China

Language Program

University of Pennsylvania

Cross-cultural Communication and Leadership Development

September 2019 – October 2019Philadelphia, USA
Publication

LitRank: An Interactive Tool for Ranking and Field Inference in Literary Data

Hongxin Fu, Ning Zhang, Chengtao Ji, Lijie Yao, Wei Li*

2025 7th International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Science (CSECS)

February 2025

Notrix: Understanding Machine Learning Solutions in Computational notebooks at Scale (Revise & Resubmit)

Xiaotian Su, Hongxin Fu, Xiaoyu Zhang*, April Yi Wang*

The ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026

Present
Projects

ST-Refinery: Visual Diagnostics and Interactive Reclustering for Spatial Transcriptomics

Hongxin Fu, Junning Feng, Yanlin Zhang*

Designed ST-Refinery, a visual analytics system that diagnoses and interactively refines clustering results in spatial transcriptomics data, and links the refined clusters to downstream analyses such as gene enrichment and cell–cell communication.

April 2025 – Present

GenomeTuner: Visual Analytics for Base Editing and Interactive Interpretation

Hongxin Fu, Yusen Hou, Yanlin Zhang*

Designed GenomeTuner, a visual analytics system that integrates sequence-based prediction, interactive attribution, and LLM-assisted interpretation to explore regulatory mechanisms and counterfactual effects in genomic data.

August 2025 – Present
Posters

Escaping Dementia: Early Warnings fromProtein Indicators

Hongxin Fu, Wei Li*

The 12th China Visualization and Visual Analytics Conference (Chinavis) poster

July 2025

Escaping Dementia: Early Warnings fromProtein Indicators

Hongxin Fu, Wei Li*

The Information is Beautiful Award 2024 - Longlist

August 2024

Searching for Patterns in the Forbidden City - AIGC interactive exploration experience based on the window lattice of the Forbidden City

Yiyu Fang, Zihong Zhao, Vivian Huang, Hongxin Fu

The First Global Heads Forum in Education and The Inauguration Conference of The Global Alliance of Educational Leaders and Department Heads (GAELDH) 2024

November 2024
Awards

Short-Term Exchange Program Group Scholarship

December 2019

Outstanding Capability Scholarship (2021-2023)

May 2023

Academic Excellence Scholarship - First Class

October 2024

Academic Excellence Scholarship - Second Class

October 2025

Zhejiang Provincial Student Service Outsourcing Innovation and Application Competition - First Prize (2/5)

May 2022

International User Experience Innovation Competition (UXD Award)

- Second Prize & Best Development Application Award (3/5)

September 2024

KAN TAI-KEUNG DESIGN AWARD-UI design (Student group)

- First Prize (3/3)

November 2024
Exhibitions

Fluid Soundscapes: Touching kandinsky

Dawn of a Century: An Exhibition of Avant-Garde Art from the Russian State Museum

Jiaying Fu, Hongxin Fu, Tiange Zhou*

December 2024 – April 2025Chengdu Art Museum

Geometric Gestures: Interactive Patterns

Technology Lights up Traditional Culture: Beijing Normal University School of Future Design PBL Project Exhibition

Hongxin Fu, Tianyue Gong, Hejia Chen

August 2024 – August 2025Zhuhai

Fluid Soundscapes: Touching kandinsky

Innovative Horizons: A Showcase of Design Excellence

Jiaying Fu, Hongxin Fu, Tiange Zhou*

June 2024China Cultural Centre in Singapore

Fluid Soundscapes: Touching kandinsky

HarvardXR conference 2024 showcase

Jiaying Fu, Hongxin Fu, Tiange Zhou*

April 2024online