ABOUT
Howdy! I’m Charlie (he/him/they), born in HCMC, Vietnam; based in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
I am currently a PhD Student in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at University of Texas at Arlington,
where I work with Dr. Cesar Torres in
The Hybrid Atelier.
My research interest is building sensing systems and interactive tools that work with materials—especially fluids by revealing their rheological behavior through visualizations, so we can tune and refine materials for creative design and interaction.
Alongside with HCI, I also collaborate in bio-sensing and medical devices. Last summer 2025, I was Visiting Researcher working with Dr. Hung Cao at Hero Lab in University of California, Irvine, for the wearable Speckle Plethysmography (SPG) project for blood pressure sensing.
Committee:
Cesar Torres (advisor),
Ming Li,
Debashri Roy,
Emma Yang
Research interest: Fluid Sensing, Human-Material Interaction, Wearable & Sensing, and Bio-medical application.
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
2023 – 2024
My team develops and deploys machine learning model optimization and analysis techniques, enabling the launch of Apple Intelligence (on-device LLMs) and the Vision Pro (research post: optimization).
2023 – 2024
My team develops and deploys machine learning model optimization and analysis techniques, enabling the launch of Apple Intelligence (on-device LLMs) and the Vision Pro (research post: optimization).
2023 – 2024
My team develops and deploys machine learning model optimization and analysis techniques, enabling the launch of Apple Intelligence (on-device LLMs) and the Vision Pro (research post: optimization).
