KE MA

SYSTEM INITIALIZATION

KE MA

Ph.D. Candidate AI & Robotics
Open to Opportunities

SENSING PHYSICS.
Designing Intelligence.

Ph.D. researcher bridging the gap between Embodied AI, 3D Computer Vision, and HCI. Specializing in physics-aware scene understanding and autonomous robotic systems.

# Embodied AI # 3D Vision # Robotics # Data Vis

PUBLICATIONS

[NEWS]

Phys-Liquid is accepted to AAAI 2026 for oral presentation. WPIS is accepted to ACM The Web Conference (WWW 2026). SynMotion is accepted to CVPR 2026. CircularPSS is accepted to DRS 2026.

R4DSG is accepted to ACM Multimedia 2026. TransBiolab is accepted to ACM Multimedia 2026.

AI & Computer Vision

R4DSG: Relative 4D Scene Graph Memory for Object-Centric Question Answering in Long Egocentric Video Accepted to ACM Multimedia 2026

Ke Ma, Yamin Mao, Weiming Li, Shuai Tan, Yijie Zhong, Hao Chen, Haofen Wang, Meng Wang. CCF-A

TransBiolab: A Real-World Multi-View Dataset of Cluttered Transparent Biomedical Objects Accepted to ACM Multimedia 2026

Ke Ma, Yifei Wang, Meng Wang, Tian Xia. CCF-A

Phys-Liquid: A Physics-Informed Dataset for Estimating 3D Geometry and Volume of Transparent Deformable Liquids AAAI 2026 (Oral)

Ma, Ke, Yizhou Fang... Tian Xia. CCF-A

WPIS: From In-the-Wild Web Images to Physics-Aware 3D Scene Graphs for Physical Reasoning Accepted to ACM The Web Conference (WWW 2026)

Ma, Ke, Cong Fu... Tian Xia. CCF-A

SynMotion: Semantic-Visual Adaptation for Motion Customized Video Generation Accepted to CVPR 2026

Co-authors. CCF-A

CoDance: An Unbind-Rebind Paradigm for Robust Multi-Subject Animation Arxiv Paper

Shuai Tan, Biao Gong, Ke Ma, Yutong Feng, Qiyuan Zhang, Yan Wang, Yujun Shen, Hengshuang Zhao.

Towards dual transparent liquid level estimation in biomedical lab ECCV 2024

Wang, Xiayu*, Ke Ma* (Co-first).

Focalizing regions of biomarker relevance facilitates biomarker prediction on histopathological images Iscience 2023

Gan, Jiefeng... Ke Ma... et al.

Advancing COVID-19 diagnosis with privacy-preserving collaboration in artificial intelligence Nature Machine Intelligence

Bai, Xiang... Ke Ma... et al.

Multifactorial deep learning reveals pan-cancer genomic tumor clusters... Clinical Cancer Res 2020

Xie, Feng... Ke Ma... et al.

Revealing functional crosstalk between distinct bioprocesses through reciprocal functional tests Cell Reports 2019

Chen, Dan... Ke Ma... et al.

Deep Learning Reinforced Musical Composition Model SMC 2018

Ke Ma, Tian Xia.

Design & HCI

A 4R-Supported Circular Product–Service System for Luxury Branded Events Accepted to DRS 2026

Ke Ma, Francesca Valsecchi, Yuchen Tan, Mingjia Ji, Junru Shen, Xiaoya Ma, Duan Wu, Jiao Mo, Shijian Zhao.

Redesigning Equine Air Transport ServDes 2025

Trapani, Paola Maria, Ke Ma, Jiao Mo.

Product-Service System Design Approach for the Frame Innovation of Civil Airliners Catering Springer 2023

Trapani, Paola Maria, Ke Ma, Mo Jiao.

A product-service system design approach for the frame innovation of food and beverage on board of civil aviation aircraft DRS 2022

Trapani, Paola Maria, Jiao MO, Ke MA.

Addressing the Complexity of Entrepreneurial Community Design Leveraging Augmented Reality HCII 2019

Ma, Ke, Yixiang Zhang, Jing Cao.

Design pattern as a practical tool for designing adaptive interactions IHSI 2019

Ma, Ke, Jing Cao.

PATENTS

FILED - 2026 NEW

Compact Projector Design For Dynamic Applications In Aircraft

Mo, Jiao, Ma, Ke et al. US Patent App.

FILED - 2026 NEW

Multi-purposed Seat Back Shell System

Mo, Jiao, Ma, Ke et al. US Patent App.

FILED - 2026 NEW

Holographic Floating Projection Display For Aircraft Cabin

Mo, Jiao, Ma, Ke et al. US Patent App.

PUBLISHED - 2025

Projectors, aircraft projection systems, and methods for projecting images

Z Dong, W Liu, CA Vandewall, LD Hettick, J Mo, K Ma, H Huang. US Patent App. 19/304,828.

GRANTED - 2024

Closed cell culturing and harvesting system

Xia, Tian, and Ma, Ke. US Patents.

GRANTED - 2024

Aircraft galley, and method and apparatus for configuring aircraft galley

Trapani, Paola, Mo, Jiao, Ma, Ke, Gao, Peizhong, Guo, Qian, Zhang, Yiqin, Shen, Youjia, Huang, Jiawen, Wei, Daniel, and Vandewall, Cynthia A. US Patents.

GRANTED - 2024

DEVICE FOR LIVE ANIMAL TRANSPORT

Mo, Jiao, Ma, Ke, Trapani, Paola, Silli, Saverio, Liu, Yiwei, Yuan, Jialin, Tan, Yuchen, Song, Jiyu, Kuerban, Kudilaiti, and Gao, Peizhong. US Patent. 18/676,906.

GRANTED - 2023

Cell proliferation bioreactor

Xia, Tian, and Ma, Ke. US Patents.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.
2022 - Present

Artificial Intelligence

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

M.Eng.
2013 - 2016

Human-Computer Interaction

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

B.Eng.
2009 - 2013

Electronic Engineering

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor
Present | College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

Adjunct Faculty member at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University.

Visiting Researcher
September 2024 - March 2025 | Embodied AI and Robotics Lab, NYU Abu Dhabi

Lab Director: Prof. Yi Fang.

Research Collaborator
2019 - Present | Tongji Univ

Led AI/HCI development for Boeing aircraft projects. Filed 4 U.S. patents.

Co-founder
2018 - Present | Elongevity Inc.

AI manufacturing for cancer cell therapies. Liver cancer therapy IND approval. 2 U.S. patents.

Research Liaison
2017 - 2019 | City Science Lab (MIT Media Lab)

Urban data analysis, CityScopes, City Science Summit organizer.

Research Assistant
2016 - 2017 | CDI, Tongji

Adaptive HRI/HCI research.

R&D Intern
2012 | Tencent

Front-end dev & UX for Qzone.

TEACHING

Industrial Design
Co-instructor (2022 - Present)
Data Visualization
Co-instructor (Mar 2017 - Present)
Sound and Music Computing
Instructor (Nov 2015 - Present)
Interaction Design
Co-instructor (Mar 2017 - 2019)
Designing Intelligent Human-robot Interaction
Instructor (Mar 2017 & 2018)
Developing Web & Mobile Apps
Instructor (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018)
Open-source Hardware & Programming
Instructor (Oct 2015 - Jan 2017)

COLLABORATION

  • MIT Media Lab
  • NYU
  • AHO
  • Aalto
  • BOKU
  • Boeing
  • Intel
  • HUAWEI
  • Samsung
  • vivo
  • Auditoire
  • MIT Media Lab
  • NYU
  • AHO
  • Aalto
  • BOKU
  • Boeing
  • Intel
  • HUAWEI
  • Samsung
  • vivo
  • Auditoire

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

Boeing Pavilion, Intl Transport Expo
Beijing, 2025

Exhibited In-flight lightweight projection system. Reported by CCTV News.

The 24th Milan Triennial International Fair
2025

Exhibited design work: Exploring Bioluminescence Crowdsourced Data.

CityScope Shenzhen Bay
Shenzhen, Nov - Dec 2018 | Curator

Demonstrated novel CityScope to quantify entrepreneurial vitality.

City Science Summit 2018
Shanghai, May 2018 | Co-organizer & Speaker

Event with MIT Media Lab. Talk: "Evidence-based community design for NICE 2035".

MIT Pavilion, World Innovation & Entrepreneurship EXPO
Shanghai, May 2018 | Co-curator

Exhibited CityScope Andorra, LivingLine, Aalto and PEV.

CityScope: Aalto University
Finland, Aug 2017

City Science Lab @ Aalto.

Tangible Interfaces Course Exhibition
Shanghai, Oct 2016 | Organizer

Tongji Design Week.

ICOST 2016
Wuhan, May 2016 | Web Chair

14th Intl Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics.

E: Sonic Interactive Performance
Shanghai, 2015

Minsheng Art Museum & Shanghai Symphony Hall. Interaction designer.

AWARDS

Winner 2025
Crystal Cabin Award (Univ)

Ultra-lightweight Display System
Winner 2024
Crystal Cabin Award (Univ)

Flexifold - Foldable Seat Design
Shortlist 2023
Crystal Cabin Award (Univ)

In-flight Gallery & Knowledge System