About
I am a Ph.D. student at Columbia University, where I am advised by Prof. Zhengbo Zou in the ICON Lab. I am also affiliated with the Columbia Core AI Lab (CAIL). My research lies in construction automation, human–robot interaction, and human-centered AI.
Before starting my Ph.D., I received my M.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia, where my research focused on egocentric vision for intelligent construction. I earned my B.Sc. in Geomatics from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I worked on remote sensing.
Selected Publications
Psychologically Grounded Robot with Prosocial Behavior for HRI in Life-Threatening Scenarios
Christine W. K. Suen and Zhengbo Zou
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2026,
[paper] [project page]
We introduce a psychologically grounded prosocial robot that recalls its own experiences to make prosocial decisions in emergencies.
ICON-Pose: Toward Egocentric Action Recognition for Intelligent Construction
Christine W. K. Suen, Ziming Liu, Yangming Shi and Zhengbo Zou
Computing in Civil Engineering 2023,
[paper] [project page]
EgoWorkPM: A Worker-Centric Approach for Activity-Level Progress Monitoring in Construction via Egocentric Vision
Christine W. K. Suen and Zhengbo Zou
CVPR Workshop on Computer Vision for the Built World, 2026,
[paper]
We propose a worker-centric framework for activity-level construction progress monitoring using egocentric vision.