Xin Shu

Xin Shu (舒心)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), working with Prof. Renjie Zhou. I received my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from CUHK (2018–2023) under the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, and my B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Information from Sichuan University (2013–2017).
My research lies at the intersection of computational optics, optical computing, and quantitative phase imaging (QPI). I develop novel optical systems and AI-driven algorithms for label-free sensing and optical information processing.
Computational Optics Optical Computing Quantitative Phase Imaging Deep Learning Biomedical Imaging

News

Apr 2026 Our paper "An FPGA-Based Real-Time AI Hematology Analyzer with Reagent-Free Imaging" has been accepted by The 8th International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (ICMVA 2026).
Jan 2026 Delivered an oral presentation and a poster presentation at SPIE Photonics West 2026, San Francisco (Jan 17–22, 2026).
Nov 2025 Received Excellent Poster Award at the Conference on Advanced Photonics (SPIE & Chinese Laser Press).
Sep 2025 Our paper "Neural Architecture Search Generated Phase Retrieval Net for Real-Time Off-Axis Quantitative Phase Imaging" is now published in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.
Mar 2025 US Patent US12254624B2 on "AI-Enabled Reagent-Free Imaging Hematology Analyzer" officially granted.
Jul 2024 Our paper on optical computing won the Best Paper Award at the 20th International Conference on Computational Photography (IEEE ICCP 2024).

Publications

Equal contribution    *Corresponding author

Awards & Honors

Excellent Poster Award

Conference on Advanced Photonics, Chinese Laser Press & SPIE, Nov 2025

Best Paper Award

20th International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), IEEE, Jul 2024

Best Oral Presentation Award

3rd International Conference on Computational Imaging, CSOE, Dec 2023

Best Poster Presentation Award

3rd International Conference on Computational Imaging, CSOE, Dec 2023

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

University Grants Committee, 2018 – 2022

Outstanding Graduate of Sichuan Province

Sichuan Provincial Department of Education, 2017

National Scholarship (×3)

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, 2014, 2015, 2016

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

BMEG3440 – Global Engineering Medical Innovation
CUHK, 2020/21, 2024/25
BMEG2300 – Circuits and Signals for BME
CUHK, 2018/19, 2019/20
BMEG3130 – Tele-medicine and Mobile Healthcare
CUHK, 2020/21

Student Mentoring

Dayan Melisov – Final Year Project
BME Department, CUHK, 2020/21
Yitong Wu – MSc Thesis Project
BME Department, CUHK, 2023/24

Professional Service

Professional Societies

Regular Member – SIGGRAPH Group, ACM
Oct 2025 – Present
Member – SPIE
Jan 2026 – Present

Journal Referee

Photonics Research (OPTICA)
Optics Express (OPTICA)
JOSA A (OPTICA)
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (IEEE)

Contact

 Office

Room 212A, Run Run Shaw Science Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
(+852) 6043-7851