Zhao Han Email & Phone Number

Dr. Zhao Han is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of South Florida, joining the faculty in August 2023. He leads the Reality, Autonomy, and Robot Experience (RARE) Lab.His research lies broadly in human-robot interaction (HRI), augmented reality (AR), robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). He focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating novel robotic systems and interactions, for embodied robots to be more capable and understandable while interacting and collaborating with humans.Dr. Han received the best long-paper award at INLG 2022, the best late-breaking report third prize at HRI 2022, and a best late-breaking report nominee at HRI 2023. Previously, he had led teams to win multiple international and national robot competitions, including first place in the Panasonic Prototype 3D LiDAR Challenge and second place in the FetchIt Mobile Manipulation Challenge at ICRA 2019.He believes service is beneficial to academic life and society, fostering friendship, collaboration, and communities. Dr. Zhao Han is a Publications Chair of HRI 2024, a Program Committee (PC) member of HRI 2023, and a General Co-Chair of the 2022 AI-HRI symposium. He has also co-organized multiple workshops and chaired paper sessions.Recognized with a university-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award, Dr. Han takes action on DEI. He founded Mines Asian Community Alliance and co-organized the Inclusive HRI Workshop. He is also active in outreach to engage under-represented groups.With a strong DEI component, Dr. Han’s Augmented Reality course was rated 4.72/5.0, confirming his real-world and student-focused approach. He has also mentored 27 students, including 13 underrepresented, 12 female, and four graduate students.Prior to USF, Dr. Han was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Colorado School of Mines and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UMass Lowell. He received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba in Canada.Please visit his website https://zhaohanphd.com/ to learn more.