Boyu Xu is a final-year PhD student in the Department of Information and Computing Sciences, supervised by Prof. Lynda Hardman and Dr. Wolfgang Hürst. Her research focuses on novel visualisations of neuroscience topics, enabling neurologists to explore literature using Augmented Reality (AR). Researchers can explore the connections between brain regions and related diseases from more than 400,000 publications in PubMed (DatAR project: https://www.projects.science.uu.nl/ics-datar/).

Boyu has experience in graphic design, (multimedia) game design, and developing commercial AR applications (portfolio: https://www.xuboyumedia.com). She is also interested in collaborating with visual artists and GenAI researchers to explore how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can inspire the creative process in visual art and design.