Researcher & Designer

Weslie
Khoo.

I study how AI and technology can support human wellbeing and aging — exploring the ways robots and intelligent systems can become meaningful companions in our lives.

Scholarly Work

Research

ACM · HRI 2025
Ghost in the Machine: Exploring Designed Fear in HRI
This paper examines how robots can safely and intentionally evoke fear in humans — investigating the design of affect in human-robot interaction and what it means to engineer emotional responses.
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ACM · HRI 2025
Meet IRIS: An Interactive Robotic Experience for Exploring Life Purpose
This paper supports a demo at HRI on how human–robot interaction can contribute to societal enrichment.
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Press

In the News

Work

Projects

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Tool · Music Education
Voice Studio
A real-time pitch detection tool for voice teachers. Listens to a singer's microphone and displays the detected note, frequency, and a live pitch line — with a target note selector for guided practice.
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Interactive · Editorial
Piano Bars of the World
An interactive world map featuring 13 iconic piano bars across 7 cities — from Bemelmans in New York to Bar Lupin in Tokyo's Ginza.
Daily Tarot Card Reading
Interactive · AI
Daily Tarot Card Reading
Draw a card from the deck. An AI reads its meaning as an outlook for your day.
Casa Birria
Food & Community
Casa Birria
A Mexican-owned pop-up bringing authentic Birria to Burlington, Vermont.
Urban Trees & Equity in LA
Early Work · Data Science
Urban Trees & Equity in LA
Exploring the relationship between urban tree planting and socioeconomic status across Los Angeles County.
SAT Scores & Equity in LA
Early Work · Data Science
SAT Scores & Equity in LA
Built a dataset from CDE and LA GeoHub sources to map SAT performance across Los Angeles County school districts.
PSLE Cut-off Scores in Singapore
Early Work · Data Science
PSLE Cut-off Scores in Singapore
Mapped PSLE cut-off scores by secondary school location across Singapore, visualized in an interactive Tableau dashboard.
Sentiment Analysis on YouTube
Early Work · Data Science
Sentiment Analysis on YouTube
Scraped 5,000+ comments from The Batman (2021) trailer across 5 channels and analyzed audience sentiment using VADER.
Sentiment on Gotham Knights
Early Work · Data Science
Sentiment on Gotham Knights
Analyzed YouTube comment sentiment on the Gotham Knights game trailer to understand fan reactions to each character.
Portfolio

Design Work

Film & Media

Videos

Film
Computer Vision for Dietary Assessment
Film
The Triangle Test - 2019
Video
CVPR 2021 - The Affective Growth of Computer Vision
Blog

Writing

What it means to be a designer?
Clearly this post is generated by AI.
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Get in Touch

Contact

Interested in collaborating on research, design, or anything in between? I'd love to hear from you.