I'm a first-year PhD student at NYU TMI, advised by Prof. Oded Nov. I received my bachelor's degrees in Data Science from Duke Kunshan University and Duke University, and my master's degree in Information Systems from Cornell Tech, where I was fortunate enough to be advised by Prof. Nicki Dell.

My interdisciplinary academic background inspired my research interest, which lies in the intersection of social computing, human-computer interaction, and healthcare. I've previously assisted research at Weill Cornell Medicine (2023), DKU HCI Lab (2021-2022), and interned for product and design work at Ketogenic.com (2023-2024), Tencent (2021), and iFLYTEK (2020).​​

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Fun fact: my name "Haitong" is made up of two different Chinese characters - "hai" means ocean, and "tong" stands for the color of rising sun. Outside of research, I enjoy ballet, reading, and walking around the city (or talking, I'm always talking).