Alex Xi

01 / AI engineering & technical teaching

Alex Xi

Co-founder · Core Team · United Kingdom

Imperial College London × Royal College of Art

Perspective

Alex connects design engineering, creative coding, hardware and interactive systems with education. He is completing the joint MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.

Role at MOSI

At MOSI, Alex leads technology and AI teaching, drawing on his innovation engineering background to turn technical concepts into practical learning activities. He helps students connect software and physical interaction, develop prototypes and test technical ideas through practical experimentation.

SELECTED EXPERIENCE & WORK

Guest lectures & university workshops

Alex has taught as a guest lecturer and workshop facilitator at five universities, including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Kingston University London, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Beijing University of Technology. His teaching connects creative coding, interactive media and generative technology with practical making.

GemSeed / Creative technology education

Alex’s educational platform connects interactive technology and generative media with creative practice. His teaching covers creative coding, TouchDesigner and interaction design.

Creative technology & interaction

His research explores human–computer interaction, generative AI, context-aware systems and public-space experiences. His work received an ACM MobileHCI 2026 Best Demo Award and an EEG-based installation accepted into the ACM Multimedia 2026 Interactive Art Track.

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