The SEA (Sense, Empower, and Augment) Lab at Columbia University, led by Dr. Xuhai “Orson” Xu, focuses on designing, developing, and deploying innovative and practical human-computer interaction (HCI) and applied machine learning (ML) techniques to advance human health and well-being.

With everyday sensors and intelligent systems rapidly evolving, we adopt interdisciplinary approaches across computer science and health informatics to tackle real-world challenges. Our vision is to establish a set of human-centered methods, devices, and systems to sense, empower, and augment our everyday behavior, thereby enhancing daily experience and health outcomes.

Sense

Empower

Augment

Collecting and Integrating data from daily devices & medical systems to obtain a comprehensive understanding of health.

Creating tools and interventions to derive actionable health insights and enable informed decisions.

Developing systems to amplify positive behaviors, enhance human capabilities, and ultimately improve quality of life.

For more details, please visit our Research Direction and Publication pages.

We are excited to welcome passionate and self-motivated researchers to join our team!

Postdoc: We have 1 postdoc position that can start in Spring 2025 or Fall 2025.

PhD: We are looking for 1-2 PhD students to begin in Fall 2025.

General Opportunities: We always welcome enthusiastic students and research interns who want to make an impact with us.

More details can be found in the JOIN US page.