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Yun Suen Pai is currently a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science, University of Auckland. His research interest is in redefining a future inclusive space by leveraging XR. To achieve this, his research is broken down into 3 categories: 1) understanding cognitive and emotional states, 2) designing and developing tools to assist users, and 3) augmenting abilities to push beyond human limitations. He graduated from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, with a bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering. In 2018, he received his Ph.D in Media Design from KMD and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Empathic Computing Laboratory in New Zealand until 2021. He was then a Senior Assistant Professor at KMD, directing the Physionetic Interactions Group in the Embodied Media Project. He has collaborated with several international companies, including AirBus, Fujitsu, NTT, Ignition Point, CSIRO, Google ATAP, and Mediva, in research areas like AR haptics, vision augmentation, VR navigation, applied machine learning, and inclusive/assistive technologies.