Dr Ning Wang is an Associate Professor in Robotics and AI, and a Transforming Lives Fellow at the Department of Computing. She received the Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. 

Dr Wang’s research centres on robotics and intelligent learning, with a primary focus on human-machine interaction (HMI), embodied AI, and data analytics, aiming to develop systems that enable seamless collaboration between humans and machines, emphasizing adaptability, autonomy, and effective decision-making in dynamic environments, with applications on healthcare, autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, etc. She has been key member of EU FP7 Project ROBOT-ERA, EU Regional Development Funded Project ASTUTE2020 and industrial projects with UK companies, and has been awarded several awards including best application paper award of ICAC’24, best paper award of DISA'23, best student paper award of ICAC'23, IET premium award for best paper 2022, best paper award of ICIRA'15, best student paper award nomination of ISCSLP'10, and award of merit of 2008 IEEE Signal Processing Postgraduate Forum, etc. 

Dr Wang is a Fellow of British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.