Loo Hui En (卢慧恩)

Loo Hui En (卢慧恩)

Year 1 PhD student, Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

About me

My name is Loo Hui En (pronounced as Hwee-Urn), and I’m a 1st year PhD student of the iSchool at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I’m also a member of the Future of Information Lab (FOiL), where I get to be part of some really exciting work.. My research interests spans across Human–Computer Interaction, social computing and AI governance. I am driven by a desire to understand how technology can be designed and used to create meaningful social impact.

I grew up in Singapore 🇸🇬 and received training in media and communications at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, after which I worked as a journalist at Lianhe Zaobao covering local crime news. I was incredibly fortunate to be part of SWEET lab during my time at Nanyang Technological University where I receive my bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and Global Affairs.

📢 News

[Oct 2026] 💡 Attending the Computation + Journalism 2026 Symposium, co-hosting workshop titled "Are You Ready for the Future of News? Co-Building Personalized, Agentic News Feeds"
[Aug 2026] 🛬 Joining UIUC as a PhD student in the iSchool!
[May 2026] 🎤 Presented "Policy Design and the Power of Algorithms: The Politics of On-Demand Food Delivery" at RMIT Melbourne
[Nov 2025] 📄 With my colleagues in NTU, we published a paper on GAI in Higher Education: Emotional Tensions and Ethical Declaration

Contact

Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in exchanging ideas, collaborating, or having a conversation (about anything at all). You can e-mail me, or drop me a text on my social media.

Email: heloo2@illnois.edu