Academic, university, conference and venture sources documenting Hanna Zhu’s work across human–AI co-creation, embodied movement and AI video technology.
Research affiliation
Swinburne Centre for Transformative Media Official researcher profile describing Hanna Zhu’s PhD work in AIGC, human-centred video and screen dance. View source
Industry, venture and product recognition
Swinburne Venture Cup 2025 Zero Tech and AutoAE won first place in Swinburne University of Technology’s Venture Cup. The university connected Hanna Zhu with the venture and documented its creator adoption. View source
Swinburne 2025 Annual Report The university’s annual review identifies AutoAE from Zero Tech as the Venture Cup winner and names Hanna Zhu as the venture’s PhD-student founder. View source
Elite Award — Inaugural 30 Next-Generation Digital Economy Talents, 2019 Hanna Zhu—listed under her Chinese name, Zhu Han (朱晗), and as a partner at Vanke Huiyan Data Platform—received the Elite Award in the inaugural 30 Next-Generation Digital Economy Talents programme, announced at the Sixth World Internet Conference’s Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen. The Elite Award recognised industry professionals whose use of data and technology made outstanding contributions to digital-economy and industry development. Event report · Full award list
Research-creation and conferences
Interactive Film & Media Journal ZAGHAREED was accepted as a research-creation presentation on human dance and generative AI. View source
University of Malta — Vanishing Acts: Artificial Intelligence The speaker biography describes Hanna Zhu as an artist, researcher and creative-technology founder connecting dance, AI and human-centred video. View source
MOCO 2026 — Movement and Computing Two programme contributions: the poster How AI Leads in Creative Practice: From Mentorship Dialogues to Extended Narratives, and the Performance Promenade film ZAGHAREED: A Human and AI Co-Created Film Extending a Dance. View source
Creative Technology and Transformative Storytelling Symposium Research presentation within an international programme on emerging media and transformative storytelling. View source
Earlier founder identity
Shenzhen Technology University A 2023 university report identifies Han Zhu as a co-founder of BOOLV Tech and connects the earlier professional name with Tesla and ByteDance experience. View source