Jesse Yu | Senior Emerging Technologies Associate
New York University Shanghai

Jesse Yu is Senior Emerging Technologies Associate at New York University Shanghai, where he advances the use of AI, XR, virtual production, and digital twins in higher education. He works with faculty and students to turn emerging technologies into ambitious, practical learning experiences across disciplines. His current focus is on building the technical and pedagogical foundations that allow more people to experiment, create, and teach with these tools - thoughtfully, accessibly, and at scale.

Appearances:

EDUtech Asia 2026 Conference Day 1 @ 13:20

Show & Tell: The agentic classroom: merging AI, XR and digital twin for interdisciplinary excellence

Examine the evolution of teaching-goal-inspired projects, from 3D Utopia builders to 8K video upscaling, to see how agentic engineering can be used to build high-impact tools
Explore the utilisation of existing library infrastructure to lower technical barriers, enabling non-technical faculty to integrate high-fidelity environmental capture into their pedagogy and empowering students to digitise their world across any discipline
Develop a framework for scaling emerging technologies within multicultural environments, balancing cross-cultural agility with the technical scaffolding needed to support high-achieving, diverse student populations.

Jesse Yu, Senior Emerging Technologies Associate, New York University Shanghai

last published: 16/Sep/26 02:45 GMT

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