Publications

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Talks & Interviews

Selected media engagements are presented in a loose chronological order, reflecting how research and technology developed across health, core systems, and applied domains such as sport.

Health

Media appearances on public health, epidemiology, and data-driven decision-making, including COVID-19 and related topics.

IMMEM XIV — Sub-lineage Clustering of Pneumococcal Bacteria (September 2025)

Presentation at the 14th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIV), held in Porto, Portugal, discussing sub-lineage clustering and classification of pneumococcal bacteria using PopPUNK, highlighting how genomic methods support health surveillance and evidence-based decision-making.

From raw genomic data to decision support: automated analysis designed for reliability under uncertainty. (see interactive visualisation)

ISPPD 2022 — Genomic Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease (June 2022)

Presentation at the International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD 2022), held in Toronto, Canada, discussing genomic approaches to understanding pneumococcal disease dynamics and their implications for health surveillance and public health decision-making.

NPR — Life in Wuhan Lockdown (March to December 2020)

A series of interviews with NPR’s global health desk reflecting on lived experience, risk perception, and behavioural adaptation during the Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown, revisited across multiple stages of the pandemic in 2020.

PA News Agency — COVID-19 Public Compliance & Risk (October 2020)

Interview with PA News Agency examining public compliance, behavioural risk, and lessons from early COVID-19 outbreak experiences, during the pre-vaccine phase of the pandemic. Insights were subsequently syndicated across UK national and regional media.

NBC News — COVID Chronicles: Locked Down in Wuhan (July 2020)

Interview and story collaboration with journalist Ethan Sacks, adapted into a graphic narrative by Upshot Studios in partnership with AWA, documenting lived experience during COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan as part of the COVID Chronicles series.

Xi Lu on BBC Click discussing robotics and World Cup technology
COVID Chronicles — printed 10 July 2018. © NBC and AWA Studios.

BBC World News — COVID-19 Lockdown Experience (June 2020)

Television interview with BBC World News discussing personal experience, behavioural response, and public risk perception during the early COVID-19 lockdown period.

Al Jazeera English — The Stream: China After Lockdown (May 2020)

Roundtable discussion on Al Jazeera English’s The Stream examining how China was faring after the Wuhan lockdown, including health measures, data interpretation, and the challenges of assessing impact during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TRT World — COVID-19 Data & Decision-Making (April 2020)

Interview with TRT World discussing data-driven approaches to understanding COVID-19 dynamics, uncertainty in early outbreak data, and the challenges of communicating health information to the public during rapidly evolving situations.

Technology & Technology in Sports

Interviews discussing data, information systems, and applied technology in other real-world contexts — combining professional expertise with a long-standing personal interest in Sports.

BBC Click — World Cup Click Off (June 2018)

Appearance on BBC Click’s World Cup special episode, broadcast on 11 June 2018 (24:27 runtime), discussing robotics, tactile sensing, and human–machine interaction. Football was used as a narrative context to communicate advances in robotic manipulation and information transmission to a general audience.

Xi Lu on BBC Click discussing robotics and World Cup technology
BBC Click, World Cup Click Off — broadcast 11 June 2018. © BBC.

Technology Commentary — Intelligent Internet Systems (September 2017)

A Chinese-language technology article discussing information technology, intelligent internet systems, and the practical challenges of human–machine interaction, written for a general audience with an interest in applied technology.

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