Live Streaming Laboratory

Live Streaming Laboratory

Overview

The IBSS Live Streaming Lab is a state-of-the-art facility that supports immersive digital media production and real-time broadcasting, located in BS229. The laboratory is equipped with professional video switching systems, HD web cameras, studio-grade table microphone and speaker systems, teleprompters, camera stands, and transparent writing boards, enabling high-quality live streaming and interactive content creation.

As live streaming and intelligent media technologies continue to evolve rapidly, the lab provides a controlled yet flexible environment in which researchers can design and study streaming workflows, audience interaction models, and AI-assisted broadcasting applications. Aligned with research-led teaching, students could utilise the lab for project-based learning and dissertation research, strengthening their technical competencies and experimental research skills.

Research Projects

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
    Project: Research on the Identification and Dynamic Governance Mechanisms of Misbehaviours in Entertainment Live Streaming (NSFC: 72502020) (2026–2028), RMB 300,000
    Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Xiaofei Song
  • Research Development Fund (RDF)
    Project: Unfolding User Engagement in Live Streaming Co-broadcasting (2025–2027), RMB 100,000
    Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Xiaofei Song, IBSS

Project: Theatricalizing Interaction: A Dramaturgical Exploration of Value Co-Creation in Live Commerce (2025–2027), RMB 100,000
Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Fangfang Hou, IBSS

Laboratory Directors

Dr Fangfang Hou (侯芳芳), Assistant Professor, Department of Intelligent Operations and Marketing (IOM)

Email: fangfang.hou@xjtlu.edu.cn

Office: BS 118 (SIP Campus-IBSS Building)

 

Dr Xiaofei Song (宋潇斐), Assistant Professor, Department of Intelligent Operations and Marketing (IOM)

Email: xiaofei.song@xjtlu.edu.cn

Office: BS 2115 (SIP Campus-IBSS Building)