WolfWorld
Smartphone video to 3D reconstruction. Turn everyday mobile capture into immersive, explorable worlds.
A RESEARCH LAB FOUNDED BY DR. SI CHEN
Using AI to solve
truly hard problems.
Beyond the demonstration. Toward the difficult.
We bring AI to real problems in digital worlds, intelligent hardware, robotics, mathematics, and quantitative systems.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
NOW RECRUITING STUDENTS & PROFESSORS
Good questions need great collaborators.
An invitation-based lab. An open invitation to introduce yourself.
01 / RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Six directions. One ambition.
Different disciplines. A shared question:
what becomes possible when AI does the hard part?
FPGA AI Systems
Custom FPGA architectures for AI acceleration, efficient memory systems, and hardware–software co-design.
AI-Native Robotics
Robots and robotic arms designed with AI—from circuit boards and software to control and mechanical structure.
Infinite MMORPG
A self-expanding MMORPG where AI uses an AI-built game editor to create worlds, quests, NPCs, and systems.
Lean Formal Mathematics
Formalize and prove difficult mathematical problems in Lean, with machine-checked rigor at the core.
WolfQuant
AI-powered quantitative research for portfolio strategy, market analysis, and systematic decision-making.
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Showing all 6 research directionsREAL PROBLEMS. RIGOROUS WORK.
02 / OUR APPROACH
Not AI for its own sake.
AI for the hard part.
HARD Lab starts with difficult questions—not a particular model or a fashionable tool. We connect ideas, build systems, and ask what the evidence actually shows.
Dr. Si ChenFounder, HARD Lab
Start with a real problem.
Choose questions with genuine technical depth and a reason to matter beyond the demo.
Build across boundaries.
Move between algorithms, software, hardware, and theory. Let the problem define the toolkit.
Make progress measurable.
Prototype, test, prove, and iterate. Favor working artifacts and reproducible evidence over promises.
03 / JOIN HARD LAB
Bring a problem
worth solving.
We are recruiting students and professors who want to use AI to tackle genuinely difficult problems.
Membership is by invitation. A thoughtful introduction is where the conversation begins.
schen@wcupa.eduShow us what you have built.
Share your GitHub repositories and/or a short introduction to your previous projects. Tell us which research direction interests you and why.
Your background and interests
GitHub repositories or previous projects
A problem you would like to explore
Find the intersection.
Introduce your research interests, share relevant work, and describe a difficult problem we could investigate together.
Your research background
Relevant publications or projects
An idea for collaboration
Your introduction goes directly to Dr. Chen by email.
INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORTED
Fully funded by Dr. Chen and the WolfQuant system.