Chia-Ming CHANG Ph.D.
Interaction Designer & HCI Researcher
info@chiamingchang.com

www.chiamingchang.com

Profile .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
I grew up in Taipei and have lived in the UK for over 7 years (0.5 year in Finland). Currently, I have been livingin Tokyo for around 6 years. I am an interaction designer and HCI researcher with interdisciplinary experiencesfrom multiple countries. Since obtaining my Ph.D. in 2016, I have focused on conducting researchin designing UI & UX for AI, particularly in the ares of self-driving cars and data annotation (machine learning).

Professional Experiences ........................................................................................................................................
Project Lecturer (Project Assistant Professor, 2020.03 - 2021.12)

IGARASHI Lab, Dept. of Creative Informatics, The University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

2020.03 - present- JST ACT-X, 2021-24 (a grant award for young researchers in Japan)- AIP Challenge Researcher, 2020-21 (a grant award for young researchers in Japan)

I am working on UI and UX for AI, particularly in the area of autonomous carsand machine learning (data annotation).

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Communication and Technology, National Chiao Tung University

Hsinchu, Taiwan
2018.08 - 2020.01- MOST Special Outstanding Talent Award, 2018 (New Facuty Award in Taiwan)

I created the Future Interaction Lab where we worked on future interfaces forhuman-AI communication from a design perspective.

Postdoctoral Researcher

IGARASHI Lab, Dept. of Creative Informatics, The University of Tokyo
I worked on interface design for effective interaction between an autonomous
car and a pedestrian.

Visiting Researcher

Aalto Media Lab, School of Art, Design & Architecture, Aalto University
I worked on mobile interaction design for specific user groups (e.g., deaf/hardof hearing and the elderly).

Tokyo, Japan

2016.10 - 2018.07

Helsinki, Finland
2015.09 - 2016.02

Education ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Nottingham Trent University

PhD in Interaction Design, School of Art & Design [PhD Scholarship Award]

Nottingham, UK
2011.05 - 2016.09

My PhD project “Talk2Me” received several design awards in 2015.

University of the Arts London

MA in Interactive Media, London College of Communication

National Taiwan University of Arts

BA in Visual Communication Design, College of Design

London, UK

2005.10 - 2006.09

Taipei, Taiwan

1998.09 - 2002.06
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Publications ..................................................................................................................................................................................
Google Scholar (440 citations)
1 book chapter; 29 peer-reviewed journal/conference papers; 12 peer-reviewed posters/demosThree Main Papers ..............................................................................................................................................................
Can Eyes on a Car Reduce Traffic Accidents?

C.M. Chang, K.Toda, X. Gui, S.H. Seo and T. Igarashi
AutomotiveUI 2022 [cited by 23, Google Scholar] *received more than 50 media coverage

Spatial Labeling: Leveraging Spatial Layout for Improving Label Quality in Non-Expert
Image Annotation
C. M. Chang, C. H. Lee and T. Igarashi
CHI 2021 [cited by 19, Google Scholar]

Eyes on a Car: an Interface Design for Communication between an Autonomous Car
and a Pedestrian
C.M. Chang, K.Toda, D. Sakamoto and T. Igarashi
AutomotiveUI 2017 [cited by 227, Google Scholar] *Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2017, Shortlisted

Grants ............................................................................... Design Awards ...............................................................
JST ACT-X, Japan, 2021-24

A' Design Award & Competition, Silver Winner. 2015

AIP Challenge Researcher, Japan, 2020-21

iF Student Design Award, Shortlisted. 2015

MOST Research Grant,Taiwan, 2019-21

IxDA Interaction Awards, Shortlisted. 2015

Teaching ....................................................................... Professional Services ..........................................
Interaction Design, 2018-20, NCTU, Taiwan

Chair: AutoUI 2023

Innovation & Design, 2018-19, NCTU, Taiwan

Program Committee: CHI 2023-24; AutoUI 2021-2023

Student Thesis, 2018-20, NCTU, Taiwan

Reviewer: CHI 2018, 2021-2024; AutoUI 2020-2023;

Student Thesis, 2020-now, UTokyo, Japan

MobileHCI 2019, 2021; DIS, 2019, 2022

Skill ............................................................. Software ...................................... Language ................................
UI Design & UX Research

2D & Web:English (professional)

User Study & Usability Evaluation

Animation & Video:

Chinese (native)

Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis

3D & VR/AR:

Japanese (basic+)

References .....................................................................................................................................................................................
Prof. Takeo Igarashi (my post-doc supervisor & current boss), The University of Tokyo, Japan, takeo@acm.org
Prof. Kumiyo Nakakoji (my ACT-X supervisor), Future University Hakodate, Japan, kumiyo@fun.ac.jp
Prof. David Downes (my Ph.D. supervisor), Nottingham Trent University, UK, david.downes02@ntu.ac.uk
A full version CV is available on request.

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