HCI Researcher | Ph.D. in Computer Science | Curriculum Vitae | Research Portfolio
I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Protolab at UC San Diego, advised by Steven Dow. I earned my PhD at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignworking, working with Prof. Brian Bailey. My research draws together theories and methods from human-centered design, social sciences, behavioral psychology, and machine learning. I independently directed a number of research projects: from crowdsourcing feedback, collaborative learning, smart homes, to pervasive healthcare.
All of my research, regardless of context, has been driven by unique user insights and behavioral psychology. My dissertation studies how to re-design creativity support tools to meet the growing national demand for design innovation education. Before I joined UIUC, I earned my M.S. degree from National Taiwan University with a concentration of Artificial Intelligence. I built an intelligent ward in the National Taiwan University Hospital that persistently collected patient data for medical staff for six months. My thesis won the Best Master's Thesis award from Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence and resulted in a Patent from Taiwan.
I am fascinated by bridging the humanities and the sciences. In particular, my dissertation work synthesizes insights from design, psychology, education, and computer science. In the past, I have also closely collaborated with experts from robotics and medical domain. This interdisciplinary and human-centered research approach allow me to produces innovative solutions that a single discipline would not be able to achieve. You can find my full cv here or contact me at yyen4@illinois.edu.
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C.9 | Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Joy O. Kim, and Brian P. Bailey. Decipher: An Interactive Visualization Tool for Interpreting Unstructured Design Feedback from Multiple Providers. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘20). to appear. [pdf] |
C.8 | Chi-Hsien Yen, Yu-Chun Grace Yen, and Wai-Tat Fu. An Intelligent Assistant for Mediation Analysis in Visual Analytics. ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (IUI ‘19) [pdf] |
C.7 | Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Steven P. Dow, Elizabeth Gerber and Brian P. Bailey. Listen to Others, Listen to Yourself: Combining Feedback Review and Reflection to Improve Iterative Design. ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C) 2017 [pdf] |
C.6 | Helen Wauck, Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Wai-Tat Fu, Steven P. Dow, Elizabeth Gerber and Brian P. Bailey. From in the Class or in the Wild? Peers Provide Better Design Feedback Than External Crowds. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2017[pdf] |
C.5 | Yu-Chun Grace Yen. Enhancing the Usage of Crowd Feedback for Iterative Design. ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C) 2017 (Doctoral Consortium) [pdf] |
C.4 | Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Steven P. Dow, Elizabeth Gerber and Brian P. Bailey. Social Network, Web Forum, or Task Market?: Comparing Different Crowd Genres for Design Feedback Exchange. ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2016[pdf] |
J.1 | Chun-Feng Liao, Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Yu-Chiao Huang, Li-Chen Fu. An Empirical Study on Engineering a Real-World Smart Ward Using Pervasive Technologies. IEEE Systems Journal 2016 [pdf] |
C.3 | Yu-Chiao Huang, Chun-Feng Liao, Yu-Chun Yen, Li-Jen Hou, Li-Chen Fu, Chia-Hui Chen, Chiung-Nien Chen. An Extensible Situation-Aware Caring System for Real-World Smart Wards. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST) 2012[pdf] |
C.2 | Yu-Chun Yen, Jiun-Yi Li, Ching-Hu Lu, Tsung-Han Yang and Li-Chen Fu. Human-Centric Situational Awareness in the Bedroom. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST) 2011[pdf] |
C.1 | Yu-Chun Yen, Ching Hu Lu, Yi Chung Cheng, Jing Siang Chen, Li Chen Fu. Towards an Evidence-Based and Context-Aware Elderly Caring System Using Persuasive Engagement. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII) 2011[pdf] |
T.1 | Yu-Chun Yen. Human centric and Context aware Perva sive Healthcare System in the Hospital for Elderly People. 2011. National Taiwan University. [pdf] |
P.1 | Yu-Chun Yen, Li-Chen Fu, Tsung-Han Yang, Fang-Cheng Liu, Chun-Feng Liao.An information processing system based on multi-layer inference architecture. Taiwan Patent ID: I486914. June, 2015-May, 2032 [LINK] |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Ph.D. in Computer Science
Human-Computer Interaction (Interactive Computing) Dissertation Title | Turning feedback to actions through reflection, paraphrasing, and visualization. Committee | Dr. Brian P. Bailey (Advisor@UIUC), Dr. Karrie G. Karahalios (UIUC), Dr. Steven Dow (UCSD), Dr. Joy O. Kim (Adobe Research). Keywords crowdsourced feedback, creativity support tools, data visulization, feedback workflow. Methods contextual interview, survey, behavioral analysis, prototype testing, statistic analysis, qualitative coding. |
National Taiwan University | M.S in Computer Science
Intelligent Robot and Automation Lab (Smart Home Group) Master's Thesis | Human-centric and situation-aware pervasive healthcare system in the hospital for elderly People. Committee | Dr. Li-Chun Fu (Advisor@NTU), Dr. Chiung-Nien Chen (NTU Medicine), Dr. Cheryl Chia-Hui Chen (NTU Nursing), Dr. Mu-Chun Su (NCU HCI). Keywords pervasive computing, activity recognition, healthcare, artificial intellegence, persuasive technology. Methods ethnography research, focus group, iterative prototyping, machine learning, interview. |
National Taiwan Normal University | B.S in Computer Science
Computer Vision and Image Understanding Lab Senior Thesis | Vision-based Gymnastics Motion Recognition System. Advisor | Dr. Chiung-Yao Fang |