Tin-Kai Chen (MSc MPhil PhD) OBJECTIVE PERSONAL DATA ...

Student Recruitment LeaderStudent recruitment proposal, planning, promotion and admission. A4 DM/poster design.Web Designer and Computer TechnicianTechnical support for computer applications, academic consulting on multimedia for students andfaculty. Web design and database management for the faculty. Budget administration.Project Coordinator for Ministry of Education (MOE) Taiwan in “Lan-Yang e-campus”Programme development and planning. Program budget administration.Oct~1999~ Dec~2001Yo-Yo Internet Coffee shop, TaiwanManager and OwnerCustomer relationship management. Marketing survey for on-line games. Technical support.Financial control and budget administration.Oct~1999~ Dec~2001Fu-Shin Electronic Limited, TaiwanIndustrial EngineerThroughput time analysis. Unit cost analysis. Work flow analysis. Internal quality audit. (i.e. thiswas my family business.)Jun-1999 ~ Sept~1999MiTAC Precision Technology Corp , TaiwanProduct EngineerProduct roadmap planning. Project management. (i.e. I left the job owning to my family business).Apr-1997~ May-1999COP Security Corp Limited, TaiwanCEO Helper and Project ManagerDesign control and management, involving conducting various product categories, organizinginternational exhibitions, applying for product patents, strategic marketing, project planning andmanagement, new product planning and development, and implementing ISO 9001. I managedthree R&D projects, developed from design concept to the final product with package and usermanual, these were “Emergency Dialer”, “Remote CCTV system”, and “PIR + CMOS camera”. Ialso introduce these new products in two international exhibitions in Birmingham and China in1998.May-1996~ Mar-1997IMPAC Taiwan Limited, TaiwanResearcherProject development and planning. Field observation. Productivity analysis. Presentation. Isuccessfully completed field study and analysis in three TOP100 companies in Taiwan.Dec-1995~ May-1996MASSEY FERGUSON Co. Ltd., U.K.ResearcherProject planning and development. Field observation. Work-flow analysis. Pareto critical analysis.Proposal for the redesign of the workshop layout.CURRENT RESEARCH AND VISIONMotivationI am a researcher who is looking for cooperative research opportunity and industrial funding for future researchto support my postdoctoral research. One of reasons is because I hope to do research with internationallyrecognized HCI labs which will help my future career development.There is a huge potential market associated with human-computer interaction, since these interfaces can beembedded in any form of product and could be attached at any part of the body. However, these machines arenot naturally occurring and require user-centred design research to innovate the content and the interaction forbetter quality of use. Such research is multidisciplinary, thus there are market opportunities and threats, whichare the motivation for my research. It is also my belief that my research could bring people a better future.Tin-Kai (Ken) Chen 11/10/20093

Previous WorksFirstly, my PhD study aimed to reveal the effects of an emerging sensor(s) interaction on human beings, basedon user-centred design, and to recommend design guidelines for future research. I designed a sensor-basedinterface to reveal its effects on human beings and recommend design guidelines for future research. It is an"off-desktop", "natural", "relaxed" alternative pointing device that can be operated in the air, rather like the WiiRemote and Logitech Air Max Mouse. With respect to the working prototype, it is a ready-for-marketing product(i.e. CE approval, ready for production) with full design verification and validation based on ISO 9241 and ISO13407. Based on my research, it is stable, high speed and with an accuracy similar to a desktop mouse andbetter than a handheld trace-ball mouse. It has a high throughput rate in pointing performance (i.e. 3.5 bps),accuracy (i.e. less than 4% error rate) and low power-consumption. It is easy-to-use, useful, clear, low cost,wireless and wearable. It has the potential to become ubiquitous. During this case study, the improvement of theproduct was based on the analysis of written comments given by users.Moreover, I have achieved the following three objectives: Firstly, I designed a web-based design validationplatform based on a system architecture involving Apache + PHP + CSS + FLASH(CS2) + JAVA. This was usedto collect a massive amount of objective data about human beings in order to validate the design changes and toquantify the product requirements.VisionI will expand my knowledge base and ability throughout my career development and apply for extra-funding tosupport the design and research for education, eldercare and healthcare industries. I believe that doing PhD v2will not contribute to my competitive edge, so I hope to explore multi-objective landscapes in the future.REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES2009 Chen, C.C., Chu, C.C., Yang, H.J. and Chen, T.K. 2008, An Investigation into the Effect of GestureInteraction in Relation to Human Performance for Identifying Possible Design Failures, InternationalTransactions on Systems Science and Applications (ITSSA)(to be appeared).2008 Chen, C.C. and Chen, T.K. 2008, Special Issue: The Effect of Gender-Related Difference onHuman-Centred Performance Using a Mass Assessment Method, International Journal of ComputerApplications in Technology (IJCAT), 32 (4), pp. 322 – 333.PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS2009 Chen, T.K. and Wang, G.L. 2009, An Initial Study into the Context of Use of a Web-BasedPrognostics Scoring System that Supports the Aged Day-Care Service (ADCS) in Taiwan, inProceedings of IEEE – Prognostics & System Health Management Conference 2010 (PHM-2010Macau)(Abstract accepted).2009 Chen, C.C. and Chen, T.K. 2009, Extension of Fitts’ Law for the design of the gesture pointinginteraction: The effect of the phenomenon of discrete cursor movement on the usability of gesturebasedpointing devices, in Proceedings of 3rd IASDR 2009 on Design, Rigor & Relevance (To beappeared)Chen, C.C., Fang, H.L. and Chen, T.K. 2009, Three-dimensional studies among normal hairdressers:Upper extremity kinematics during functional activities for a hair-blow-drying task, in Proceedings of3rd IASDR 2009 on Design, Rigor & Relevance (To be appeared)2008 Wu, F.G., Chen, C.C. and Chen, T.K. 2008, A User-Centred Design Case Study of a Novel Gesture-Based Pointing Device, in Proceedings of CREATE 2008 on Embedding People-centred Design inthe Process of Innovation’, (Ergonomics Society HCI Group & British computer Society, London,U.K.).Tin-Kai (Ken) Chen 11/10/20094

2007 Chen, T.K., Chen, C.C., and Yang, H.J. 2007, Ethic Issue on Gender Difference in PointingPerformance, in Proceeding of the ETHICOMP Working Conference, Kunming, China, 85-91.Chen, C.C., Chen, T.K., Yang, H.J., and Hsu, H.W. 2007, A Systematic Evaluation Approach forStudy of Human Performance of Body-based Interfaces, in Proceedings of the 2007 Symposium onDigital Life Technologies-Building a Safe, Secured and Sound (3S) Living Environment, Tainan,Taiwan R.O.C., 212-217.Chen, C.C., Chu, C.C., Yang, H.J. and Chen, T.K. 2007, Possible Design Failures of Body-basedMultimodal Interaction, in Proceedings of 2007 SIWN International Conference on Complex OpenDistributed Systems (CODS’2007), (The Systemics and Informatics World Network (SIWN),Chengdu, China), 288-291.Chen, T.K. 2007, Innovative Approach for an Alternative Human Computer Interaction, in 2007Technical Symposium (Science & Technology Division, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.)(unpublished).2006 Lee, D., Chen, R., Hartwell, D., Chen, T.K. 2006, A Study on Elderly Persons' Perceptions of TheInterior Environments of Sheltered Housing Scheme in the UK. in Proceedings of the 13thInternational Conference on Ergonomics 2006, March, 2006 at the Taiwan Ergonomics Society,Taiwan.Tin-Kai (Ken) Chen 11/10/20095