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Background

Shih-Yi Chien completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh in 2009 and 2016, respectively. His research interests include Human Automation Interaction, Trust in Automation, and Supervisory Control in Multi-Agent System. To enabling team supervisory control for large agent teams, from 2009 to 2012, his works focused on modeling coordinated interactions in multi-human multi-agent teams and investigating human attention allocation in multi-task environments to improve human-robot interaction (HRI) performance. His thesis project investigates the influence of cultural factors on trust in automation, in order to develops a fundamental understanding of principles and factors pertaining to trust in automation, and how trust mediates reliance on automation across cultures.

Shih-Yi Chien is originally from Taiwan, a small but beautiful island in Asia. His Chinese name writes as the upper left figure. Considering it is not easy to pronounce, you can call him James.

My CV: [ pdf ]

Education

2009-2017 Ph.D. in Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, US
Advisor: Prof. Michael Lewis & Prof. Katia Sycara
Thesis topic: The Influence of Cultural Factors on Trust in Automation
Research Interests
- Human Factors in System Design, Trust in Automation, Human-Robot Interaction,
Human Dynamics, Multi-agent Robot System, Cross-cultural Collaboration in HCI
2007-2009 M.S. in Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Concentration: Adaptive E-learning System and Accessible System
2000-2004 B.B.A. in Information Management at Chung Hwa University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
-Concentration: Interactive System Design and Programming Skills

Experience

2018-Present Assistant Professor
Department of Management Information Systems, National Chengchi University
-Writing grant proposals and conducting research projects
- Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses
2017-2018 Assistant Professor
Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University
2015-2017 Adjunct Faculty, Information Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Graduate course: Human Factors in Systems
- Master of Science in Information Science program
-Introducing human factors theory and practical applications
-Implementing virtual reality tools to meet usability challenges
2009-2017 Research Assistance, Usability Lab (ULAB), Information Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Conducting research projects funded by Air Force and Navy research labs
- Designing and implementing user studies for more than 1000 participants
- Organizing experimental studies in various countries (US, Taiwan, Turkey, and Germany)
- Collaborating with researchers from various fields (CS, Psychology and Robotics) in different sectors (academia, industry and military)
2008-2009 Instructor, East Asian Language Department, University of Pittsburgh
- Teach Chinese language skills to (under)graduate students
- Design courses, administer and grade course exams
2006-2007 Software Engineer & System Administrator
Xi-Zhi Land Office, New Taipei City Government, Taiwan
- Web Master: designed and built knowledge management system
- System Admin: troubleshooting hardware and software problems

Invited Talks and Guest Lectures

2021 Invited Talk on Cloud Computing in Digital Transformation, College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2021.
2020 Invited Talk on Human-Robot Interaction. Digital Content Technologies Program, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2020.
2020 Invited Talk on Human-Robot Interaction. Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, 2020.
2019 Invited Talk on Human-Automation Collaboration. School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha, 2019.
2019 Invited Talk on Human-Automation Collaboration. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Ilan University, Taiwan, 2019.
2019 Invited Talk on Human-Automation Collaboration. Department of Information Management, National United University, Taiwan, 2019.
2017 Invited Talk on Human Factors in System Design. Information Architecture and Web Design Course, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2017.
2016 Invited Talk on Influences of Cultural Factors on Trust in Automation Information Retrieval, Integration and Synthesis Lab, University of Pittsburgh
2015 Invited Talk on Human Automation Interaction. Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University
2013 Guest Lecture on Spatial Ability. Data Visualization Course, Columbia University
2012 Guest Lecture on Human Robot Interaction. Information Architecture Course, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Honors and Awards

2017 Graduate course – Intelligent Robotic Systems: Design & Applications receives funds from the Aim for the Top Universality Project
2009-2017 Research Assistant Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh
2016 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2015 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2014 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
2014 NSF Student Travel Grant – iConference
2014 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2013 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2012 Best Student Paper Award Nomination, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2012 Travel Grant – IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2011 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2010 Travel Grant – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
2004 2nd. place, System Development and Design Contest, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2003 3rd. place, System Development and Design Contest, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2000 3rd. place, C Language Competition, Chung Hua University, Taiwan

Paper Reviewer

2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (PC member)
2018 The 13th International Conference on Broad-Band Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (PC member)
2018 Autonomous Robots (Springer)
2018 TAICHI
2017 ACM Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
2017 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
2017 Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
2017 Web Intelligence
2016 Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
2016 Computers in Human Behavior
2016 Engineering Computations
2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2016 iConference
2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2013 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
2012 Journal of Human-Robot Interaction
2010 Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems