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Timothy Tien-Hua Chen
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
- Extensive experience with software development in C/C++
- Ability to quickly learn and understand new programming languages and development tools
- Thorough understanding of computer graphics concepts as well as use of popular graphics libraries such as OpenGL
- Practise HCI-centric principles during software design and development
- Extensive experience with administering Windows systems; development experience with Linux and IRIX, comfortable with MacOS
- Comfortable with supporting students by reinforcing their skills during lectures and tutorials
- Strong attention to detail and consistency; proven organizational abilities
- Experienced with preparing and giving oral presentations to conference audiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable with writing papers and reports as well as holding meetings and discussions
- Fluent in English and spoken Cantonese; functional in spoken Mandarin and Japanese
PUBLICATIONS
Conference publications
- Vogt, F., Chen, T., Hoskinson, R., & Fels, S., "A Malleable Surface Touch Interface", 2004 ACM Conference of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) Sketches and Applications, Los Angeles, USA
- Chen, T., Fels, S., & Min. S., "FlowField and Beyond: Applying Pressure-sensitive Multi-point Touchpad Interaction", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Exposition (ICME), Baltimore, USA
- Chen, T., Fels, S., & Schiphorst, T., "FlowField: Investigating the Semantics of Caress", 2002 ACM Conference of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) Sketches and Applications, San Antonio, USA
- Chen, T., Nishimoto, K., & Mase, K., "ProtoGMI MusicBrush: An Exercise in General Multimedia Instrument Interface Design", 2000 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Exposition (ICME), New York, USA
Poster presentations
- 2003 HCI@UBC reception for UIST attendees, Vancouver, Canada
- 2002, 2001 Advanced Systems Institute (ASI) Exchange, Vancouver, Canada
- 1999 ATR Open House
EDUCATION
May 2002-present
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver, Canada
Masters of Applied Science candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thesis topic: A Design Space for Whole-hand Surface Interaction
Sep 1996-Apr 2002
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver, Canada
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Honours Program, Co-op option)
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Development languages and tools
- C, C++, Tcl/tk, Java
- Bash scripting, Python
- HTML, PHP
- OpenGL, OpenInventor, VRJuggler
- POSIX, Sockets, Autotools, Serial I/O, MIDI
- Microsoft Visual Studio, Metrowerks CodeWarrior
Operating systems
- Windows 98/2000/Me/XP (networking and administration experience)
- Linux, IRIX
- MacOS
- MS-DOS, Windows 3.x
Software
- Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2002-present
Assistant Lab Manager - Human Communication Technologies Laboratory, UBC
- Deployed and administered Windows workstations
- Provided maintenance and debugging for lab workstations and equipment
Jan 2002-present
Teaching Assistant - UBC Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Supervisors: Dr. Sidney Fels, Florian Vogt
- Provided timely guidance to students through tutorials, message board, and email
- Wrote scripts to automate marking of student assignments
May 2001-present
Research Assistant - Human Communication Technologies Laboratory, UBC
Supervisor: Dr. Sidney Fels
- Presented several technical talks regarding computer graphics and OpenGL
- Supervised undergraduate students in one-term research projects
May 2001-Sep 2001
Intern Researcher - New Media Innovation Centre, Vancouver, Canada
Supervisors: Dr. Sidney Fels, Dr. David Chowdhury
- Developed FlowField, an interactive immersive particle installation for the CAVE; Linux driver for MTC Express touch pad
- Provided demonstrations to visiting researchers as well as industry and media representatives
May 1999-Aug 2000
Student Researcher - Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) Laboratories, Media Integration & Communications (MIC), Department 2, Kyoto, Japan
Supervisors: Dr. Kazushi Nishimoto, Dr. Kenji Mase
- Designed, implemented, and authored paper on a novel research project, MusicBrush
- Presented at Japanese and American (ICME 2000) conferences
Jan 1998-Aug 1998
Student Researcher - Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science (E-GEMS), Vancouver, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Maria Klawe
- Lead development team on Island, a multi-player network game for MacOS
- Deployed and supervised field studies of Island in Vancouver elementary schools
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
- Developed teaching materials for elementary Chinese class
- English tutoring experience for foreign-language students and researchers
- Hockey pool statistics website
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 3
- Organist for St. Francis Xavier Church Saturday Mass
- Piano - Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada) Grade 8
- Shotokan Karate - 7-kyuu (yellow)
- UBC Outstanding Student Initiative Scholarship
Last updated: June 15, 2004