Rong-Hao Liang
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Dr. Rong-Hao Liang is an assistant professor in the Future Everyday Group, Department of Industrial Design and the Signal Processing Systems Group, Department of Electrical Engineering at TU/e. His research focuses on designing and engineering intelligent sensing systems and user interface technology for ubiquitous computing and embodied human-computer interaction (HCI). He also co-chaired and co-organized several international conferences and regularly served as a technical program committee member for premier ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) conferences, including CHI, UIST, and DIS. He has more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and more than 10 patents, has been awarded one Best Paper Award and several Honorable Mentions
I am exploring innovative solutions to critical technological and societal challenges by incorporating technologies as design materials.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Rong-Hao Liang holds a PhD in Computer Science (2014) and an MSc in Electrical Engineering (2010) from National Taiwan University. In 2015, he founded GaussToys Inc. in Taiwan, a company using magnetic-field sensors to create innovative ways to interact with computers. From 2014 to 2016, Liang was an assistant research fellow at the Intel-NTU Research Center of Connected Context Computing at National Taiwan University. In 2016, he joined the Industrial Design department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) as an Assistant Professor. In 2021, he was cross-appointed to the Electrical Engineering department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) as an Assistant Professor.
Key Publications
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BioFidget: biofeedback for respiration training using an augmented fidget spinner
(2018) -
RFIBricks : interactive building blocks based on RFID
(2018) -
GaussStones: shielded magnetic tangibles for multi-token interactions on portable displays
(2014) -
GaussBricks: magnetic building blocks for constructive tangible interactions on portable displays
(2014) -
GaussBits: Magnetic Tangible Bits for Portable and Occlusion-free Near-surface Interactions
(2013)
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