I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), starting from Feb. 2026. I am the director of Social Lab (人本訊號運算實驗室). I received my Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in 2025, under supervision of Prof. Chi-Chun (Jeremy) Lee in the BIIC Lab.
My research brings together human-centered AI, affective computing, and multimodal signal processing to understand human emotion, behavior, and interaction through speech, physiological signals, and other behavioral modalities. I aim to develop trustworthy and inclusive AI systems that can support real-world applications in human interaction, healthcare, and well-being. I am an IEEE member and a member of ACM and ISCA.
I am the recipient of the 2025 Tsing Hua Postdoctoral Research Fellow (國立清華大學：114年清華博士後研究學者), a shortlisted participant of The Rising Stars Women in Engineering Workshop (2025), IEEE Taipei Section Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (2025), NSTC Outstanding Doctoral Students Fellowship (2022-2023) (國科會培育優秀博士生獎學金), Google Conference Scholarships (APAC) (2024, 2023), Elite-Well Doctoral Scholarship (2025), NTHU International Visiting Scholarship (2024, 2023), as well as 12 conference travel grants (including support from IEEE SPS, IEEE EMBS, AAAC, ACLCLP, NSTC, NTHU, etc.).
I am actively recruiting motivated undergraduate / Master / Ph.D. students to join our lab! If you are eager to learn the skills of Multimodal Signal Processing / Affective Computing / Human-Centered Analytics / Data Science / Trustworthy AI, or if you are interested in real-world applications such as Healthcare, LLM reasoning, and Speech Emotion Recognition systems, I warmly welcome you to reach out!! Don't hesitate to email me directly with your CV and transcripts. You are also welcome to fill out the interest form to connect with and talk to our lab members. Our lab is located at ED525.
Email
wschien [at] nycu.edu.tw
Phone
+886-3-5712121 #31754
Office
ED 215-3 (工程四館215-3)
Room 215-3, Engineering Building IV
No. 1001, Daxue Rd. East Dist., Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan