Date：2025/12/5 14:20-15:30
Location：R103, CSIE
Speakers：鄧善元教授
Host：鄭龍磻教授
Abstract:
Humans are dexterous in performing many physical tasks (e.g., using chopsticks). In contrast, even though computing systems have expanded their output modalities from text and images to videos, they remain very limited in their physical capabilities (e.g., generating forces). I envision future computing systems that can leverage and even augment users’ dexterity, e.g., assisting users in performing real-world tasks such as playing instruments and assembling. I explore this by engineering next-generation haptic devices that go beyond mainstream vibrations and generate rich sensations of touch and force, enabled by novel mechanisms and insights from biomechanics. I will show that adding haptic feedback and guidance benefits many interactive applications, including increasing realism for training in Virtual/Augmented Reality, skill learning with wearables, and accessible technologies for people with disabilities.
Biography:
Shan-Yuan Teng is an Assistant Professor and Yushan Young Fellow in the Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering (CSIE) at National Taiwan University (NTU). He recently launched the Dexterous Interaction Lab, which focuses on advancing a new generation of interactive systems, especially haptic devices (e.g., those that can create a programmable sense of touch, forces, etc.), to augment users’ dexterity in real-world and Mixed Reality environments. Shan-Yuan has published works at top Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) conferences, including ACM CHI & UIST, and also demonstrated at SIGGRAPH and World Haptics. Shan-Yuan graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at NTU, holds a Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, and received a PhD degree in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Learn more: https://lab.tengshanyuan.info/