SHIUAN YAN

Immersive Director | Artist Researcher

Director

Shiuan Yan is a Research-Driven Immersive Artist (VR Director) whose work explores how meaning emerges through perception, spatial-temporal relationships, and interactivity. Her practice develops an Eastern philosophy-inspired narrative language of emptiness, stillness, and fluid flow — creating VR experiences that invite reflection within the accelerated tempo of contemporary life. Working through a research-driven artistic approach, she integrates phenomenology, emotional observation, and embodied perception, using spatial atmosphere and temporal shifts to shape introspective forms of storytelling rather than representational realism.

Her works have received international recognition, including the Interactivity Prize at NewImages Festival, a Special Mention at Ji.hlava IDFF, and selection for SIGGRAPH Asia, among other honors.

Professor

Advisor

Dr. Ming Huang Lin is the Dean of the College of Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 1999. Dr. Lin's research interests include design semiotics, the application of new materials, production technology, and various quantitative and qualitative research methods. Recently, he has published several papers related to or integrating various "novel design research tools," such as event-related potentials (ERPs), eye tracking, grounded theories in design cognition research, and virtual reality (VR) and generative design software for design practice.

NENG-HAO YU

Professor

Advisor

Neng-Hao (Jones) Yu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST). He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia at National Taiwan University in 2011. That year, he founded the Innovative User Interface Lab (IUILab) at National Chengchi University, which he continues to lead at NTUST. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, user experience design, and virtual/mixed reality (VR/XR). Dr. Yu's work has been presented at prestigious international conferences including CHI, MobileHCI, SIGGRAPH, and UIST.

PING-CHIANG CHOU

Professional 6-dan Go player

Go Game Designer