Interaction Design Researcher

My name is Wei-Ming (David) Chung. I'm an interaction design researcher with a Ph.D. in Design from the Department of Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Over the past 15 years, I have engaged in interdisciplinary research and practice across human–computer interaction (HCI), experience-centered interaction design, and design futuring projects. My diverse background enables me to coach interdisciplinary workshops (e.g., OpenHCI, 2049 AI Summit, and The Future is Now) and collaborate with professionals in AI, IoT, and HCI (e.g., NTU IoX Center). My expertise lies in proposing speculative approaches as provocative methods for design thinking and developing designerly tools that foster cross-disciplinary innovation and spark techno-social discussion. By incorporating fictional films, comics, games, audio dramas, props, or AI-empowered speculation into early design phases, we invite interdisciplinary collaborators to playfully co-create future visions of the Internet of Everything (2016–2020, 2025), FinTech (2023), and AI (2024).

Research Interest

Interaction design, creativity support, intermediate-level knowledge, design fiction, multi-disciplinary collaboration, UI/UX

Education

• 2011-2021, PhD in Dept. Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  

  Thesis: Exploring Designerly Tools for Shaping Technology Futures
  Advisor: Assoc. Professor Rung-Huei Liang
  GPA: 4.00
  

• 2006-2007, MS in Dept. Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  

  Thesis: Image Surveillance System with Digital Watermarking for Image Authentication
  Advisor: Professor Long-Wen Chang
  GPA: 3.53
  

• 2000-2004, BS in Dept. Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan