NTU Mobile HCI Lab ~ 陳彥仰教授
"台灣最早帶入iPhone/iPad平台研發課程的台大資工系助理教授陳彥仰,一堂教導如何做App的課程,只收八十個學生,但有超過三百五十個學生報名。"~ 商業週刊第1235期 (2011/7)
台大資工 行動裝置與人機介面實驗室 (ntu mobile.org) 成立於 2009,發表了台灣在國際頂尖人機介面研討會七成的論文,雲端系統的論文引用次數也是排名台灣第一,曾被國際媒體 Discovery Channel, Engadget, New Scientist 報導過。我們的畢業生有進 UC Berkeley, CMU, UW, Michigan等研究所繼續深造,業界有 HTC, TrendMicro…
我們以使用者體驗為主軸做跨領域的研究,結合行動裝置與雲端技術,在 iPhone, iPad, Android, Facebook, & Smart TV 平台上實做出創新的研究與應用。有興趣加入我們研究團隊的同學們,請先填寫研究生申請表或大學專題生申請表,也歡迎參觀 CSIE430.
We will be presenting iRotate: automatic screen rotation for mobile devices based on face orientation at ACM SIGCHI 2012. See our list of full papers, including ACM CHI 2012/2011/2010, ACM UIST 2011/2010, and ACM Multimedia. My list of publications on Google Scholar (3000+ citations).

Recent Awards
- 2012 ACM SIGCHI Student Game Competition Finalist
- 2011《育秀盃創意獎》行動裝置組金獎
- 2011《App Star 高手爭霸戰》亞軍
- 2011 中華電信《電信奧斯卡》智慧家庭組亞軍
- 2011《通訊大賽》行動政府獎
- 2011《龍騰微笑競賽》第三名
- 2010 中華電信《電信奧斯卡》花博應用組冠軍
- 2010《開放原始碼創新應用開發大賽》學生組特優獎
- 2011-2012: US National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asian and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellowship (EAPSI)
Open Source Projects
- TUIC open-source SDK, presented at ACM ITS 2011.
We host international Ph.D students every summer, including Paul Taele (2012, USA, NSF), Katie Derthick (2011, USA, NSF), and Alexandre Denault (2010, McGill University, Canada, NSERC).
2012-02 Class: Cloud Computing Services Programming
- Web services programming (HTML5, CSS, AJAX) using Ruby on Rails web application framework, and hosted on Heroku cloud application platform. (NTU course listing)
2012-02 Class: User-Centered Mobile HCI
- 與台科大設計所唐玄輝老師一起開的手機與平板互動設計課: using user-oriented design methods to design and implemented mobile apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone smartphones and tablets. (NTU course listing as Advanced HCI).

敬邀大家參加行動電話程式設計成果展(Fri, 1/6),將有超過百位學生展示 Android apps,並頒發HTC與中華電信企業獎。
2011-09 Class: Mobile Phone Programming
- Android (80%) programming with introduction to other mobile platforms, including iOS and Windows Phone (20%). HTC MAGIC Lab will sponsor development phones and tablets for course projects. (NTU course listing)
2011-09 Class: Intro to Computers
讓大家輕鬆使用 iPhone & Android 手機,就能拍照向台北市政府呈報各種公共問題 (道路坑洞、環境髒亂、路燈損壞、違規停車等)。只要三十秒,讓生活變得更美好!
- 台大研發手機軟體 花種一拍即知 - 自由時報
- 台大「花神」好神 手機可辨識花種 - 聯合報
- Dr. Pad 行動雲端醫療平台榮獲 Red Herring Asia 100 Award
台大杜鵑花節電資學院特展「 網路、手機、與我」 NTU Press coverage:
- 手機與我 台大特展超夯 - 自由時報
- 手機觀星象 李嗣涔稱奇 - 中央社
- 手機變魔術 還玩拍拍樂 - 聯合報
- 手機自拍「聽指示」 台大校長讚有趣 - 中國時報
- 手機自拍救星 拍臉永不失焦 - 聯合報
- 萬名高中生參訪「想進台大」 - 蘋果日報
2011/02 Classes
- Mobile HCI: a research class focusing on multi-touch tablets and NFC-based interaction. We will cover introduction to iPad programming, Android NFC API (30%), and recent research paper from CHI, UIST, and Mobile HCI (70%).
- Cloud computing service programming: Web 3.0 development tools and platforms, covering web programming (CSS, AJAX, HTML5), git, Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine (Python), and Ruby on Rails.
2010-09 Class: Mobile Phone Programming
- Focuses on Android (70%) with introduction to other mobile platforms, including iOS and Windows Phone 7. (30%).
- Due to having 300+ students on the waiting list, please fill out the course enrollment application form (due Mon, 9/20, 11:59pm). About 50 students will be accepted into the class.
- A team-project course practicing rapid build-measure-learn iterations.
2010-02 Class: Mobile HCI meets Cloud Computing
- Due to having 200+ people on the waiting list, the first class will be held in CSIE 103
- Covers iPad, iPhone OS, and Google App Engine programming, plus HCI research topics. iPhone SDK access will be provided through iPhone Developer Univeristy Program, and you'll need access to a Mac OS computer to participate in the class. (NTU course listing)
2009 News
2009秋季在臺大資訊學院教 Android 和 iPhone 的程式設計,也成立了行動社群及人機互動實驗室 (Mobile, Social, and HCI Research Lab)。
- Lecture 2 - iPhone and Android Platforms
- Lecture 1 - Course and Mobile Phone Market Overview
- Homework 1 (due Tue, 9/22, 11:59pm): Every student should complete HW1. It's 10% of your final grade.
Wantoto/玩透透, an augmented reality app for Android and winner of Asus Award and Papago Award.
- "免搜尋 手機語音導覽景點" - 蘋果日報
We launched Diddit in Feb, 2009, and we're hiring!
- "Diddit launches surprisingly addictive activity guide" - VentureBeat
- "Diddit: A Social To-Do List For Your Life" - TechCrunch
- "Diddit makes your 'bucket list' social" - CNET News
- "Diddit site launches with $5M funding" - MSN Money
I started iCaltrain for mobile phone and iPhone in 2007 which provides mobile schedule access to thousands of Caltrain riders a day. In 2008, I introduced a native iPhone/iPod Touch version through the Apple App Store.

Research (~2009)
My Google Scholar paper listing and citation count.
We'll be presenting our studies on applying direct-touch interactions to virtual, projected 2D panels at CHI 2010.
At CHI 2008, we presented the first field study of UbiFit, a system that uses mobile phones and wearable wireless sensors to improve fitness. Our Ubicomp 2007 paper applies machine learning + wearable accelerometers to recognize free-weight exercises. Discovery Channel covered our innovation in "A Personal Trainer, in the Palm of Your Hand". (See my publication list for the full papers)
In 2007, I joined a stealth-mode startup, Ludic Labs, in San Mateo, California, founded by the founding team of Inktomi. At Intel Research Seattle, I led two mobile phone/ubicomp projects that led to publications at Ubicomp (4), MobiSys (2), UIST, HotOS, and HotMobile:
- Privacy Observant Location System (POLS), a client-side GSM/WiFi location system
- MyExperience, a system for in-situ tracing and capturing of user feedback on mobile phones.
My mobile phone research focuses on rapid development of context-enhanced apps on cell phones and novel uses of personal context such as location, physical activities (e.g. running, cycling), and communication (e.g. phone calls, email, SMS).
- MyExperience: context-enhanced in-situ survey on mobile devices.
- MyRoute: personalizing directions based on personal travel patterns.
- Voting with Your Feet: inferring place preference based on visit patterns.
- Metropolitan-scale client-side positioning using GSM phones

During my years at UC Berkeley, my advisor was Prof. Eric Brewer, co-founder of Inktomi. I also worked closely with Prof. Dave Patterson, currently the ACM President, Prof. Armando Fox, and Prof. Marti Hearst on the following projects:
Professional Activities
- Poster Co-Chair, Ubicomp 2011
- Executive Vice President, Monte Jade Science and Technology Association - Asia American Chapter (MJAA), 2008-2009
- Panel Speaker, Mobisys 2007: "Cell Phones as a Research Platform: Opportunities and Pitfalls" - San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Program Committee, USENIX 2006 - Boston, MA
- Program Co-Chair, CHI 2003 workshop "System Administrators are Users, Too: Designing Workspaces for Managing Internet-scale Systems" - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Contact
Office: CSIE 412
Citations: 3000 (h-index: 24)
Research: Mobile, Human-computer Interaction, Social Networks, Cloud Computing
Education
- Ph.D. - UC Berkeley
- Management of Technology Certificate - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
- M. Sc. - UC Berkeley
- B. Sc. - Univ. of British Columbia, Canada






