Han-Lien Hsieh
About me
Han-Lien Hsieh is an HCI researcher in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Interactive Media Technology. Her research investigates real-world perception and memory within cognitive science, extending inquiry beyond the constraints of traditional laboratory experiments. She is passionate about leveraging immersive technologies to develop ecologically valid models of cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Known for designing rigorous virtual reality experiments, she aims to generate robust insights into multisensory and spatial cognition. Ultimately, her mission is to decode how sensory experiences shape our perceptual representations of the world.
Research keywords: Experimental Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Environmental Psychology, Multisensory Perception, Cognitive Neuroscience
🔹 Master’s Thesis & Funding: Exploring the Effect of Environmental Features on Individuals’ Spatial Awareness and Memory in Immersive VR. In collaboration with the Human Media Interaction (HMI) Group, University of Twente, and the Department of Computer Science (EECS), KTH. Recipient of the Erasmus+ Scholarship for Exchange Studies.
🔹 Award Recognition: Recipient of the Best Innovation Award for Intellectual Property at the International ICT Innovative Services Awards 2022 (Taiwan). Specialized research involved developing an emotion-based music recommendation system using LLMs (BERT) and acoustic modeling techniques (K-Means, PCA, Librosa).