Employments & Services


  1. Employments
  2. Teaching Assistant
  3. Services

Employments

  1. Research Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Sept 10 - present
    • Topic: Improving Awareness of Automated Actions within Digital Tabletop Interfaces
    • Please see Thesis for more details
  2. Research Assistant, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria, Jan 12 - May 12
    • Topic: Collaborative maps on digital whiteboards
  3. Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Sept 08 - Apr 10, Sept 11 - Dec 11, and Sept 12 - present
  4. Research Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Sept 08 - Aug 10
    • Topic: A User-Centric Context Model in Digital World
    • Please see Masters Thesis for more details
  5. Residence Computer Consultant, Waterloo, ON, Sept 07 - Apr 08
    • Troubleshot and resolved the cause of disconnection to the campus network for students in residences
  6. Undergrad Research Assistant, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 07 - Aug 07
  7. Software Developer, Aptobject Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, Apr 06 - Jun 06
    • Designed and implemented customized XML editor using Java Swing
    • Collaborated with manager to ensure appropriate design
    • Please see XML Editor for more details


Teaching Assistant

Hold lab sessions and tutorial and/or marked assignments and exams to provide feedbacks.

    • SYDE121 Digital Computation
    • CS432 Business Systems Analysis
    • CS246 Software Abstraction and Specification
    • CS430 Application Software Engineering
    • CS100 Introduction to Computer Usage
    • CS115 Introduction to Computer Science 1

Services

  1. Representative of HF Research Group at WE Innovate, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Dec 11
    • Presented research projects in the Human Factors Research Group
  2. Activity Group Leader in Go Eng Girl, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Oct 11
    • Lead hand-on activities for grade 9 and 10 girls to enhance their problem solving skills
    • Coordinated volunteers for setting up, facilitating activities, and cleaning up
  3. Operation Christmas Child, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov 10 and Nov 11
    • Sorted and processed Christmas gift boxes
  4. Representative of Games Institute at SIGGRAPH'11, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug 11
    • Prepared and presented demos of the Games Institute projects to promote the awareness of the institute and the Region of Waterloo
  5. CEMC Seminar in Comp. Sci. for Young Women, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 09, May 10, and May 11
    • Answered questions in hands-on sessions on creating user interface using Tcl/Tk
    • Promoted and led discussions in human-computer interaction sessions
  6. CS Kid Day, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 10 and May 11
    • Assisted with game and registration booths
  7. Grad Student Research Conference, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Apr 11
    • Chaired presentations to ensure the session run smoothly and follow the proper procedure
    • Judged presentations to provide feedbacks on oral presentation skills
  8. March Break Open House, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Mar 11
    • Presented demos of the digital tabletop board gaming project and promoted graduate studies in the department
  9. Reviewer for WiML 2010, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Oct 10
    • Reviewed submissions for Women in Machine Learning 2010
  10. CS Grad Mentorship Program, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Sept 09 - Apr 10
    • Mentor new computer science graduate student
    • Provide consultations in both academic and daily life
  11. Mandarin Fellowship, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 11 terms since Jan 06
    • Chaired fellowship and mentored new leaders (1 term)
    • Coordinated social, welcoming, speaker, and trip events (5 terms)
    • Led group studies and facilitated discussions (11 terms)
    • Handled equipments, weekly newsletters, and fellowship book collection (3 terms)
    • Mentored new activity coordinators and general managers (4 terms)
    • Chief editor of fellowship publication (1 term)
    • Organized sharing and concert night (1 term)
    • Organized evangelistic rally (1 term)
  12. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Oct 09
    • Monitored program sessions to facilitate speakers and answer questions
  13. Math phone-a-thon, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 09
    • Made outgoing calls to welcome and encourage the attendance of prospective students
  14. Student Committee in Award for Exceptional Teaching, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Apr 09
    • Reviewed and discussed nominees' profiles to select award winners
  15. School Representative in Ontario University Fair, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept 08
    • Answered questions from prospective students and their parents
  16. Website Volunteer, Waterloo ON, Jan 08 - Apr 08
    • Edited monthly e-newsletter with other team members
    • Proposed new orientation website layout and sitemap and implemented proposal
  17. Math Orientation Leader, Waterloo ON, Canada, Sept 07
    • Demonstrated excellent leadership skill in leading first years to events and socializing with them during orientation week
    • Facilitated cross-faculty and cross-campus events
  18. Math Tutor, Frontier College, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Jan 2005 - Aug 2005
    • Answered assignment questions and reviewed exams for high school students