Chia-Ying Lee
http://www.chiayinglee.com/
********.***@*****.***
EDUCATION
**/**** - **/**** *********** Design Institute Ivrea
Ivrea & Milan, Italy Master in Interaction Design
Thesis: Sonic Graffiti
Activities: User-Centered Design Strategies, Physical Computing, Experience
Design, Service Design, Graphic Interface Design
08/2002 - 05/2004 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA M.S. in Computer Science specialized in Multimedia and Creative Technologies
Activities: 3D Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Music Cognition,
Multimedia System Design, E-Commerce Web Development
10/1997 - 06/2001 National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan B.S. in Computer Science and Information Engineering
SELECTED PROJECTS
10/2005 - 06/2006 Sonic Graffiti
Milan, Italy A sound cap for real spray cans and other assist devices for users to remix and tag
music by spraying paint in the urban space
Master Thesis
Featured in: We Make Money Not Art, June 12, 2006; Rhizome.org, June 12, 2006
Applied skills: hardware prototyping, electronics, Flash animation, video scenarios,
Java/ActionScript programming, user-centered research
04 - 05/2005 Bubo A Mischief Toy
Ivrea, Italy Taking the surroundings into playground, Bubo is a magic toy which likes to cast
spells on home appliances
Mattel Design Expo 2005
Featured in: We Make Money Not Art, February 17, 2006; Makezine, February 20,
2006; Gizmodo, February 20, 2006
Applied skills: hardware prototyping, electronics, Flash animation, ActionScript
programming
11 -12/2004 Contact Board
Ivrea, Italy An accessory for land line phone to manage contacts tangibly and make conference calls
much easier
Featured in: We Make Money Not Art, September 30, 2005
Applied skills: hardware prototyping, Java programming, video scenarios,
experience prototyping
SKILLS
Concept Development: sketching, scenario storyboarding
Programming/Design Tools: C/C++, Java (J2SE/J2ME), SQL, XML/HTML, CSS,
PHP, Python for Nokia Series 60, ActionScript, Macromedia Flash/Dreamweaver,
Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign
Prototyping: basic electronics, microcontroller (Wiring/Arduino)
Chia-Ying Lee
http://www.chiayinglee.com/
********.***@*****.***
WORK EXPERIENCES
09/2005 - 06/2006 Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Ivrea & Milan, Italy Interaction Designer
Accomplished design consultant projects for clients including Nokia, France
Telecom, Mattel and Wanadoo. Carried out user research, generated concepts and
prototyped solutions with hardware, software and videos.
iconmobile GmbH
07 - 09/2005
Summer Intern
Berlin, Germany
Designed user interface and programmed mobile software considering users
workflow. J2ME programming. Mobile phone usage research on China/Hong Kong/
Taiwan markets.
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan
08/2001 - 07/2002
University
Taipei, Taiwan
Full-time Teaching Assistant
Helped teaching courses including C programming language, System programming,
Computer Architecture. Planned teaching material. Organized and leaded freshmen
service courses. Administrated PC Lab with 60 PCs.
Information Technology Lab.
08/2000 - 07/2001
Research Assistant
Taipei, Taiwan
Programmed and designed user interface for a neural network application,
Melody Function. Carried out independent research project in musical rhythm
representation.
Languages: English (Fluent), Chinese (Native)
Portfolio: http://www.chiayinglee.com/
*References available upon requests