I am an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science and Information Management Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.  

My lab works at the intersection of neuroscience, deep learning, and human-computer interaction.  I welcome students who are interested in one of these three areas: (a) deep learning and signal processing, (b) neuroscience, (c) brain application development.

I am a recipient of a KAKENHI Young Scientist grant, a National Science and Technology Development Agency Toray Science grant, and a member of a JST grant project.

I received my Ph.D. and postdoc under the supervision of  Xiangshi Ren, Center for Human-Engaged Computing, Japan.

I am co-authoring work on  "Human-Engaged Computing" with Xiangshi Ren, a philosophical piece discussing the need for technologies to augment humans for better survivability.  This provides the philosophical ground for my research.

News

• (June 2020) Yay got a grant from เงินงบประมาณแผ่นดิน: ปีงบประมาณ 2563 from PMU
• (Jan. 2020) Officially starting at AIT!  Will be working closely on HCI, Health and AI related domains
• (Oct. 2019) Visiting my friend Dr. Nem Khan Dim, expert in HCI+Accessibility at Yangoon University!
• (Jan. 2019) Yay got NSTDA grant in collaboration with Toray Science Foundation, amounted 190,000 baht.
• (Dec. 2018) Students, I am planning to make all my slides open-access so you can access.  You can see links below.
• (Dec. 2018) Yay, congrats to Dr. Kavous on "The relationship between flow proneness in everyday life and variations in the volume of gray matter in the dopaminergic system: a cross-sectional study"  at Personality and Individual Differences
• (Dec. 2018) Just finished my class on "Introduction to Data Science" @ Kasetsart University.  Great bunch of students.
• (Oct. 2018) Yay just received a "Stamford Competitive Grant" on Brain-Computer Interfaces amounted 234,000 baht.
• (Oct. 2018) Congrats to our IT program.  We have won the bid on being the host for IEEE YESIST12 on 2019, a hackathon competition inviting universities from around the world.  Time to work!
• (March 2018) Congrats to Dr. Sayan and Dr. Jussi on publishing "Ability-Based Optimization of Touchscreen Interactions" at IEEE Pervasive Computing!   
• (Jan. 2018) Hooray!  Our SIG proposal got accepted ->  Approaching Engagement towards Human-Engaged Computing
• (Jan. 2018) Our book chapter "A Quick Look on Game Engagement Theories" have been published.
• (Dec 2017) Congrats to my colleague Sayan Sarcar for getting his CHI 2018 workshop accepted once again!
• (April 2017) Congrats to Kavous Salazadeh for getting the travel fund to CHI 2017 as well - from the NEC C& C, for his paper entitled "A Framework for Interactive Meditation Using Attention Regulation".
• (April 2017) Congrats to Mahmoud Hussein for getting the travel fund to CHI 2017 - Gary Marsden Student Development Fund, for the paper entitled "Understanding the Role of Human Senses in Interactive Meditation".  Enjoy CHI!
• (March 2017) Due to family matters, I have relocated from the Kochi University of Technology to Stamford International University (STIU), Thailand.   My status at KUT changed from "Assistant Professor" to "Visiting Researchers".
• (Dec 2016) Congrats to our team at Center for Human-Engaged Computing, KUT for two full papers, two notes, one LBW and one workshop at this CHI 2017
• (March 2015) Yahoo!  Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology), Japan for the topic "Investigating Cognitive Enhancement of Elderly People by Using Motion Video Games"

Courses

• Human-Computer Interaction (Google Classroom code: announced in class)
• Data Structures and Algorithms (Google Classroom code: announced in class)
• Software Architecture Design (Google Classroom code: announced in class)
• Programming for Data Science (Google classroom code: announced in class)

Services

• Computer Science Curricula Advisor, Yangon University
• Data Science Curricula Development, Stamford International University
• IEEE YESIST 2019 Stamford Local
• Program Committee AC in CHI LBW 2018
• Program Committee in Video Competitions (CHCHI 2017)
• Associate Chair (DIS 2017 in Provocation and WIP)
• Vice-Secretary General, ICACHI (2016 – present)
• General Co-Chair, ACM IxAP 2016
• Technical Liaison, ACM Chinese CHI 2013-2016
• Publicity Chair, IDHF 2014
• Student Volunteer, WISS 2013, ACM APCHI 2012
• External Reviewers: ACM CHI 2016-2019, ACM DIS 2016-2018, IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems
• Staffs, Techfest iNexus Thailand 2010