Guan-Yun Wang

Tohoku University

Department of System Information Sciences, Graduation School of Information Sciences

WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education by MEXT, Japan), specializing in Aartificial Intelligence and Electronics.

Dissertation: Investigation of mental state estimation to support learning based on behavior measurements
（Japanese Title: 学習支援のための行動指標を利用した心的状態推定手法の検討）
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Advisor: Satoshi Shioiri, Ph.D.

Publications

Wang, G.-Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S. Detecting Learners’ Hint Inquiry Behaviors in e-Learning Environment by using Facial Expressions. In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S '23). July 20-22, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA,4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3573051.3596182 [1 citation]

Yueh, H.-P., Wang, G.-Y., & Lee, T. S.-H. (2022) The cognition, information behaviors and preventive behaviors of Taiwanese people facing COVID-19. Scientific Reports. 12934. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20312-6 [Impact Factor: 4.6; 1 citation]

Wang, G. Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C. H., & Shioiri, S. (2022). Estimate students' concentration level by using facial expression. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep., 122(326), 65-69.

Wang, G. -Y., & Yueh, H. -P. (2020) Optimistic Bias, Food Safety Cognition and Consumer Behaviour of College Students in Taiwan and mainland China. Foods, 9(11), 1588. doi:10.3390/foods9111588 [Impact Factor: 4.350; 13 citations]

Working Papers

Wang, G. -Y., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S.(under review) Predicting learners' engagement and help-seeking behaviors in an e-learning environment by using facial and head pose features. Computers in Human Behavior Reports

Available Preprint: Wang, G. -Y., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S., Predicting Learners' Engagement and Help-Seeking Behaviors in an E-Learning Environment by Using Facial and Head Pose Features. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4600003 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4600003

Wang, G. -Y., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Yueh, H.-P., Shioiri, S.(under review) Cultural differences in facial features based on SHAP analysis from machine learning model estimating learners’ mental states Multimedia Tools and Applications

Wang, G. -Y., Yueh, H. -P., Huang, L.-L. (in submission) Can robots facilitate students’ collaborative learning to solve Linguistics Olympiad Problems by providing empathic feedback?

Conference Presentation

Wang, G.-Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S. Estimating students’ engagement levels evaluated subjectively by human annotators from their facial features using a machine learning technique [Oral]. Vision Society of Japan 2023 Summer Meeting (VSJ), Tokyo, Japan.18th-20th Sep. 2023

Wang, G.-Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S. Detecting Learners’ Hint Inquiry Behaviors in e-Learning Environment by using Facial Expressions. In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S '23). July 20-22, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA,4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3573051.3596182

Wang, G.-Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S. Estimate students’ mental state while solving a language puzzle [Oral]. Vision Society of Japan 2023 Winter Meeting (VSJ), Tokyo, Japan.18th-20th Jan.2023

Wang, G.-Y., Nagata, H., Hatori, Y., Sato, Y., Tseng, C.-H., Shioiri, S. Estimate students' concentration level by using facial expression [Oral]. Technical Committee on Human Information Processing (HIP), Sendai, Japan. 22nd-23rd Dec.2022

Wang, G.-Y. Designing an intelligent-tutoring robot for language problem-solving training [Poster]. 2021 RIEC Annual Meeting on Cooperative Research Projects: “Compass for Next- Gen ICT” Program, Online. 17th February. 2022.

Huang, C.-Y., Wang, G.-Y., Lin, Y.-H., You, H.-H., Lin, W.,& Yueh, H.-P. (2019). A robot for the elderly? Investigation of Older Adults' Images of Social Robot, paper accepted for Poster presentation at the 11th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Regional Congress, Taipei, Taiwan. Oct. 2019.

Hsu, L.-J., Wang, G.-Y., Hu, Y.-H., Lu, M.-H., Lin, Y. H., Lin,W., & Yueh, H.-P. Investigating Older Adults' Technological Needs for Social Activities, paper accepted for Poster presentation at the 11th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Regional Congress, Taipei, Taiwan. Oct. 2019.

Invited Talks

2/Mar/2024 "Estimation of mental states in the context of e-learning by using machine learning techniques" at 2024 NTU x Tohoku Symposium on AI and Human Studies. (Link)

25/Oct/2023 "Your face shows you need a hint: Detecting hint-inquiry behaviors in an e-learning environment" at Unlocking Human Behavior: Exploring Online Measures and Behavioral Methods in Social Sciences, UAntwerp (University of Antwerp) - NTU (National Taiwan University) collaborative research symposium. (Link)

04/Jul/2023 "Can you give a hint? Predicting students' help-seeking action by using facial expressions" at the Brainware Engineering Workshop, RIEC, Tohoku University.

24/Apr/2023 "If My Teacher is AI: Educational Digital Transformation and Its Applications." at Visual neuroscience lab (Host: Distinguished Professor Chen, Chien-Chung Ph.D.), National Taiwan University.

20/Apr/2023 "Designing an interactive website for psychological experiments." (Three-hour workshop) at Human performance lab (Host: Distinguished Professor Yueh, Hsiu-Ping Ph.D.), National Taiwan University. (Link)

Academic Services

Reviewed for Journal(s): Multimedia and Tools and Applications