Rosiana Natalie (王玉美)
Welcome to my page! I am a MIDAS Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, working with with Anhong Guo. Recently, I received my PhD and worked as a Research Engineer at Singapore Management University, under the supervision of Kotaro Hara.
I received my Master of Science degree from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. There, I was working with Hao-chuan Wang (currently at the University of California, Davis) and Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan (currently at National Taiwan Normal University). Before that, I received my Bachelor's in Information Technology and Systems degree from Monash University, Malaysia.
I welcome everyone who has the same research interest with me to discuss and collaborate of possible future works. :)
Research Summary
The overarching goal of my research is to create methods and tools that are more time- and cost-effective in making video content more accessible for people with visual impairments. I leverage the concept of mixed-ability collaboration, computer vision, and natural language process techniques to make this happens. I explore and create methods and tools to support novices to write good quality Audio Descriptions (AD) -- a verbal explanation of visual events that are not audible for blind and low-vision people.
Ultimately, I want to make all videos accessible to blind and low-vision people so they can enjoy, learn, and gain information from as many videos as sighted people.
Education
PhD, Computer Science, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Aug 2019 - August 2024
Advisor: Kotaro Hara
Master of Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Sep 2016 - Oct 2018
Advisor: Hao Chuan Wang (currently in the University of California, Davis) & Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan (co-advisor)
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems, Monash University, Malaysia
Feb 2012 - Apr 2016
Final Project Advisor: Anushia Inthiran (currently in the University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Publications
Conference Paper
Audio Description Customization
Rosiana Natalie, Ruei-che Chang, Smitha Sheshadri, Anhong Guo, Kotaro Hara.
SIGACCESS Conference of Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (2024)
Supporting Novices Author Audio Descriptions via Automatic Feedback
Rosiana Natalie, Joshua Tseng, Hernisa Kacorri, Kotaro Hara.
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2023, Hamburg, Germany
The Efficacy of Collaborative Authoring of Video Scene Descriptions
Rosiana Natalie, Jolene Loh, Huei Suen Tan, Joshua Tseng, Ian Luke Yi-Ren Chan, Ebrima Jarjue, Hernisa Kacorri, Kotaro Hara.
SIGACCESS Conference of Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), Virtual Event (2021)
🏅Best Paper Nominee
Poster and Doctoral Consortium
Exploring Conversations between a Practitioner and a Person with Dementia
Kotaro Hara, Rosiana Natalie, Wei Soon Cheong, Jingjing Gu, Qianli Xu
SIGACCESS Conference of Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (2024)
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Cost-effective and Collaborative Methods to Author Video's Scene Description for Blind People
Rosiana Natalie
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Extended Abstracts, Doctoral Consortium, New Orleans (2022)
Uncovering Patterns in Reviewers' Feedback to Scene Description Authors
Rosiana Natalie, Jolene Loh, Huei Suen Tan, Joshua Tseng, Hernisa Kacorri, Kotaro Hara.
SIGACCESS Conference of Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), Virtual Event (2021)
ViScene: A collaborative Authoring Tool for Scene Descriptions in Videos
Rosiana Natalie, Ebrima Jarjue, Hernisa Kacorri, Kotaro Hara.
SIGACCESS Conference of Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), Virtual Event (2020)
Sojourners' Information Seeking Through Interpersonal Sources for Cultural Adaptation
Rosiana Natalie, Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan, Hao-Chuan Wang
Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), Jersey City, USA (2018)
Understanding Information Seeking Behavior among International Students for Adaptation
Rosiana Natalie, Chien-Wen (Tina) Yuan, Hao-Chuan Wang
ChineseCHI Workshop, Montreal, Canada (2018)
Understanding the Behavior of Sharing Negative Experiences to Different Audiences in Social Sharing
Rosiana Natalie, Chi-Lan Yang, Hao-Chuan Wang
Taiwan Computer-Human Interaction Workshop (TAICHI) (2017)
Work Experience
MIDAS Postdoctoral Data Science Fellow, University of Michigan, USA
Sep 2024 - Present
Mentor: Anhong Guo
Short term Scholar, University of Michigan, USA
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Advisor: Anhong Guo
Research Engineer, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
Advisor: Kotaro Hara
Research Intern, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
Advisor: Hideaki Takeda
Part-time Research Assistant, Collaborative and Social Computing Lab - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
Advisor: Hao-chuan Wang
Application Support Team Intern, IT Shared Service - Sunway Group, Malaysia
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015
Supervisor: Ling Chai Ching
Intern Project Lead, SEACO Monash University, Malaysia
Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
Supervisor: Kridaan
Award
Singapore Management University Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, August 2023 - July 2024
Dean's List Award, Singapore Management University - School of Information System, August 2023
Nomination Award, Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship 2022, September 2022
Doctoral Consortium Attendee, CHI 2022, April 2022
Scholarship Recipient, AnitaB.org Virtual Grace Hopper, July 2021
Ph.D. Full Scholarship, Singapore Management University, August 2019 - Present
International Student Scholarship (Master Degree), National Tsing Hua University, September 2015 - July 2018
Service
Reviewer, CHI 2022/2023, MobileHCI 2023
Student Volunteer, ASSETS 2021/2022/2024, CHI 2018