Hsueh-Cheng (Nick) Wang
PhD Candidate
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Lab: S-3-135 Science Building
Lab Phone: (617) 287-6485
Email: hchengwang@gmail.com
Curriculum Vita
Research Interests:
Eye Movements in Scene Viewing: Latent Semantic Analysis Predict When and Where We Fixate
Hwang, A. D., Wang, H. C., and Pomplun, M. (2011). Semantic guidance of eye movements in real-world scenes, Vision Research, 51, 1192-1205. Paper
Wang, H.-C., Hwang, A. D. & Pomplun, M. (2010). Object Frequency and Predictability Effects on Eye Fixation Durations in Real-World Scene Viewing. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 3(3):3, 1-10. Paper
Wang, H. C., Hwang, A. D., & Pomplun, M. (2009). Object Frequency and Predictability Effects on Eye Fixation Durations in Real-world Scene Viewing. 15th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Southampton, UK.
Hwang, A. D., Wang, H. C., & Pomplun, M. (2009). Semantic guidance of eye movements during real-world scene inspection. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2009), Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Accepted as oral presentation, 32% acceptance rate)
Wang, H. C. & Pomplun, M. (in press). The Attraction of Visual Attention to Texts in Real-World Scenes, Journal of Vision. Abstract
Wang, H. C. & Pomplun, M. (2011). The Attraction of Visual Attention to Texts in Real-World Scenes. Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), Hong Kong. Poster
Wang, H. C., Lu, S. J., Lim, J. H., & Pomplun, M. (Accepted). Visual Attention is Attracted by Text Features Even in Scenes without Text. Manuscript in preparation for the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2012).Paper
Wang, H. C. & Pomplun, M. (2011). The Attraction of Visual Attention to Texts in Real-World Scenes. The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2011), Boston, USA. (Accepted as oral presentation, 32% acceptance rate) Paper
Wang, H. C. & Pomplun, M. (2011). How Does Text in Real-World Scenes Attract Attention? Scene Understanding Symposium (SUnS), Boston, USA.
Wang, H. C. & Pomplun, M. (2010). How Text Attracts Attention in Real-World Scenes. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eye Movements in Chinese Reading: Latent Semantic Analysis Estimates Word Predictability and Semantic Transparency
Wang, H. C., Hsu L. C., Tien, Y. M., & Pomplun M. (manuscript in preparation). Using Latent Semantic Analysis to Estimate Semantic Transparency and Eye Movements in Reading. Manuscript in preparation for Language and Cognitive Processes. Abstract
Wang, H. C., Pomplun, M., Ko, H. W., Chen M. L., & Rayner, K. (2010). Estimating the Effect of Word Predictability on Eye Movements in Chinese Reading using Latent Semantic Analysis and Transitional Probability. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, 7, 1374-1386. Paper
Wang, H. C., Tien, Y. M., Hsu, L. C., & Pomplun, M. (2010). The Role of Semantic Transparency in Processing of Two-character Chinese words, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), Taipei, Taiwan. Poster
Chen, M. L., Wang, H. C., & Ko, H. W. (2009). The Construction and Validation of Chinese Semantic Space by Using Latent Semantic Analysis. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 51, 4, 415-435. Paper Website
Wang, H. C., Chen, M. L., Ko, H. W., & Kintsch, W. (2007). Estimating Word's Predictability on Lexical Processing using Latent Semantic Analysis – Verification from Eye Movement Data, 14th European Conference on Eye Movement (ECEM 2007), Potsdam, Germany.
Wang, H. C., Chen, M. L., & Ko, H. W. (2007). Modeling and Simulation of Word Identification on Orthographically and Phonologically Similar Words in Context. 46th Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Psychology Association, Tainan, Taiwan. Abstract
Ko, H. W., Chen, M. L., & Wang, H. C. (2005). The Role of Word during Reading Expository Text: Evidence from Eye Movement. 13th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Bern, Switzerland.
Plummer, P., Wang, H. C., Tzeng, Y. T., Pomplun, M., & Rayner, K. (Accepted). A Connectionist Model of Concept Activation during Reading using Latent Semantic Analysis and LandScape Model. Manuscript in preparation for the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2012). Paper
Visual Processing of Chinese Characters during Reading
Wang, H. C, Simovici, D., Pomplun, M. Box-counting Dimension Estimates Visual Complexity of Chinese Characters. Manuscript submitted to Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Abstract
Wang, H. C., Angele, B., Schotter, E., Yang, J. M., Simovici, D., Pomplun, M., & Rayner, K. (2011). Singular Value Decomposition is a Valid Predictor of Stroke Importance in Reading, 16th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Marseille, France. Abstract Poster
Talks & Other Publications:
Language Learning & E-Learning
Ko, H. W., Wang, H. C., & Chen, M. L. (submitted). Learning the Implicit rules of Reading Chinese. Abstract
Wang, H. C. & Ko, H. W. (2007). Automatically Generated Lessons and Practices of the Knowledge of Chinese Characters and Words, Proceeding of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-Media 2007), Vancouver BC, Canada. Paper
Wang, H. C. , Tu, W. H., Yu, W. H., Chen, C. S., & Hsieh, S. H. (2001). A Study on E-Teaching/E-Learning Standardization and Courseware Sharing. Bulletin Of The College Of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Vol. 85, pp. 59-68. (in Chinese) Paper
AI Applications in Civil Engineering
Hsieh, S. H., Tseng, P. P., Wang, H. C. (2006). An Expert System for Preliminary Aseismic Capacity Estimation of Traditional School Classroom Buildings Using Case-Based Reasoning. Journal of Chinese Civil and Hydraulic Engineering. Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 95-107.
Wang, H. C. and Hsieh, S. H. (2003). On Development of a Computer System for Preliminary Aseismic Estimation of School Classroom Building Using Case-Based Reasoning. Proceedings of Asian Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS-APCS), Taipei, pp. 146~147.
Wang, H. C. and Hsieh, S. H. (2002), Preliminary Seismic Safety Assessment of School Building Using Case-based Reasoning Technique. Proceedings of 15th KKCNN 2002 Symposium on Civil Engineering, Singapore, pp. 280~284. Paper
See3PO: A vision-based robot Google Code
LandScape Model: Java and Matlab Implementation