Biography

Wen-Jean Hsueh co-founded the Creativity Laboratory at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in March of 2004, and has since served as its General Director.  Before assuming her current post, she was the Director of Digital Imaging Technology at ITRI’s Opto-Electronics & Systems Labs.  She directed programs in 3D scanning, modeling, animation, and digital color video imaging with applications and services to a variety of industrial sectors.  Her leadership in the 3D camera and display joint program with MIT won her the Outstanding Innovator Award at ITRI in 2001.  She was instrumental in establishing strategic collaboration between ITRI and Eastman Kodak in 2003.

Hsueh received her PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology in 1993.  She then served on the technical staff at the General Electric Corporate R&D until 1996, before returning to her native Taiwan.  She has since been participating in the planning and execution of ITRI's advanced R&D activities with emphasis on international and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

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