Ju Chun KoCo-Founder of Linkwish, Incdablog@gmail.com

SummaryJu-Chun, Ko., a Cross-Pollinator born in Taipei, Taiwan.

Receiving his Ph.D in Computer Science from National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Networkingand Multimedia, Image and Vision Lab, in Jan 2012. Prior to that, he received BA in Art(2004), and MA inInformatics(2006), in major of Digital Media Design. With such interdisciplinary background, which makeshim not only become a HCI, interaction design researcher, but also a blogger, artist, and entrepreneur.

He was the co-founding CEO of an app company Linkwish, Inc, which was one of the earliest social appcompany in Taiwan. He also founded, co-founded and organized several important developer workshops andmeetups in Taiwan, from HCI research to Facebook Development.

Being active in various fields and startup communities, earns him some interesting opportunities, such asmeeting President Ma, the President of Taiwan(R.O.C) in the Presidential Office, or being judge on a TV Show,etc.

Now he is serving Substitute Military Service for his beloved country until Nov. 2013. After that, he is willingand well-prepared to go abroad for any job or academic position, which is related to his lifetime goal – to bringmore openness and connectedness to Taiwan, China and APAC area, through developers, designers,entrepreneurs with progressing technology.

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http://JuchunKo.com

EducationNational Taiwan UniversityPh. D in Computer Science, Networking and Multimedia, Image and Vision Lab, 2006 - 2012Activities and Societies: President of Students Union.1 recommendation available upon request

Yun Ze UniversityMaster of Informatics, Information and Communication, 2004 - 2006

Tam Kang UniversityBachelor of Art, Information and Communication, 2001 - 2004

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ExperienceAlternative Military Services at Taipei City GovernmentJanuary 2013 - Present (6 months)

CEO & Co-Founder at Linkwish, Inc.January 2011 - December 2012 (2 years)A leading App company in Taiwan.1 recommendation available upon request

Adjunct Assistant Professor at Shih Chien University, Institute of Communications DesignSeptember 2011 - August 2012 (1 year)

Adjunct Instructor at Computer & Information Networking Center, National Taiwan University2005 - 2008 (3 years)

PublicationsTransformational Breathing between Present and Past: Virtual Exhibition System of the Mao-Kung TingACMMMM'10: the 16th international conference on Advances in Multimedia Modeling January 2011Authors: Ju Chun KoChun-Ko Hsieh, Xin Tong, Yi-Ping Hung, Chia-Ping Chen, *JU-CHUN KO*, Meng-Chieh Yu, Han-HungLin, Szu-Wei Wu, Yi-Yu Chung, Liang-Chun Lin, Ming-Sui Lee, Chu-Song Chen, Jiaping Wang, Quo-PingLin, I-Ling Liu

i-m-Space: Interactive Multimedia-Enhanced Space for Rehabilitation of Breast Cancer PatientsACMMultimedia 2010 International Conference (ACM MM 10') October 2010Authors: Ju Chun Ko*JU-CHUN KO*, Wei-Han Chen, Meng-Chieh Yu, Han-Hung Lin, Jin-Yao Lin, Szu-Wei Wu, Yi-YuChung, I-Ling Hu, Wei-Ting Peng, Shih-Yao Lin, Chia Han Chang, Pei-Hsuan Chou, King-Jen Chang,Mei-Lan Chang, Sue-huei Chen, Jin-Shing Chen, Ming-Sui Lee, Mike Y. Chen, Yi-Ping Hung. (1 Citations)

i-m-Tube: an Interactive Multi-resolution Tubular DisplayACMMultimedia 2010 International Conference (ACM MM 10') October 2010Authors: Ju Chun KoJin-Yao Lin, Yen-Yu Chen, *JU-CHUN KO*, HuiShan Kao, Wei-Han Chen, Tsun-Hung Tsai, Su-Chu Hsu,Yi-Ping Hung (8 Citations)

Beyond the surface: 3D interactions for tabletop systems. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 EmergingTechnologiesACM SIGGRAPH ’10. International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. 2010Authors: Ju Chun KoLi-Wei Chan, Hsiang-Tao Wu, Hui-Shan Kao, Home-Ru Lin, *JU-CHUN KO*, Mike Y. Chen, Jane Hsu,

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and Yi-Ping Hung.

Enabling Beyond Surface Interactions for Interactive Surface with An Invisible Projection.UIST2010 - 23rd Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (October 3-6, 2010 New York,NY) October 2010Authors: Ju Chun KoLi-Wei Chan, Hsiang-Tao Wu, Hui-Shan Kao, Home-Ru Lin, *JU-CHUN KO*, Mike Y. Chen, Jane Hsu andYi-Ping Hung. (9 Citations)

Public issues on projected user interface.ACM CHI 2010, Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 2010Authors: Ju Chun Ko*JU-CHUN KO*, Li-Wei Chan, Yi-Ping Hung. (3 Citations)

Playful bottle: a mobile social persuasion system to motivate healthy water intake.UbiComp ’09: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Ubiquitous computing (2009) [acceptancerate 12%] 2009Authors: Ju Chun KoMeng-Chieh Chiu, Shih-Ping Chang, Yu-Chen Chang, Hao-Hua Chu, Cheryl Chia-Hui Chen, Fei-HsiuHsiao, *JU-CHUN KO*. (35 Citations) - As project leader.

Multimedia Feedback for Improving Breathing Habit.U-Media 2008: 1st IEEE International Conference on Ubi-media ComputingAuthors: Ju Chun KoMeng-Chieh Yu, Yi-Ping Hung, King-Jen Chang, Jin-Shing Chen, Su-Chu Hsu, *JU-CHUN KO*.

An Interactive Multimedia Web EditoreScience '08: IEEE Fourth International Conference on e-Science December 2008Authors: Ju Chun KoChung Li Fei-Pi Chu, Hsiang-An Wang, *JU-CHUN KO*

QPalm: A gesture recognition system for remote control with list menu.U-Media 2008: IEEE International Conference on Ubi-media Computing July 2008Authors: Ju Chun KoYu-Hsin Chang, Li-Wei Chan, *JU-CHUN KO* (4 Citations)

Mug-Tree: A Playful Mug to Encourage Healthy Habit of Drinking Fluid RegularlyACM UbiComp 2007: ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing September 2007Authors: Ju Chun Ko*JU-CHUN KO*, Yi-Ping, Hung. Hao-Hua, Chu. (5 Citations)

Authorship and Liquidity in Wikiart.WikiPedia2007: The International Conference of Wikimedia July 2007Authors: Ju Chun Ko

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Su-Chu Hsu, *JU-CHUN KO*

Honors and AwardsMobile Category AwardFacebook World Hack Day 2012 Taipei (Worldwide)September 2012Project - "Before Sunrise, Before Sunset"I've never seen a travel app like this before! - Facebook Head of Developer Advocacy, James Pearce.

Category AwardThe 1st Nintendo 3DS 3D Photo Contest (JAPAN)January 2012Project - "STEAK ATTACK!"

Guest Judge of TV ShowTTV (Taiwan Television Corp.)September 2011Appeared in 6 Episodes.

Panel GuestThe Presidential Office of Taiwan (R.O.C)June 2011Appeared in the Presidential Office Youtube Channel.

ValedictorianNTU, GINM Ph.D Class of 2012January 2012

Guest Campaign ConsultantTaiwan presidential election 2012October 2010Presentation directly to the President of Taiwan.

Selected AwardThe 5nd Taipei Digital Art Festival – KT Award 20102010Project - "I AM"*Consecutive 4 years winning Taipei Digital Art Festival prize.

Technical Break Through PrizeThe 4nd Taipei Digital Art Festival – KT Award 20092009Project - "Turning Rust into Gold." with MSRA

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3rd Winning AwardThe 3rd Acer Long-term Smile Contest2008Project - "Multitouch Cylindrical Display". * Win NTD$500K prize.

Silver PrizeThe 3nd Taipei Digital Art Festival – KT Award 20082008Project - "Wetris"

Selected AwardIndieCade: International Independent Arcade Festival (U.S.A)2007Project - "Sociable Tetris360"*The first Taiwan team won the IndieCade Award.

Selected AwardThe 2nd Taipei Digital Art Festival 20072007Project - "Not One Less"

Silver PrizeThe 2nd Taipei Digital Art Festival – KT Award 20072007Project - "Not One Less"

Selected Award4C National Digital Content Award2004

Selected AwardThe International Symposium on Digital Art2004

ProjectsiBeauty99December 2009 to PresentMembers:Ju Chun KoTop#1 in Overall in Taiwan App Store, 30,000 downloads.

LinkwishNovember 2010 to PresentMembers:Ju Chun Ko

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Top#7 in Social Category in Taiwan App Store, 35,000 downloads/ updates, 10,000 registered members.

MOS OrderJuly 2012 to PresentMembers:Ju Chun KoTop#1 in Lifestyle Category, All-time Top#3 in Food & Drink Category, Top#5 in Overall in Taiwan AppStore. 750,000 downloads, Avg. 4.5 stars from 1,000 Ratings.

Tripmkr.comSeptember 2012 to PresentMembers:Ju Chun KoWinner of Best Mobile APP in Facebook Developer World Hack 2012 @ Taipei.

OrganizationsFacebook HeroesMember HeroDecember 2012 to PresentFacebook Heroes, a private dev-group privately held by Facebook Developer Advocate team, only 25members right now in the world.

Facebook Hack Meetup TaiwanFounder & Program Commitee2012 to Present1st and the largest Facebook Dev Meetup group in Taiwan.

TPE TechMeetupFounder & Steering Committee2012 to PresentThe 1st TPE TechMeetup 2012 in Taipei, inspired by NY Tech Meetup

OpenHCICo-Founder2009 to PresentCo-Founder & Program co-Chairs, the 1st OpenHCI Workshop 2009Steering Committee, the 2nd OpenHCI Workshop 2011

Interestsbuilding new things, initiate events, new technology, entrepreneurship, photography, travel, creative design,reading, movie.

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Skills & ExpertiseInteraction DesignMobile ApplicationsHuman Computer InteractionJavaScriptUser ExperienceEntrepreneurshipAndroidHTMLCSSSolid Presentation SkillsFlashActionScriptHTML 5

LanguagesEnglish (Professional working proficiency)Chinese (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Test ScoresTOEFL iBTMay 2013 Score:91Reading 20Listening 25Speaking 24Writing 22

IELTSJune 2013 Score:6.5Reading 6Listening 5.5Speaking 7.5Writing 6

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Ju Chun KoCo-Founder of Linkwish, Incdablog@gmail.com

2 people have recommended Ju Chun"Ko is a truly talented innovator in many different aspects. I've known him for more than 10 years andwatched him handle the immense task and creative strategies of startups and event initiatives with true deftand skills. Ko has a unique talent that allows him to traverse the fine line of having both the technologies andusers at heart. This is a skill that has been an enormous asset to our projects and absolutely had a hugeinfluence on his success. In addition, Ko is a confident and charismatic media presenter and has hosted quitesome public addresses. I would thoroughly recommend Ko to anyone who is considering his services."

—Mindaou Gu, Senior New Product Manager @ Baidu USA, Baidu, Inc., was with another company whenworking with Ju Chun at Linkwish, Inc.

"Ju-Chun is very enthusiastic about interaction design. He supported and raised lots of activities in this area,like OpneHCI Workshop 2009, and OpenHCI Workshop 2011. He is also very active. He was a leader ofgraduate student association. Right now, he becomes an entrepreneur, as a co-founder of LinkWish.com. Inshort, he is a very active, smart, and creative guy whom I ever met."

—Kai-Yin Cheng, PhD Student, National Taiwan University, studied with Ju Chun at National TaiwanUniversity

Contact Ju Chun on LinkedIn

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