Dr. H s i e h is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at the National Taipei University of Technology. Prior to his current role he was a Postdoc at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California-Irvine in 2006. His research areas include scientific visualization and computer graphics. His research is aimed at using real-time visualization technology to explore massive three-dimensional scientific data.

• LIDAR Center for High Performance Visualization and Disaster Research 光達與高效能視算防災中心 (光達中心)

• Time Varying Earthquake Data Visualization and Focus Context Transfer Function Optimization, NSC, 2011/08 - 2012/07
• Visualization and Visual Analysis of Field-Measured Seismic Data, NSC, 2010/08 - 2011/07
• Archive and Visualize Topography 3D Models Constructed from LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Datasets, NSC, 2009/08 - 2010/07
• High-Resolution Large-Scale Rendering on An Array of LCD Panels Using a Cluster of Computers, NSC, 2008/01 - 2008/10

• High Performance Cloud Computing Applied to Remote Sensing Images for Geological Data Analysis and Disaster Management, NSC, 2011/08 - 2012/07
• Catastrophic Compound Disaster Assessment and Scenario Simulation at the Houshanyue Area near the MRT Zhinan Temple Station, NSC, 2010/08 - 2013/07
• Implementation of High Performance GPU Computing Platform for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images Applied to Landslide Analysis, NSC, 2010/08 - 2013/07
• GPGPU Parallelism on Earthquake Engineering Simulation, NSC, 2010/08 - 2013/07
• Landslide change detection and susceptibility analysis on Taiwan using remote sensing images, NSC, 2009/08 - 2010/07
• A Wireless Platform for Supporting Teaching and Learning Assessments, NSC, 2009/08 - 2010/07

• Visualizing Seismic Spectral Response of the Chi-Chi Earthquake, Department of Information Management, NTUST, Mar. 24, 2011.
• Visualizing the Taiwan Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (TSMIP) Accelerograph Network Data Sets, Department of Geomatics, NCKU, Dec. 13, 2010.
• Volume Rendering of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Department of Computer Science, NCCU, Sep. 23, 2010.
• Visualizing Field-Measured Seismic Data on Large Displays, Department of Computer Science, NCU, May 26, 2010.
• Parallel Visualization on Display Wall,The 6th Pacific Rim Applications and PRAGMA Institute, Dec. 2, 2009.
• HIPerDisplay, Department of Electrical Engineering, NTUT, Nov. 22, 2008.
• Visualization of Seismic Datasets on Large Display, Department of Civil Engineering, NCTU, May 1, 2008.
• Visualization of Field Measured Seismic Datasets, NCREE, April 1, 2008.
• Parallel Visualization of Large-Scale Seismic Datasets, Department of Construction, NTUST, Oct. 16, 2007.

• Yen-lin Chen, Wen-Yew Liang, Chuan-Yen Chiang, T.-J. Hs ie h, Da-Cheng Lee, Shyan-Ming Yuan, Yang-Lang Chang. 2011. "Vision-Based Finger Detection, Tracking, and Event Identification Techniques for Multi-Touch Sensing and Displaying Systems". Sensors, 11(7), pp 6868-6892.
• Yuan-Sen Yang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and T.-J. Hs ie h. 2011. "Improving Parallel Substructuring Efficiency by Using a Multi-Level Approach". ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 24(x), pp xx-xx.
• T.-J. Hs ie h, and Y.‐S. Yang. 2011. "Visualizing the Seismic Spectral Response of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake Using Volume Rendering Technique". ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 24(x), pp xx-xx.
• T. C. Hutchinson, F. Kuester, T.-J. Hs ie h, and R. Chadwick. 2005. "A Hybrid Reality Environment and Its Application to the Study of Earthquake Engineering". Virtual Reality Journal, Springer Verlag Press, 9(1), pp 17-33.

• M.-D. Chen, S.L. Chung, T.-J. H s i e h. 2010. "RDVis: Remote Desktop Large Display Wall Visualization System". Proceedings Computer Graphics Workshop 2010, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 07/15/2010-07/16/2010.
• W.-S. Liao, T.-J. H s i e h. 2010. "A Spherical Panorama Image System". Proceedings Computer Graphics Workshop 2010, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 07/15/2010-07/16/2010.
• M.-L. Lin, T.-J. H s i e h, S.-C. Yeh, C.-H Chang. W.-Y. Chen, Y.-L. Chang, W.-Y. Liang. 2010. "Processing LIDAR Data on High-Resolution Large Displays". Proceedings Computer Graphics Workshop 2010, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 07/15/2010-07/16/2010.
• S.-C. Yeh, T.-J. H s i e h, C.-C. Lin, S.-Y Chen. M.-C. Su. 2010. "中風病人之虛擬實境上肢運動復健系統:人體資料運動分析及新型評估方法". Proceedings Computer Graphics Workshop 2010, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 07/15/2010-07/16/2010.
• T.-J. Hs ie h, C.-K. Chen, K.-L. Ma, 2010. "Visualizing Field-Measured Seismic Data". Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, (to appear).
• T.-J. Hs ie h. 2008. "Understanding Earthquakes with Advanced Visualization". ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Quarterly, 44(1), February 2010.
• T.-J. H s i e h, Y.-S. Yang, W.-Y. Liang, Y.-L. Chang, and J.-P. Fang, C.-Y. Yen, and H.-Y. Hsiao, "Graphics Hardware Assisted Visualization of Field-Measured Earthquake Data Sets". Communication of Institute of Information and Computing Machinery, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 49-60, Sep. 2009. (in Chinese)
• T.-J. H s i e h, W.-Y. Liang, Y.-L. Chang, and J.-P. Fang, T.-H. Huang, and W.-S. Lao, "Parallel Computing of Aerial Image Registration on GPU". Communication of Institute of Information and Computing Machinery, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 77-88, Sep. 2009. (in Chinese)
• Y.-L. Chang, Z.-M. Chen, H. Ren, J.-P. Fang, W.-Y. Liang, T.-J. Hs ie h, K.-S. Chen. 2009. "K-Way Tree Classification Based on Semi-matroid Structure Applied to Multisource Remote Sensing Images". Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Cape Town, Africa.
• J.-P. Fang, Y.-L. Chang, C.-C. Chen, W.-Y. Liang, T.-J. Hs ie h, M. T. Satria, C.-C. Han. 2009. "A Parallel Simulated Annealing Approach for Floorplanning in VLSI". Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP'09), LNCS 5574, pp 291-302, Taipei, Taiwan.
• W.-Y. Liang, T.-J. Hs ie h, M. T. Satria, Y.-L. Chang, J.-P. Fang, C.-C. Chen, and C.-C. Han. 2009. "GPU-Based Simulation of Tsunami Propagation and Inundation". Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP'09), LNCS 5574, pp 593-603, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Y.-L. Chang, W.-Y. Liang, W.-L. Hsu, T.-J. Hs ie h, Z.-M. Chen, and S.-Y. Kao. 2008. "A Class Based Parallel Positive Boolean Function Approach to Multisource Remote Sensing Images". Proceedings of 2008 Remote Sensing Symposium Across Taiwan Strait.
• T.-J. Hs ie h. 2008. "HIPerDisplay (Highly Interactive Parallelized Display): A High-Resolution Large Displays Using Clusters of Computers". Proceedings of Computer Graphics Workshop 2008.
• M. J. Olsen, E. Johnstone, S. A. Ashford, N. Driscoll, A. P. Young, T.-J. Hs ie h, and F. Kuester. 2008. "Rapid Response to Seacliff Erosion in San Diego County, California Using Terrestrial LIDAR". Proceedings of Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 conference, pp 573-583.
• T.-J. H si eh, M. J. Olsen, E. Johnstone, A. P. Young, N. Driscoll, S. A. Ashford, and F. Kuester. 2007. "VR-Based Visual Analytics of LIDAR Data for Cliff Erosion Assessment". Proceedings of the ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2007), pp 249-250.
• F. Kuester, T.C. Hutchinson, and T.-J. H si eh. 2007. "Visualization of Large-Scale Seismic Data Records". Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (4ICEGE 2007), pp 1-12.
• T.-J. H si eh, F. Kuester, and T. C. Hutchinson. 2006. "Visualization of Field Measured Seismic Wave Propagation from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake". Proceedings of EERI's 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8NCEE), 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, paper 932.
• T. C. Hutchinson, F. Kuester, T.-J. Hs ie h, and R. Chadwick. 2004. "A Hybrid Reality Environment and Its Application to Earthquake Engineering". Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2004, pp 229-230.
• T.-J. H si eh, F. Kuester, and T. C. Hutchinson. 2003. "Visualization of Large-Scale Seismic Field Data". Proceedings of High Performance Computing Symposium (HPC 2003), Society for Computer Simulation International, pp 163-170.
• T.-J. H si eh, F. Kuester, and T. C. Hutchinson. 2003. "Terrain Mapping for Interactive Visualization of Earthquake Datasets". Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2003), IASTED, pp 489-496.