About

UX Researcher & Data Learner

A creative UX researcher with a strong foundation in data analytics, dedicated to designing and implementing innovative solutions that enhance user experiences. Passionate about understanding user behavior and preferences to inform effective design decisions. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.

  • Language: Indonesia, English, Chinese
  • Email: ainulyaqinmhd@gmail.com
  • Degree: PhD Candidate in Design
  • Freelance: Available

Skills

UX Research and Assessment
Data Analysis
Design Thinking
Conception
Front-end Web Development
Python
SPSS
NLP Applications

Interests

User Experience

Service Design

HCI

NLP

Resume

Muhammad A. Yaqin

UX Researcher | Interaction Designer | AI-Data Enthusiast

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Professional Summary

Human-Computer Interaction enthusiast with a passion for advancing User Experience (UX) research through Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications and Data Analytics. Focused on uncovering user behavior insights to develop innovative solutions that enhance the overall user journey.

Contact Information


Education

Doctoral Program in Design

2021 - Present

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

International Master Program of Interaction Design & Innovation

2019 - 2021

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Bachelor Program of Computer Science & Multimedia Design

2013 - 2017

Taiwan Shoufu University, Taiwan

Certifications

2024 Sustainable Urban Development

March 4-7, 2024

National Taipei University of Technology - Taipei, Taiwan and Kyushu Institute of Technology - Fukuoka Japan

NHRI Student Research and Study Cerificate

July 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine - Taiwan

2023 English Language Teaching Assistant

2023

K-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education - Taiwan

Competitor at 2022 Hult Prize Taipei Regional Summit

May 20-21, 2022

Hult Prize at National Taiwan University

2022 Happy Technology Entrepreneurship Competition

2022

Incubation Center, National Taipei University of Technology - Taiwan

Professional Experience

Research and Teaching Assistant

September 2021 - Present

Smart Interaction and Service Design Lab., NTUT - Taipei, Taiwan

  • Guides 2-3 students annually in developing master theses, focusing on ideation, methodology, and evaluation.
  • Course assists around 15 students every semester in the topic of UX evaluation and measurement.
  • Collaborates with 10-15 lab members to advance innovative research directions and assessments in UX research

Research Intern

July - November, 2024

Taiwan Architecture and Building Center - Taipei, Taiwan

  • Led a cross-functional team of five members to design and implement an NLP-RAG Chatbot that aligns with project goals and delivers user-focused results.
  • Managed the end-to-end lifecycle of the chatbot project, including ideation, planning, execution, and deployment.

STEAM Educator (Part-time)

February 2021 - July, 2023

Taipei Tech Extension Education Center - 藝起做 - Taipei, Taiwan

  • Taught 10-15 students/class on fundamental programming and hardware integration using Arduino and Makey Makey interactive tools.
  • Guided students in developing interactive projects and core coding concepts.

Multimedia specialist

May 2019 - February 2023

Digital Governance Association - 台灣數位治理協會 - Taipei, Taiwan

  • Responsible to edit multimedia content produced in Digital Governance Association.

Aftersales Management Officer

2019

PT. Win Access Telecommunication VIVO - Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Indonesia-West regional service center quality standardization assurance.
  • Indonesia-West regional service center customer satisfaction assurance.
  • Chinese to Bahasa Indonesia translation.

Product Application Specialist

2017 - 2018

JU-SOFT Co., LTD - New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Multimedia content support for live streaming service and marketing. Field-based broadcasting software testing.
  • Field-based broadcasting software testing.
  • International customer support technician.
  • Chinese to Bahasa Indonesia translation.
  • Project concepting support.

Multimedia Internship

2017

JU-SOFT Co., LTD - New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Multimedia content support for live streaming service and marketing.
  • Field-based broadcasting software testing.
  • IPTV video content editing and poster design.

Broadcast Technician and Creative (Part-time)

20116 - 2017

Garuda Formosa TV, branch of JU-SOFT Co., LTD - New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Multimedia support for company’s event and public service.
  • IPTV video content editing and poster design for Indonesia market.

Academic Achievements and Awards

Bronze Award

November 27, 2024

Global Digital Talent Awards & Digital Equality Forum, Taipei, Taiwan.

Selected Awardee

July-November, 2024

2024 DIGI+ & Talent Circulation Alliance Internship Program, Taiwan

Hult Prize - on Campus Program Winner

March 12, 2022

Hult Prize Foundation in Associate with United Nations, Taiwan

Top 3 Best Graduate Student (Master)

2019 - 2021

College of Design, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Best Academic Paper Award - International Conference of Medical Design 2020

November 2020

Medical Design Association (MDA), National Taipei University of Technology and the Chang Gung Health and Culture Village

International Graduate Student Scholarship Awardee

2021

National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei City ICT Southbound Diamond Talent Convergence Plan Awardee

2019 - 2021

Taipei City Government, Taiwan

Top 10 Best Graduate Student

2017

Taiwan Shoufu University, Tainan, Taiwan

2nd Winner Micro-Video School Competition

2016

Taiwan Shoufu University, Tainan, Taiwan

Best Performance of 2015 Asian Golden Awards of “Film-Micro Contest”

2013 - 2017

Asia Golden Dragon Award, Taiwan

International Undergraduate Student Scholarship Awardee

2013 - 2017

Taiwan Shoufu University, Tainan, Taiwan

Research

Research Publications

Wang, S.-M., Yaqin, M. A., & Lan, V. H. (2024).

Enhancing Spatial-Reasoning Perception Using Virtual Reality Immersive Experience. IEEE Transactions on Education, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/te.2024.3401839

Kozachek, D., Yaqin, M.A., Prasad, K., Wang, SM. (2023).

Evaluating the Outcome of Collaborative VR Mind Mapping Sessions with Sentiment Analysis and Emotional Intelligence. In: Kurosu, M., Hashizume, A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35599-8_16

Wang, SM., Yaqin, M.A., Hsu, FH. (2022).

AHP-Based Assessment of Developing Online Virtual Reality Services with Progressive Web Apps. In: Hsieh, SY., Hung, LJ., Klasing, R., Lee, CW., Peng, SL. (eds) New Trends in Computer Technologies and Applications. ICS 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1723. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9582-8_49

Wang, SM., Yaqin, M.A., Hsu, FH. (2022).

Improving Emotional Intelligence in the New Normal Using Metaverse Applications for Digital Native. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13302. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_37

Research Projects

Venture Your Green Investment Capital: AI REITs Platform

Jul, 2024 - Nov, 2024

Advisor: Morris Lin
Manager, Department of Digital Twin for Sustainable City, Taiwan Architecture & Building Center, Taiwan

Neurodevelopmental Adaptive Assessment and Tracking System for Infants

Sept, 2023 - Feb, 2024

Advisor: Dr. Tun-Wen Pai
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, NTUT, Taiwan

Evaluating Collaborative Interaction and Performance in Virtual Reality Application with Multi-Datasets Correlative Analysis*

Jul, 2022 - Sept, 2022

Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Ming Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Interaction Design, NTUT, Taiwan
*A collaboration project with FU Berlin.

The Integration of Kano Model and DEA for Evaluating the Immersive Experience in Web Extended Reality Innovative Service

Nov, 2020 - Jul, 2021

Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Ming Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Interaction Design, NTUT, Taiwan

Speculative Design for Self-Health Monitoring Patch

Feb, 2020 - Jun, 2020

Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Ming Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Interaction Design, NTUT, Taiwan

Conference Presentations

YAQIN, M.A., WANG, SM., VU, HL. (2020)

Speculative design for self-health monitoring patch. In International Conference on Medical Design, MD 2020, Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 20–23, 2020, Proceedings, 2020.

YAQIN, M.A., WANG, SM., VU, HL. (2020)

Speculative design approach for noise awareness. In Conference on Service Science and Innovation, ICSSI 2020, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 15–17, 2020, Proceedings, 2020

Portfolio

  • All
  • AI & Data Analysis
  • Interaction Design
  • User Experience
  • Teaching and Assistantship
  • Videography

Venture Your Green Investment Capital: AI REITs Platform

#AIGC #NLP #LLM

Enhancing Spatial-Reasoning Perception Using Virtual Reality Immersive Experience

#VR #IxD

Evaluating the Outcome of Collaborative VR Mind Mapping Sessions with Sentiment Analysis and Emotional Intelligence

#VR #NLP

The 360-Degree Camera Perspective to Detect Drowning Scenarios at The Swimming Pool

#UserExperience #ResearchDesign

Image Classification
in Design Research:
Enhancing Objectivity
and Trend Analysis

#UserExperience #MachineLearning #ImageClassification

A Comparison Study of Interactivity/Connectivity Value
Between Each Building
in NTUT Campus

#UrbanAnalysis

Gravity is Your Enemy!

#GameMediaDesign #InteractionDesign

Developing Game-based Mobile Application: Super Mario Cards AR

#GameMediaDesign #InteractionDesign

Service Design Approach of Improving Smart Mobile Shelter

UX Research

Talk to Me: A Design Thinking Process for Improving the Talk Therapy Service in the Post Pandemic

UX Research

Adapting Biomimicry of the Gecko Eyes to Investigate Better Night Vision

UX Research

Digital Transformation and SDGs in Smart City Context

UX Research

UI Design for "Neurodevelopmental Adaptive Assessment and Tracking System for Infants

UI-UX Research

Crowdsourcing Geo-Decision Maker for Implementing Urban Centralization and Decentralization Issues in the Smart City

#SmartCity #ServiceDesign

Speculative Design for Self-Health Monitoring Patch

#UserExperience #ServiceDesign

Speculative Design Approach for Noise Awareness

#UserExperience #ServiceDesign

Virtual Pet Embodiment with Machine Learning Approaches

UX Research

Virtual Embodiment Tour Guide
Based on WEB-AR Technology

UX Research

Human-computer Interaction Design

University

Smart City and Interactivity

University

Design Thinking

University

Design Method - Prototyping for Designer

University

VR Game Design

K-12 Education

Fundamental of Electronic Circuits and Programming

K-12 Education

Fundamental of Arduino

K-12 Education

Chinese Learning with NTUT CLTC

#VideoFeature

Talk to Me - Embrace Your Anxiety

#VideoFeature

Virtual XR Mechanism to Improve Emotional Intelligence in New Normal

#VideoFeature

Indigo Dyeing Taiwan

#ShortVideo

Taiwan Oolong Tea

#ShortVideo

ICHOS - Speculative Noise Awareness

#ShortVideo

Religious Diversity in Taiwan

#ShortVideo

HIKING EXPERIENCE - TAIPEI, TAIWAN [虎山-象山,台灣]

#ShortVideo

3 Things I like Taiwan Tech the Most

#VideoFeature

無名英雄 Unsung Hero

#VideoFeature

Symposium PPI Asia-Oceania 2017

#VideoFeature

Reog Ponorogo - Special Performance in Taiwan

#VideoFeature

Mannequin-Challenge

#ShortVideo

TSU Profile Video

#VideoFeature

Negeri Berbagai Kreasi Seni

#VideoFeature

Aku Cinta Kamu

#MusicVideo

Bermimpi, Berlari, Berdikari

#ShortVideo

Yes, I can!

#StopMotion

Yes, I can!

#StopMotion

Contact

My Address

No.81, Sec 1, Jianguo S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan

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ainulyaqinmhd@gmail.com

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