Janet Hsiao

Dr. Janet Hsiao is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC) at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) and worked with Prof. Gary Cottrell. She received the Ph.D. degree in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh in 2006, the M.Sc. degree in Computing Science from Simon Fraser University in 2002, and the B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from National Taiwan University in 1999.

Research Interests

• Cognitive science
• Computational modeling
• Hidden Markov modeling of eye movements
• Perceptual expertise acquisition (e.g., face recognition, reading, etc.)
• Hemispheric asymmetry in cognitive processes
• Psycholinguistics

Education

• PhD The University of Edinburgh (2002 — 2006)
• MS Simon Fraser University (2000 — 2002)
• BS National Taiwan University (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong (2015)
• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2009 — 2014)
• Postdoc researcher Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, UCSD & Perceptual Expertise Network (2005 — 2008)
• Ph.D. student University of Edinburgh (2002 — 2006)