VIRD: Immersive Match Video Analysis for High-Performance Badminton Coaching
Tica Lin, Alexandre Aouididi, Zhutian Chen, Johanna Beyer, Hanspeter Pfister, Jui-Hsien Wang
VIS 2023
Tica Lin, PhD
I am an HCI & Data Visualization Scientist with a deep passion for interactive technologies, human-centered design, and sports analytics.
I am a Sr. Research Scientist at Dolby Laboratories and serve as a Consultant at Taiwan Institute of Sports Science. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard University.
My work bridges the gap between technology and human experience, leveraging AI and XR to support contextual understanding, insight generation, and human-AI collaboration in human-centered practices, such as sports training and creative production. Through theory-grounded, data-driven design, I strive to create tools and experiences that empower people to work effectively with intelligent systems.
My research has been recognized with Best Paper Awards in leading HCI and Visualization venues including ACM CHI and IEEE VIS. I have contributed to immersive and AI research across academic and industry settings, such as Adobe, Apple Vision Pro, and Meta Reality Labs. Prior to my Ph.D., I was a Senior Data Visualization Designer at Visa and the first UX Designer at Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Analytics, experiences I shared in my book "My 76ers Story".
Driven by a passion for knowledge sharing and community building, I authored Ph.D. Survival Kit in Harvard Graduate Review to support fellow students navigating the PhD hardship, and I was featured by The Science Coalition for my work bringing sports, AI, and immersive experiences to inspire women in STEM. My featured work and journey can be explored through my publications and talks.
News
- 09/2026One paper accepted to VIS 2026 Workshop
- 08/2026One paper accepted to IEEE CG&A
- 07/2026One paper accepted to VIS 2026
- 06/2026Present two talks at Dolby Tech Summit 2026
- 04/2026One paper accepted to DIS 2026
- 03/2026Best Paper Award at CHI 2026
- 02/2026Co-organize Dolby Smart Realites Summit
- 02/2026One paper accepted to CHI 2026 Workshop
- 01/2026Two papers accepted to CHI 2026
- 09/2025Served as a keynote speaker at PyCon 2025
- 08/2025One papaer accepted to VIS 2025 Workshop
- 04/2025Best Paper Honorable Mention at CHI 2025
- 03/2025One paper accepted to EuroVis 2025
- 02/2025Joined Dolby Laboratories as Sr. Research Scientist!
- 02/2025One paper accepted to PacificVis 2025
- 01/2025One paper accepted to CHI 2025
- 12/2024Serve as consultant at Taiwan Institute of Sports Science
- 09/2024One paper accepted to VIS 2024 Workshop
- 07/2024One paper accepted to VIS 2024
- 04/2024Best Paper Award (VisNotes) at PacificVis 2024!
- 04/2024Named 2024 Taipei Women in Tech honoree
- 03/2024I passed my Ph.D. Defense! ๐
- 03/2024One paper accepted to EuroVis 2024
- 02/2024One VisNotes paper accepted to PacificVis 2024
- 01/2024One poster accepted to IEEE VR 2024
- 01/2024Publish my first book "My 76ers Story"!
- 09/2023Started internship at Adobe Research
- 08/2023One paper accepted to ISMAR 2023
- 07/2023One paper accepted to IEEE TVCG
- 07/2023Two papers accepted to VIS 2023
- 05/2023Started internship at Apple
- 01/2023One paper accepted to CHI 2023
- 12/2022One paper accepted to IEEE CG&A
- 08/2022Best Paper Honorable Mention at VIS 2022
- 07/2022One paper accepted to VIS 2022
- 05/2022Started internship at Adobe Research
- 12/2021One paper accepted to IEEE TVCG
- 10/2021Served as SV at VIS 2021
- 06/2021Started internship at Facebook Reality Labs
- 05/2021Passed Ph.D. qualifying exam
- 03/2021Best Paper Honorable Mention at CHI 2021
- 01/2021Two papers accepted to CHI 2021
- 04/2020One workshop paper accepted to CHI 2020
- 09/2019Started Ph.D. at Harvard University
New Papers
Semantic Action Graph: A Shared Representation for Agent Grounding and Human Interpretation of Sports Highlights
VIS 2026 Workshop on GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS
Who's That Player?: Externalizing Query Interpretation in Spoken XR Sports Interaction
VIS 2026
Opportunities for First-Person Visualization for Sports and Physical Activities
IEEE CG&A 2026
ADEPT: Interactive Visual Analytics for Audio Dataset Exploration and Preparation
DIS 2026
Featured Publications
SportsBuddy: Designing and Evaluating an AI-Powered Sports Video Storytelling Tool Through Real-World Deployment
Tica Lin*, Ruxun Xiang*, Gardenia Liu, Divyanshu Tiwari, Meng-Chia Chiang, Chenjiayi Ye, Hanspeter Pfister, Chen Zhu-Tien
PacificVis 2025
The Quest for Omnioculars: Embedded Visualization for Augmenting Basketball Game Viewing Experiences
Tica Lin, Zhutian Chen, Yalong Yang, Daniele Chiappalupi, Johanna Beyer, Hanspeter Pfister
VIS 2022
๐ Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Towards an Understanding of Situated AR Visualization for Basketball Free-Throw Training
Tica Lin, Rishi Singh, Yalong Yang, Carolina Nobre, Johanna Beyer, Maurice Smith, Hanspeter Pfister
CHI 2021
๐ Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Invited Talks
Sep 2026
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
Jun 2026
2026 Dolby Tech Summit
Sep 2025
Hongik University, Department of Industrial and Data Engineering
Sep 2025
Taipei University
Sep 2025
2025 PyCon Taiwan Keynote
Jun 2025
Asia Association of Coaching Science Conference
Apr 2025
ACT Basketball Camp
Dec 2024
Taiwan Institute of Sports Science
Nov 2024
Harvard Sports Analysis Collective
Sep 2024
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
Aug 2024
TechGirls Program at Taiwan, U.S. Department of State
Jun 2024
The Science Coalition
May 2024
Georgia Tech, AI Artistic Human Performance Workshop
Mar 2024
University of Massachusetts Boston, CS617 - Visualizing Boston
Mar 2024
PhD Thesis Defense Talk, Harvard University
Jan 2024
2024 Taipei Book Launch Party
Nov 2023
Brandeis University, COSI116A - Information Visualization
Oct 2023
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Applied Research Team
Oct 2023
Georgia Tech, CS4460 - Introduction to Information Visualization
2023
IEEEVIS 2023, Melbourne
Apr 2023
Inria at Universitรฉ Paris-Saclay, AVIZ research group
Apr 2023
Boston College, CSCI3361 - Human-Computer Interaction
Nov 2022
Harvard AR/VR Symposium
Apr 2022
National Tsing Hua University, Department of Computer Science
2022
IEEEVIS 2022, Oklahoma City
Jun 2022
Gate Sports Education
Apr 2022
St. Ambrose University, KIN401 - Seminar in Sport Management
2021
CHI 2021, Virtual
Nov 2021
Gate Sports Education