Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University

Modeling and Informatics Lab

Tsung-Ren (Tren) Huang
http://mil.psy.ntu.edu.tw/~tren

Research Field

Psychology

Introduction

Tsung-Ren (Tren) Huang  is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University. Because of his interdisciplinary research, he is also affiliated with the following organizations at National Taiwan University.

[Psychology/Neuroscience]

Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences

Neurobiology & Cognitive Science Center

Imaging Center for Integrated Body, Mind and Culture Research

[Mathematics/Statistics]

Institute of Applied Mathematical Sciences

Master Program in Statistics

[Applied Fields / AI]

Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics

 

Our "Modeling & Informatics Laboratory" was established in 2014 in the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University. We have been pioneering Psychoinformatics and are the leading lab of this field in Taiwan.

We apply data science and computational modeling techniques to study psychology and cognitive neuroscience of social interactions. We are specialized in programming (Python, R, Javascript, PHP, etc.), advanced data analysis (text mining, computer vision, machine/deep learning, etc.), and big-data approaches (crowding sourcing, Spark, etc.). 


Research Topics

Psychoinformatics and Neuroinformatics 

Computational Modeling of Neural and Cognitive Systems 

Learning and Memory of Humans and Machines

Social Cognition & Social Interaction of Humans and Machines (AI / Robots)


Honor

2023:NTSC Excellent Young Scholars Award (2023-2027)

2023:Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member at National Taiwan University (top 10%)

2017:Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member at National Taiwan University (top 10%)

2016:Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member at National Taiwan University (top 10%)

2014:MOST Special Outstanding Talent Award (2014-2016)


Educational Background

2009 Ph.D., Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University

2003 M.S., Physics, National Taiwan University

2001 B.S., Mathematics, National Taiwan University


2 Vacancies

Job Description

Related to psychology X AI

Preferred Intern Education Level

Undergraduates

Skill sets or Qualities

Familiar with programming and data analyses