Ruowei Xiao

Ruowei Xiao

Personal Profile

Currently, I am an assistant professor at the School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology. Previously, I have worked as postdoctoral researcher at Gamification Group in Tampere University, Finland for three years.

Since obtained the Ph.D of Media Design from Keio University at May 2018, I became a project researcher at Keio Univeristy Graduate School of Media Design. Meanwhile, I also worked for one of the major Japanese game manufacturers, KOEI TECMO until 2019. My research interest has been focused on interactive experience design. Specifically, multidisciplinary researches on gamification, playful user experience design, and embodied interaction.

As a semi-professional novelist, I have also published a few fictions and books.

Education Background

Ph.D of Media Design

September 2014 - May 2018

Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

M.S of Media Design

September 2012 - September 2014

Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

B.E of Information Engineering

B.A of Animation Production

September 2007 - July 2011

School of Information Security Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University
School of Media and Design, Shanghai JiaoTong University

Working Experience

Keio University, Graduate School of Media Design

April 2018 - September 2019

Project Researcher, Full-time

KOEI TECMO Games co., ltd, Quality Assurance Department

November 2018 - September 2019

Product Quality Assurance and Localization, Part-time

Tampere University, Gamification Group

October 2019 - September 2022

Post-doctoral Researcher, Full-time

Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Design

December 2022 - Present

Assistant Professor, Full-time

Language

  • Chinese (Native)
  • Japanese (JLPT N1)
  • English (TOEFLibt 106; IELTS 7)

Scholarship

Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship

April, 2013 - September, 2017

Total Funding Amount: 14.5 million JPY

Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Talent Grade C

Key Skills

  • User Experiment and Survey
  • Data Analytics and Visualization (Excel, MAXQDA, D3)
  • Storyboard (Painter, Adobe Ps)
  • Multimedia Design (Adobe Ai/Ae/Au/Pr)
  • Game Development (Unity, C#)
  • Web Development (HTML5/CSS, JavaScript, LAMP)
  • 3D Modeling and Printing (Sketchup, Maya)
  • IoT Prototyping (Arduino/Raspberry Pi)

Publications