Portrait of Ruei-Che Chang

Ruei-Che Chang 張睿哲

Ph.D. Candidate @ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

I am a part of Human-AI Lab at UMich CSE, advised by Anhong Guo.

My research is supported by the Taiwan Government Scholarship (2026), Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (2026),  Apple Scholars in AIML PhD Fellowship (2025), Weinberg Cognitive Science Fellowship (2024), Rackham International Students Fellowship (2023).

My research builds interactive AI systems for human-level assistance in real-world tasks. I aim to build an AI companion that can see, hear, and remember past interactions and environments, so it can understand users over time and proactively provide timely, personalized support.

During my PhD study, I interned at Meta Reality Labs and Adobe Research. Prior to that, I graduated with a Master degree in Computer Science at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

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News

06/2026Honored to receive the Taiwan Government Scholarship!
04/2026Honored to receive the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship!
02/2026TouchScribe is accepted to CHI 2026 — see you in 🇪🇸 Barcelona!
10/2025Excited to share that I will be interning at  Apple in Seattle this summer!
08/2025I will attend both UIST DS 2025 and ASSETS DC 2025!
08/2025My Meta intern project Viago was accepted to UIST 2025!
03/2025Honored to receive the  Apple Scholars in AIML Ph.D. Fellowship (AI for Accessibility)!
01/2025Excited to share that I will be interning at Adobe Research in Seattle this summer!
10/2024WorldScribe received a Google Academic Research Award (Society-Centered AI)!
10/2024WorldScribe awarded Best Paper Award 🏆 at UIST 2024!
07/2024EditScribe and CustomAD accepted to ASSETS 2024, and WorldScribe to UIST 2024.
05/2024Started my internship at Meta Reality Labs in Toronto!
02/2024Received the Weinberg Cognitive Science Fellowship; passed candidacy exam — now a Ph.D. candidate!

Awards

2026 Taiwan Government Scholarship
2024 UIST Best Paper Award — WorldScribe
2024 Google Academic Research Award (Society-Centered AI) — WorldScribe
2024 Weinberg Cognitive Science Fellowship

Publication

2026

TouchScribe: Augmenting Non-Visual Hand-Object Interactions with Automated Live Visual Descriptions Ruei-Che Chang, Rosiana Natalie, Wenqian Xu, Jovan Zheng Feng Yap, Tiange Luo, Venkatesh Potluri, Anhong Guo CHI 2026 ACM PDF arXiv video

2025

ChatGPT Live Video
Probing the Gaps in ChatGPT's Live Video Chat for Real-World Assistance for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired Ruei-Che Chang, Rosiana Natalie, Wenqian Xu, Jovan Zheng Feng Yap, Anhong Guo ASSETS 2025 ACM PDF arXiv
Viago
Viago: Exploring Visual-Audio Modality Transitions for Social Media Consumption on the Go Ruei-Che Chang, Tovi Grossman, Carine Rognon, Michael Glueck, Christopher Collins, Amy Karlson, Hemant Bhaskar Surale UIST 2025 ACM PDF
Strange Familiars
Strange Familiars: Exploring the Design of Avatars and Virtual Environments for Reconnecting Dormant Ties in Virtual Reality Yu-Ting Yen, Fang-Ying Liao, Chi-Lan Yang, Ruei-Che Chang, Fu-Yin Cherng, Bing-Yu Chen IEEE TVCG 2025 paper

2024

WorldScribe: Towards Context-Aware Live Visual Descriptions Ruei-Che Chang, Yuxuan Liu, Anhong Guo UIST 2024 ( Best Paper Award) ACM PDF arXiv video project page * Received a Google Academic Research Award (Society-Centered AI) and featured in Michigan Engineering News.
EditScribe
EditScribe: Non-Visual Image Editing with Natural Language Verification Loops Ruei-Che Chang, Yuxuan Liu, Lotus Zhang, Anhong Guo ASSETS 2024 ACM PDF arXiv video
Audio Description Customization
Audio Description Customization Rosiana Natalie, Ruei-Che Chang, Smitha Sheshadri, Anhong Guo, Kotaro Hara ASSETS 2024 ACM PDF video
SoundShift
SoundShift: Exploring Sound Manipulations for Accessible Mixed-Reality Awareness Ruei-Che Chang, Chia-Sheng Hung, Bing-Yu Chen, Dhruv Jain, Anhong Guo DIS 2024 ACM PDF video
ImageExplorer
ImageExplorer Deployment: Understanding Text-Based and Touch-Based Image Exploration in the Wild Andi Xu, Minyu Cai, Dier Hou, Ruei-Che Chang, Anhong Guo W4A 2024 ACM PDF video project page
AdvCAPTCHA
AdvCAPTCHA: Creating Usable and Secure Audio CAPTCHA with Adversarial Machine Learning Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Jui Wang, Ruei-Che Chang, Yi-Hao Peng, Fu-Yin Cherng, Shang-Tse Chen USEC 2024 paper

2023

Laser-Cut Study
Understanding (Non-)Visual Needs for the Design of Laser-Cut Models Ruei-Che Chang, Seraphina Yong, Fang-Ying Liao, Chih-An Tsao, Bing-Yu Chen CHI 2023 ACM PDF video

2022

OmniScribe: Authoring Immersive Audio Descriptions for 360° Videos Ruei-Che Chang, Chao-Hsien Ting, Chia-Sheng Hung, Wan-Chen Lee, Liang-Jin Chen, Yu-Tzu Chao, Bing-Yu Chen, Anhong Guo UIST 2022 ACM PDF video project page
Puppeteer
Puppeteer: Exploring Intuitive Hand Gestures and Upper-Body Postures for Manipulating Human Avatar Actions Ching-Wen Hung, Ruei-Che Chang, Hong-Sheng Chen, Chung Han Liang, Liwei Chan, Bing-Yu Chen VRST 2022 ACM PDF video

2021

Daedalus in the Dark
Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture Ruei-Che Chang, Chih-An Tsao, Fang-Ying Liao, Seraphina Yong, Tom Yeh, Bing-Yu Chen UIST 2021 ACM PDF video
AccessibleCircuits: Adaptive Add-On Circuit Components for People with Blindness or Low Vision Ruei-Che Chang, Wen-Ping Wang, Chi-Huan Chiang, Te-Yen Wu, Zheer Xu, Justin Luo, Bing-Yu Chen, Xing-Dong Yang CHI 2021 ACM PDF video

2020

Glissade
Glissade: Generating Balance Shifting Feedback to Facilitate Auxiliary Digital Pen Input Kai-Chieh Huang, Chen-Kuo Sun, Da-Yuan Huang, Yu-Chun Chen, Ruei-Che Chang, Shuo-wen Hsu, Chih-Yun Yang, Bing-Yu Chen CHI 2020 ( Honorable Mention) ACM PDF video
Smart-home Routine Assistants
Exploring the Design Space of User-System Communication for Smart-home Routine Assistants Yi-Shyuan Chiang, Ruei-Che Chang, Yi-Lin Chuang, Shih-Ya Chou, Hao-Ping Lee, I-Ju Lin, Jian-Hua Jiang Chen, Yung-Ju Chang CHI 2020 ACM PDF video
TanGo
TanGo: Exploring Expressive Tangible Interactions on Head-Mounted Displays Ruei-Che Chang, Chi-Huan Chiang, Shuo-wen Hsu, Chih-Yun Yang, Da-Yuan Huang, Bing-Yu Chen SUI 2020 ACM PDF video

2019

Masque
Masque: Exploring Lateral Skin Stretch Feedback on the Face with Head-Mounted Displays Chi Wang, Da-Yuan Huang, Shuo-wen Hsu, Chu-En Hou, Yeu-Luen Chiu, Ruei-Che Chang, Jo-Yu Lo, Bing-Yu Chen UIST 2019 ACM PDF video