CV

Education

• PhD in Information System Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 2020
  • Thesis: Designing User Interface for Facilitating Video Comparison Tasks
  • Supervisors: Prof. Hyowon Lee and Prof. Simon Perrault
• M.S. in Computer Science, Asian Institute of Technology, 2011
  • Master Thesis: 3D Virtual Model Construction and Visualization for an Agricultural Field Inspection Robot
  • Supervisor: Prof. Matthew N. Dailey
• B.S. in Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University, 2009
  • Senior Project: Interactive Shape Manipulation System
  • Supervisor: Prof. Rawesak Tanawongsuwan

Professional experience

• May 2023 – present: Research fellow
  • Singapore Institue of Technology (SIT).
  • Duties included: Designing, developing, and conducting user studies on mobile-friendly cartograms
  • Supervisor: Dr. Michael Gastner
• Nov 2020 – Apr 2023: Postdoctoral researcher
  • National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC).
  • Duties included: Conducting research about blockchain-based traceability application, physical movement training application, and Human Computer Interaction
  • Supervisor: Dr. Suporn Pongnumkul
• Oct 2012 – Jan 2015: System Engineer
  • Central Office, National Science and Technology Development Agency
  • Duties included: Analyzing user requirements and developing web-based applications to support organizational processes; Maintaining and fixing performance/security issues of legacy organization applications; Providing technical support to users; Being a secretary of Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Steering Committee (SC) meetings (for 1 and 2+ years respectively)
• Jul 2011 – Sep 2012: Research Assistance
  • Information Systems Laboratory, BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency
  • Duties included: Designing, developing, and testing information extraction system for chemical data curation
  • Supervisor: Dr. Duangdao Wichadakul and Dr. Supawadee Ingsriswang

Additional experience

• 2013 - 2021: Full-stack Web Developer
  • https://oCircle.in.th(https://oCircle.in.th)
  • Duties included: Designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining the website
• 2017: Lead Mobile Application Developer
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design, in collaboration with Gardens by the Bay
  • Duties included: Developing an application for Mid-Autumn festival at Gardens by the Bay
• 2017: Teaching Assistance
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Duties included: Assisting instructors in User Interface Design and Implementation course (Jan - Apr) and Database course (Sep - Dec)

Internships

• Mar 2019 – May 2019: Distributed & Interactive Systems Group, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Netherlands
  • Duties included: Designing and developing user interface for facilitating live editing in streaming
  • Supervisors: Dr. Jie Li and Prof. Pablo Cesar
• Feb 2015 – Jul 2015: NUS HCI Lab, National University of Singapore
  • Duties included: Developing back-end of online political discussion system and did integration with the front-end; Designing and developing user interface to facilitate comparison of alternative stories
  • Supervisors: Dr. Simon Perrault and Prof. Shengdong Zhao

Publications

Effectiveness of Large-Language Models in Recognizing Spatially Intensive Statistical Data

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Haw Yuh Loh, Simon T. Perrault, Yong Wang, and Michael Thorsten Gastner. "Effectiveness of Large-Language Models in Recognizing Spatially Intensive Statistical Data." Singapore Institute of Technology, 2024.

Designing Mobile-Optimized Cartograms

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Simon T. Perrault, Chen-Chieh Feng, and Michael T. Gastner. "Designing Mobile-Optimized Cartograms." Abstracts of the ICA 7 (2024): 169.

Deep learning-based human body pose estimation in providing feedback for physical movement: A review

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Thanawat Srikaewsiew, and Suporn Pongnumkul. "Deep learning-based human body pose estimation in providing feedback for physical movement: A review." Heliyon (2024).

A comparison of the instructor-trainee dance dataset using cosine similarity, euclidean distance, and angular difference

Srikaewsiew, Thanawat, Khatadet Khianchainat, Atima Tharatipyakul, Suporn Pongnumkul, and Sarunya Kanjanawattana. "A comparison of the instructor-trainee dance dataset using cosine similarity, euclidean distance, and angular difference." In 2022 26th International Computer Science and Engineering Conference (ICSEC), pp. 235-240. IEEE, 2022.

Blockchain-based traceability system from the users’ perspective: a case study of Thai coffee supply chain

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Suporn Pongnumkul, Nithita Riansumrit, Siripra Kingchan, and Suchit Pongnumkul. "Blockchain-based traceability system from the users’ perspective: a case study of Thai coffee supply chain." IEEE Access 10 (2022): 98783-98802.

Comparing Remote Learning Between Live Lectures and Self-paced Interactive Tutorials for Learning an Introduction to Blockchain

Sangpratoom, Jintawat, Atima Tharatipyakul, Natnaree Ua-Arak, Kejkaew Thanasuan, and Suporn Pongnumkul. "Comparing Remote Learning Between Live Lectures and Self-paced Interactive Tutorials for Learning an Introduction to Blockchain." In 2021 International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies (ICISAT), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2021.

User Interface of Blockchain-Based Agri-Food Traceability Applications: A Review

Tharatipyakul, Atima, and Suporn Pongnumkul. "User Interface of Blockchain-based Agri-Food Traceability Applications: A Review." IEEE Access (2021).

A Cross-Sectional Review of Blockchain in Thailand: Research Literature, Education Courses, and Industry Projects

Pongnumkul, Suporn, Thachaparn Bunditlurdruk, Pimwadee Chaovalit, and Atima Tharatipyakul. "A cross-sectional review of blockchain in Thailand: Research literature, education courses, and industry projects." Applied Sciences 11, no. 11 (2021): 4928.

Pose Estimation for Facilitating Movement Learning from Online Videos

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Kenny TW Choo, and Simon T. Perrault. "Pose estimation for facilitating movement learning from online videos." Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. 2020.

Designing User Interface for Facilitating Live Editing in Streaming

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Jie Li, and Pablo Cesar. "Designing User Interface for Facilitating Live Editing in Streaming." Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020.

Towards a better video comparison: case study

Tharatipyakul, Atima, and Hyowon Lee. "Towards a better video comparison: case study." Proceedings of Asian CHI Symposium 2019: Emerging HCI Research Collection. pp. 80-89. 2019.

Towards a better video comparison: comparison as a way of browsing the video contents

Tharatipyakul, Atima, and Hyowon Lee. "Towards a better video comparison: comparison as a way of browsing the video contents." In Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, pp. 349-353. 2018.

Supporting Visual Temporal Media Comparison

Tharatipyakul, Atima. "Supporting Visual Temporal Media Comparison." In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 330-334. 2017.

Supporting the comparison of alternative stories

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Hyowon Lee, Shengdong Zhao, and Richard C. Davis. "Supporting the comparison of alternative stories." In Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, pp. 266-270. 2016.

ChemEx: information extraction system for chemical data curation

Tharatipyakul, Atima, Somrak Numnark, Duangdao Wichadakul, and Supawadee Ingsriswang. "ChemEx: information extraction system for chemical data curation." In BMC bioinformatics, vol. 13, no. S17, p. S9. BioMed Central, 2012.

Service and leadership

• 14 December 2024: A judge for the 2024 Thai SIGCHI Symposium
• July 2022 - June 2023: Chair of BKK ACM SIGCHI Chapter
• July 2021 - June 2022: Treasurer of BKK ACM SIGCHI Chapter