Visiting Scholar
ATLAS Institute
Sheng-Fen Chien (Nik) explores computational intelligence and experience design as means to stimulate human creativity. She is working, and planning to continue the investigation while visiting ATLAS, on applying machine learning AI models in design communications, and studying how artists interact with AI models in their art creating process.
Nik holds a PhD in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University. She is an Associate Professor in the Architecture Department, as well as the Graduate Program on Techno Art, of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. She co-founded Association of Humanitarian Architecture (AHA Taiwan) empowering underprivileged communities through design/build co-creations.