Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica

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We've all experienced extreme stress as graduate students. Schools told us that mental health is of tremendous importance from Day 1 and provide abundant resources to help us deal with stress. According to the Harvard University health report, 25% of grad students are under treatment for anxiety and depression. Obviously, we are well aware of these problems, but why is it so difficult to get through them?

I break down my experiences of dealing with stress into three phases:
1. Understand the origin of academic stress.
2. My trial and error in coping with stress.
3. My survival kit.

I hope this talk provides some useful insights for fellow Ph.D. students to look into their stress, and establish a remedy toolkit to support a more sustainable PhD life.

Tica Lin holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard University, an M.S. in Digital Media from Georgia Tech, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on data visualization and extended reality (XR) interaction design, applying these technologies to data-driven decision-making in sports. During her Ph.D., she collaborated with the U.S. National Team and NCAA Division I teams, developing innovative SportsXR technology to optimize data analysis processes. She also contributed to research and product development at Apple Vision Pro, Meta Reality Labs, and Adobe Firefly. Tica has worked as a Senior Data Visualization Designer at Visa and as UX Designer for the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. She authored the book “My 76ers’ Story”, sharing her unique experience as the first Taiwanese member of the NBA’s data analytic team. Tica is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, leading the sports tech startup project, SportsBuddy.ai.