Presentation

 

Invited Talks

June 2024       Autism: From assessment to intervention. 「樂智通」啟動禮暨簡介會

Jan 2024 Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention. SNNHK event - Current Advances in ASD


Oct 2023         Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention. Seminar presented for the visit of CUHK Global Alumni Advisory Board (GAAB)

July 2023 Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention: A full-fledged robot-based curriculum for autistic individuals. Autism and Communication International Conference, Hong Chi Association.

May 2023          Use of social robots in supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.   Using New Technology to Support the Learning of Students in Special Schools (Organized by EDB)

May 2023          Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI). Korea National Council on Social Welfare (KNCSW)

April 2023         Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI). Shu Yan University

March 2023     Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI). Yale-CUHK exchange program

July 2022 Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI). 9th International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) Conference, Chicago, USA.

June 2021 Robot-based intervention facilitates communication in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. LSPPC6: 6th International Conference                                   of Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association 

Nov 2020 Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI). Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS)

May 2020          Robots as Mentors for Children with Autism. Class Acts, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dec 2018            RABI: Social Robots as Companions for Children with Autism. Mainstage Presentation in Learning &  Teaching Expo 2018. Hong Kong

Nov 2018           "友"你所需‧伴你同行 — 社交機械人. Gerontech and Innovation Expo Cum Summit. Hong Kong

Dec 2017             Applying robot-based intervention in autism population. Hong Chi Schools Professional  Development Day 

March 2017         Robot-based intervention program for promoting gestural communication skills in children with  autism spectrum disorders. Linguistic Forum organized by University of Chicago. 

June 2010           Who does what to whom: Reference making in multi-modal discourse: Conference on Culture and  Cognition in Asia II: Performative gestures in religion and science, organized by Asia Research  Institute at National University of Singapore

May 2010            Reference making in multi-modal discourse. Seminar organized by Department of Psychology at  Seoul National University, South Korea.

Sept 2009            Semantic coordination between gestures and speech. Seminar organized by Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Sept 2006             Seminar in Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Sept 2006             Seminar in Department of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

 

Conference / Symposium Organized

Program Co-Chair, Language and Communication Session, International Society of Autism Research, 2024, Melbourne

Organizer, International Conference on Autism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2024

Organizer and Chair, “Cognitive and pragmatic constraints in early child argument representation in speech and gesture”, Symposium organized for Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007

 

Chair, one of the symposiums organized for Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2008.

 

Organizer and Chair, "The role and universality of discourse-pragmatic principles in referential expression in speech and gesture", Symposium organized for Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, 2009

 

 

Selected Conference Presentations

So, W.C. (2023). Using an Autonomous Robot to Detect Presence of Eye Gaze of Autistic Children. Paper presented in INSAR.

So, W.C. (2022). Effectiveness of Improving Joint Attention in Low-Functioning Chinese-Speaking Children with Autism: Comparison of Robot-Based Intervention to Human-Based Intervention. Poster presented in INSAR (online)

So, W.C. & Song, X.K. (2021). Conversation Skills in Chinese-Speaking  Preschoolers with Autism: The Contributing Role of Parents’ Verbal Responsiveness. Poster presented in INSAR (online)

So, W.C., Cheng, C.H., Lam, W.W., & Wong, T. (2020). Robot drama intervention improves joint attention abilities in children on the autism spectrum with low and high support needs. Paper presented in The Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference (online)

So, W.C., Cheng, C.H., Lam, W.Y. & Wong, K.Y. (2018). Robot-based drama therapy may enhance perspective-taking skills in preschool children with autism. E-poster presented in The Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Brisbane, Australia. 

Cheng, C.H., Lam, W.Y., Wong, K.Y., & So, W.C. (2018). Robot-Based Intervention May Reduce Delay in the Production of Intransitive Gestures in Chinese-Speaking Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. E-poster presented in The Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Brisbane, Australia. 

Lam, W.Y., Wong, K.Y., Cheng, C.H., & So, W.C. (2018).Who is a better teacher for children with autism? Comparison of learning outcomes between robot-based and human-based interventions in gestural production and recognition. Paper presented in  The Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Brisbane, Australia. 

Cabibihan, J-J., Chellali, R., So, W.C., Aldosari, M., Connor, O., Alhaddad, A.Y., Javed, H. (2018). Social Robots and Wearable Sensors for Mitigating Meltdowns in Autism - A Pilot Test. Paper presented in the International Conference on Social Robotics, Qingdao, China. 

Ng, M., So, W.C., Kita, S. (2018). Gestures may Resolve Disfluencies in Spontaneous Speech. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society Conference, Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. 

So, W.C., Wong, Wong, K.Y., Lam, W.Y., Cheng, C.H. (2018). Robot-Based Gestural Intervention Prevents Delay in the Production of Intransitive Gestures in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society

Wong, K.Y., Lam, W.Y., Cheng, C.H., Yang, J.H., Huang, Y., Man, J., Pang, A., & W.C. So. (2018). Early Robot-Based Intervention May Reduce the Degree of Gestural Delay in Children with Autism. Poster presented at the INSAR 2018. 

Kelly, S., Wong, K.Y., Lam, W.Y., Cheng, C.H., So, W.C. (2017). Co-Speech Pointing Gestures Produced by Human Instructors rather than Robots Improve Word Learning in Children with Autism. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

So, W.C. & Wong, K.Y. (2016). Tracing the Development of Spatial Grammar in the Manual Modality: Nonsigning children use spatial device in their gestures. Paper  presented in the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, France. 

Lam, K.Y., Wong, K.Y., Cabibihan, J-J., Chan, H.Y., Wong, C., Lee, T.Z., Ng, P., Chui, T.F., Leung, W., Chan, C.H., So, W.C. (2016). Using an animated social robot to promote gestural recognition and production skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Paper presented in the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, France. 

Ng, M.M.R., Goh, W., Yap, J.M., Tse, C.S., So, W.C. (2016). Using gestures to prime the mental timeline. Paper  presented in the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, France. 

So, W.C. (2015). Gesture Gives Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) 

a Helping Hand. Paper presented in the International Symposium on Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience: From Molecule to Behaviour. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Chiu, H. M.,  Chui, H. C. A., Wong, M. K. Y., Chan, M. M. K., & So, W.C. (2015). Effective Way to Improve Competence in Answering Questions Among Children with ASD: Repeat Your Question or Gesture? Poster presented in The International Meeting for Autism Research 2015 (IMFAR)

So, W.C., Wong, M.K.Y., 1, Chan, M. M. K., & Au, R. H. Y. (2015). The Development of Co-Speech Gesture and Its Semantic Integration with Speech in Six- to 12-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster  presented in The International Meeting for Autism Research 2015 (IMFAR)

Xie, J., Huang, Y., Tse, C.S., & So, W.C. (2014). Revisiting the space-time metaphoric association: Does the movement of spatial reference frames matter? Poster presented in the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Long Beach.

So, W.C., Ip, K.Y, & Shum, P. (2014). The beneficial roles of gesture vs. spatial language in spatial recall. Paper presented in the Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 8-11/7 2014, San Diego, US.

Shum, P., Ip, K.Y., & So, W.C. (2014). The relationship between gesture frequency and spatial recall. Paper presented in the Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 8-11/7 2014, San Diego, US.

Choi, B., Kwong, E., Chong, A., Chan, S., Sit, H., Chiu, H.M., Wong, T.K., & So, W.C. (2014). Perception of gesture space in autistic children. Poster presented in the Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 8-11/7 2014, San Diego, US.

Ng, Melvin, Goh, W., Yap, M., Tse, C.S., & So, W.C. (2014). The past and future are in your hands: How gestures affect our understanding of temporal concepts. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies. 

Chong, W.L., Shumeng, H., Ka Ho, C., Wong, W.C., & So, W.C. (2014). Caregivers' verbal and nonverbal scaffolding effect on children's learning in tasks varied with difficulty. Paper presented in the Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 8-11/7 2014, San Diego, US.

Chong, A., Choi, B., Kwong, E., Chan, J., Chong, I., Ip, M., Yeung, C., & So, W.C. (2013). Producing gestures facilitates encoding of spatial relation. Poster presented in the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society

Hou, S., Lam, Z., & So, W.C. (2013) The effects of caregivers' instruction on children's learning in easy and difficult tasks. Poster presented in the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society

So, W.C., Vong, Q, T., Ching, T. (2012). The role of action in learning spatial sequence: Relative effectiveness of gesturing vs. drawing. Paper presented in the Fifth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 24-27/7 2012, Lund, Sweden.

Ng, M., Lim, P. & So, W.C. (2012). Producing gestures when stuttering facilitates speaking. Paper presented in the Fifth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 24-27/7 2012, Lund, Sweden.

Lim, K.M., & So, W.C. (2012). Motor experience increases gesture rate: Does the type of motor movement matter? Paper presented in the Fifth Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, 24-27/7 2012, Lund, Sweden.

So, W.C., Tan, S.H., & Lim, J.Y. (2012). Sensitivity to information status in discourse: Gesture precedes speech in unbalanced bilinguals. Paper presented in the Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 15-16 May 2012

Angeleri, R., So, C., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2011). Il ruolo disambiguante del gesto nelle parole dei bambini: Uno studio cross-linguistico. Congresso Nazionale AIP, Sezione di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e dell’Educazione, Genova, 17-19 September 2011.

So, W.C. (2011). Simulating a route with your index finger: Effect of mental rehearsal on spatial

memory. Paper presented in 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

Yeo, A & So, W.C. "Do deictic gestures faciliate memory?". Poster presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (25 - 30 Jul 2010, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

Yeo, A & So, W.C. "Gestures faciliate memory recall of object features". Poster presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (25 - 30 Jul 2010, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

Eustaquio, A., So, W.C., Sim, C., & Low, W.S. "Iconic gestures aid memory in

five-year-old children". Poster presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (25 - 30 Jul 2010, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

Yap, D. F., & So, W.C. "Iconic gestures prime words". Paper presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

So, W.C., Sotaro Kita, & Susan Goldin-Meadow, "Semantic coordination between speech

and gesture: Insights into mental representation of discourse entities in bilinguals ." Paper  presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (25 - 30 Jul 2010, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

So, W.C. & LIM, J.Y. “What is this?” Gesture as a potential cue to identify referents in

discourse”". Paper presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (25 - 30 Jul 2010, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

Yap, D. F., & So, W.C. "Iconic gestures resolve lexical ambiguity: Comparison of

gestures accompanying homonyms and non-homonyms". Paper presented in the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) (, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Frankfurt, Germany)

Cabibihan, J.J., So, W.C., Nazar, M., & Ge, S.S. (2009). "Pointing Gestures for a Robot Mediated Communication Interface". International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 16 - 18 Dec 2009, Singapore.

 

So, W.C., Demir, E., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2009). Development of sensitivity to discourse-pragmatic principles in gestures. Paper  presented in the Society for Research in Child Development.

 

Demir, E., So, W.C., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2009). A Cross-linguistic Investigation of Preschoolers Referring Expressions in Speech and Gesture. Paper presented in the Society for Research in Child Development.

 

So, W.C., Sotaro, K., Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Reference tracking by hands in discourse units. Paper presented in the International Conference of Language, Cognition, and Communication at University of Brighton, UK.

 

So, W.C., Demir E., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Speaking and Gesturing under Discourse Constraints in Early Childhood. Paper  presented in XI International Congress For The Study Of Child Language (IASCL).

 

Demir E., So. W.C., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Preschoolers’ Use of Referring Expressions in Speech and in Gesture: Sensitivity to Extralinguistic Context. Poster presented in XI International Congress For The Study Of Child Language (IASCL).

  

Angeleri R., Demir E., So C. & Goldin-Meadow S. (2007).  L’argomento verbale nelle parole e nei gesti dei bambini: Uno studio cross-linguistico. Congresso Nazionale AIP, Como, 17-19 settembre 2007. 

 

So, W.C., Demir, E., Goldin-Meadow, S., Ozyurek, A. (2007). Gone from the Charts but not from Our Hears: Cross-Linguistic Differences in Gestural Representation of Linguistic Arguments. Paper presented in the Society for Research in Child Development.

 

Duncan, S., Esposito, A., Franklin, A, Rohlfing, K, So, W.C., Sowa, C., & Almutawa, S. (2007). Gesture and speech in two discourse genres: A cross-cultural comparison of Arabic, Chinese, English, Italian, and German speakers. Paper presented in the International Society for Gesture Studies.

 

Demir, E., & So, W.C. (2006). “What's hidden in the hands? How children use gesture to convey arguments in a motion event”. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

 

Coppola, M. & So, W.C. (2005). The seeds of spatial grammar in the manual modality. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

 

So, W.C., & Tardif, T. (2005). Achieving False Belief Understanding in Cantonese: Mastery of Syntactic Complements or General Language Abilities? Poster presented at 2005 SRCD Biennial Meeting”.

 

Coppola, M. & So, W.C. (2004). Abstract vs. object-anchored deixis: Competing pressures in adult homesign systems. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

 

So, W.C., Coppola, M., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2004). Use of gesture space in discourse. Poster presented at the American Psychological Science Convention