Yi-Chi Liao was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from National Taiwan University in Information Management Department. During the master years, Yi-Chi explored some novel haptic and touch interaction with Professor Bing-Yu Chen and Professor Liwei Chan. In the PhD studies, Yi-Chi is going to pursue research topics related to input methods and haptic interfaces.