Andrea Bianchi
@AndreaHCI
I design and research tools for computationally augmented physical interaction • Prof at #KAIST 🇰🇷 • Director of Make::Lab
📢 Mark your calendars! Augmented Humans 2026 will be held from 2026 March 16th to 19th at @OISTedu , Okinawa🏝️ , Japan. The tentative deadlines and program are now open on the website. We will have Inspiring keynotes✨, a great experience here🌌, and our open lab🎪 as well.…
Our lab did a Mixed Reality 😎 music concert 🎹 at #KAIST last month. This is the promo video. Many thanks to our partners at @SUSTechSZ School od Design ♥️ Marcel Saegesser @Seungwoo_je and Pengcheng An! It was fun and we'll do it again! 🥳
Our alumna Hye-Young Jo (@heyyoungsoul), who now works with @ryosuzk, passed by for a visit at #KAIST and gave a great talk about the future of creation 🤖 and consumption 🕺 of digital content. Great to see you doing well, Hye-Young! 🚀
A wonderful gift from my students for Teachers' Day... a reminder that in the Make lab we are all *certified* slackers! 🥳
I had a really great time meeting old friends and making new ones at the workshop. I loved the keynote by Prof. Inami @drinami and the discussions we had throughout the day. I learned a lot! Thanks to all the participants ♥️
Kicked off #CHI2025 with an amazing #XRPHY workshop on Beyond Glasses! Fun activities, exciting demos, and an inspiring keynote. Thanks to everyone who joined us! 🔗 sites.google.com/view/xr-phy-20…
Great to see the UIST community growing so fast 🌱 and globalizing even further 🌏 A 56% increase in submissions and a 53% increase in the number of Program Committee members from last year are no joke 😉. Way to go!! 🚀
📈 #UIST2025 received a record-breaking 953 complete paper submissions — a 56% increase from last year! These will be handled by 135 expert PC members. Our community is growing at rocket speed! 🚀 Check out the CfP for demos, posters, DCs to get involved: uist.acm.org/2025/cfp/
Come and join us in Busan, Korea 🇰🇷 for #UIST2025! The paper track is now accepting submissions. Looking forward to an amazing technical program, and good luck to everyone preparing for submissions🤞
🚀 Exciting news! ACM #UIST2025 is now accepting submissions on PCS! Check out the CFP: uist.acm.org/2025/cfp/
Come and join us at #chi2025 for this fun workshop! Prof. Inami @drinami is among the most visionary researchers I met, so the keynote alone is already worth attending - not to mention my amazing co-organizers!! Reach out for questions, and let's have a great workshop together♥️
#CHI2025 workshop (W7: Beyond Glasses) Update! Prof. Inami @drinami will give a talk on "Virtual Cyborg: Beyond Human Limits." 🗓️ Workshop Date: April 26th (Sat), 2025 📃 Registration: forms.gle/zt9B7V7cdVueYy… 🔔 Submission Deadline: Mar 3rd, 2025, xrphy25.hotcrp.com
If you are a #KAIST member and need to access a paper from outside campus via institutional login (library proxy), feel free to use this Chrome extension I made: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kaist-r… Enjoy 😆
For ACs 👉 If you need a way to better highlight your own papers in PCS Chair, consider using this bookmarklet: pcshighlighter.surge.sh
Our former lab member Joongi Shin @JoongiShin, currently finishing his postdoc at Aalto University, passed by #KAIST today and gave a wonderful talk about the future of AI and creativity. ♥️ Joongi is brilliant and now on the job market, so try to catch him! 😉
Demo track at IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025 #WorldHaptics2025 is open in PCS. Submissions are very welcome! 2025.worldhaptics.org/Hands-on-Demos… 🤩 @IEEEWHC
#UIST2025 Call for Papers is out 🤩 uist.acm.org/2025/cfp I also have updated the HCI Deadlines ⏰ website, in case you want to save it on your calendar: hci-deadlines.github.io/conference/?id… Happy New Year!! 💥
IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025 will be in Suwon, Korea 🇰🇷 next summer. We have just uploaded a call for participation: 2025.worldhaptics.org/Hands-on-Demos…. It will be fun, so consider submitting and joining us! 🚀 @cpacchierotti @geehyuk and @ Uikyum Kim
Many congratulations, Justin! You’ve done an amazing job during the years you’ve spent for your PhD with us 🚀 Though I'm very sorry to see you go, I’m incredibly proud of your accomplishments and can’t wait to witness your dazzling future successes! 🌟
Last week, I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis titled "Beyond Geometries: 3D Printing Functionally Enhanced Prototypes with Selective and Dynamic Heating." Thank you to my advisor @AndreaHCI and committee members Woohun Lee, Changhee Lee, Ian Oakley, and Hyun Joo Oh.
We had a wonderful time in the past couple of days with our KAIST/SUSTech XR workshop. Thanks to all participants and our guest speakers: Marcel Sagesser, @PengchengAn, @Seungwoo_je, @drinami, Yasuaki Monnai, and Sungyong Shin 🙏
On Nov 5, Joon Hyub showed RobotSketch and Sang-Hyun showed WireSketch to international guests of Prof. Bianchi @AndreaHCI. Thank you for enjoying our demo Prof. Inami @drinami and Prof. Monnai!