Pedro Lopes

Come on a tour of our #CHI2025 papers: youtube.com/watch?v=KO8eoR… where you can see me demonstrating our new four devices: a novel sensory substitution for the blind, an adaptive skill-acquisition with muscle stimulation, powering devices when you touch them, and PCB recycling! 1/5

Got questions about #CHI2026 ? Please read our FAQ (frequently asked questions)! And obviously reach out to [email protected] if you have follow up questions. See you in Barcelona and we are hoping to see your submissions on our tracks (papers, posters, demos, meetups, +more)

Because embodiment matters

Applications for the 2025 Rising Stars in Data Science Workshop are due next week! PhD students and postdocs are invited to apply to accelerate their careers through opportunities to plug into networks, platforms, and opportunities datascience.stanford.edu/events/worksho…

Major 10 year milestone of @UChicagoCAPP the program between the Harris School of Public policy + @UChicagoCS: harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/ne… (incl. amazing work on reducing opioid-related deaths). It takes a village to run a great, but special congrats to Co-Founder Anne Rogers (CS)!

Come check out what our summer students have been up to! Always a super fun day.

🚨 Just one week left until the paper and pictorial abstract deadline for #TEI2026! Don’t forget to start your submission on PCS!

in case you are wondering this is academia now

Are you going to be at the best conference, SOUPS (@SOUPSConference )? If so, consider signing up to be a mentor or mentee for the mentoring program! It's a great way to meet other folks at the conference :) usenix.org/conference/sou…

#NeuroNews In his upcoming book, Nature and the Mind, psychology professor Marc Berman uses research to show the cognitive benefits of spending time in nature, which just might lead to a happier, healthier, and safer society. Read more: psychology.uchicago.edu/news/marc-berm…

👩‍🔬 The #UIST2025 Student Innovation Contest deadline is almost here: Friday, July 18! All selected teams will keep their DataFeel Dev Kit hardware and receive a travel grant of up to $500, courtesy of @datafeeltech🏆 🔗Submit now! uist.acm.org/2025/sic/

📣 The Student Volunteer lottery for #UIST2025 is now open! Be part of the team that brings UIST to life and make valuable connections with fellow students and leading researchers. 🔗 Application details: uist.acm.org/2025/cfp/#stud… 🗓️ Deadline: August 24, 2025 (AoE)

⏰ #UIST2025 Visions submission deadline extended! Submit your bold, thought-provoking ideas for the future of HCI to the UIST Visions track by July 18th! 🔗 More details: uist.acm.org/2025/cfp/#visi…

Are you a PhD student or postdoc looking to plug into a network of innovative data science opportunities? Join us at the Rising Stars in Data Science Workshop, hosted by @Stanford, @UCSanDiego, and @UChicago! Learn more at an info session on Thursday, July 17th ⬇️Link⬇️

One month to go to submit your PAPER/PICTORIAL to TEI2026, to present in Chicago!

Thrilled to join @DePaulU as Assistant Prof of CS (HCI) + launch the RAISE Lab: researching & building computing for the common good. Grateful to my mentors, friends & family for this journey. Here’s to Chicago & what’s next! 💙🐾 #GoBlueDemons #NewBeginnings

Heading to Shonan meeting about "Human-Computer-Interfaces x Neuroscience" 🗻 My questions are.. ❓When humans integrate with computers and acquire abilities and different bodies beyond what we currently possess. How do we define our humanity? ❓How will AI / HCI evolution impact…

Every researcher knows this feeling: staring at a screen, wondering what to work on next. Good news? Ideas can be generated systematically, not just discovered accidentally. Here's a framework I have developed for generating (good) research ideas: smitdesai.net/reflections/20…

Here's an essay I wrote a while back arguing that there's significant new discoveries at the interface between Human-Computer Interaction (#HCI) and #Neuroscience : lab.plopes.org/essays/hcineur… and that's why I am organizing a meeting with 20+ minds, starting tomorrow (in japan)!

“we are close to hitting a hard barrier when it comes to new computer interfaces: the complexity of the human body & biology” Excited to join the “Human-Computer-Interfaces x Neuroscience” Shonan Meeting, organized by ⁦@plopesresearch⁩ et al. 🤗 shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminars/216/

Submit your #TEI2026 papers and come present them in Chicago (right on our beautiful campus!). Spread the word in the @sigchi community of this opportunity. All the info below (cc @ken0324 )