Scott Hudson - Fabrication in HCI: Materials, Machines, Mechanisms, and Tools, Oh My!
Speaker
Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon
Host
Arvind Satyanarayan
CSAIL MIT
Abstract:
In this talk I will provide a (semi-)random walk through some fabrication research results from my group(s) from the last decade or so, and consider why fabrication is, and is not a Human-Computer Interaction problem. I will look primarily, but not exclusively, at topics of new materials and processes for fabricating with them — especially for soft materials. These will include work in printed optics, pneumatics, acoustics, and electromechanical devices, as well as a heavy dose of textiles as a fabrication medium. I will also talk a bit about work in fabricatable mechanisms (and applications more generally) as well as tools.
Bio:
Scott Hudson is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon and previously held positions at the University of Arizona and Georgia Tech. He has published extensively in technical HCI. He recently received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. Previously he received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award, was elected to the CHI Academy, and received the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence at CMU. His research interests within HCI are wide ranging, but tend to focus on technical aspects of HCI. Much of his recent work has been considering advanced fabrication technologies such as new machines, processes, and materials for 3D printing, as well as computational knitting and weaving, and applications of mechanical meta-materials.
The talk will also be streamed over Zoom: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94837523930.
In this talk I will provide a (semi-)random walk through some fabrication research results from my group(s) from the last decade or so, and consider why fabrication is, and is not a Human-Computer Interaction problem. I will look primarily, but not exclusively, at topics of new materials and processes for fabricating with them — especially for soft materials. These will include work in printed optics, pneumatics, acoustics, and electromechanical devices, as well as a heavy dose of textiles as a fabrication medium. I will also talk a bit about work in fabricatable mechanisms (and applications more generally) as well as tools.
Bio:
Scott Hudson is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon and previously held positions at the University of Arizona and Georgia Tech. He has published extensively in technical HCI. He recently received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. Previously he received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award, was elected to the CHI Academy, and received the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence at CMU. His research interests within HCI are wide ranging, but tend to focus on technical aspects of HCI. Much of his recent work has been considering advanced fabrication technologies such as new machines, processes, and materials for 3D printing, as well as computational knitting and weaving, and applications of mechanical meta-materials.
The talk will also be streamed over Zoom: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94837523930.