Welcome to our new lab assistant!

Kanae Ikeda has joined the lab. Welcome! Thank you to Suzuka Yoshida for her years of service.

List your CHI event

Discover pano.chi (http://aspirelab.io/panochi), a place to list para.chi, pre-CHI, and CHI-adjacent events like unconferences! 🌏 Feel free to submit your event! #chi #chi25 #chi2025 #panochi #parachi #prechi #HCI

Come join our hybrid SIG!

“Global Perspectives on Design Ethics and Regulatory Action for Dark Commercial Patterns” at #chi25 🌐 #dpsig25 #darkpatterns #ダークパターン #userdeception chi2025.darkpatternsresearchandimpact.com

New paper on voice UX

Just published! “Unboxing Manipulation Checks for Voice UX” (Interacting with Computers) https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae062 #VoiceUX #HCI #research #methodology

Dr. Katie Seaborn appointed Associate Editor at ACM THRI

Dr. Katie Seaborn has been appointed Associate Editor at the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) journal.

Lecture at the University of Tokyo

Professor Katie Seaborn’s guest lecture for “Non-Research Tips for Information Science Researchers” was on “Research Management 101” https://non-research-tips.github.io/2024.html

Awarded JSPS Kiban B grant

Katie Seaborn, Jun Kato (AIST), and Mayu Koike (Tokyo Tech) were awarded the JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (KAKENHI Kiban B) for the project Kawaii Vocalics: Modelling Reactions to “Cute” Voice Phenomena in Interactive Agents.
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K02972/ #jsps #grant #award

para.chi.tokyo rocked!

With 10 presentations and participation online and off from around the world, para.chi.tokyo was a truly global and hybrid event! Thank you all! Special shout-out to co-hosts Giulia Barbareschi and Alarith Uhde! #chi2024 #chi24 #parachi #parachitokyo #japan #chi

Award-winner! CHI ’24 paper

Takao Fujii and Katie Seaborn (Aspire Lab) alongside co-author Madeleine Steeds (UCD) received the #CHI2024 Honorable Mention award (top 5%) for “Silver-Tongued and Sundry”! https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024/awards/honorable-mentions #chi #chi24 #award #intersectionality #japan #pronouns #chatgpt #hci #design #research #llm

Futuring Site Selection (SIGCHI Medium article)

Selecting sites for academic conferences is a key issue in the SIGCHI community and beyond. Dr. Katie Seaborn and Adrian Petterson (The University of Toronto) have co-authored possibilities for going forward. https://medium.com/p/071173b3c34e #acm #sigchi #hci #chi #chi24 #whychi #siteselection