New publication! ACM THRI

“Social Identity in Human-Agent Interaction: A Primer” is now available open access: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3760500

Postdoc and PhD positions at Cambridge

Professor Seaborn is accepting the following applications for Cambridge:
Postdoc: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52251/
PhD student: https://lnkd.in/gA5XWdad

Aspire Lab moving to Cambridge

Professor Katie Seaborn will be starting a new post in February 2026, and is not accepting any more student or researcher applicants for Science Tokyo.

New publications!

The VOXI (Voice Experience Inventory): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103576
Hearing Ambiguity: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3719160.3736622
My Body, My Exoskeleton: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01252-3

Welcome to our new lab assistant!

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

Looking for a lab assistant

【急募】 研究室のアシスタントを募集しております。
詳しくは以下のリンクからご確認ください。
Urgently looking for a lab assistant. Please check the details here:
https://www.jinjika.jim.titech.ac.jp/gakuin/koubo/koubo202504017.pdf

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

Bots against Bias chapter was published

“Bots against Bias: Critical Next Steps for Human–Robot Interaction” by Katie Seaborn was published by Cambridge University Press (07 December 2024); edited by Woodrow Barfield, Yueh-Hsuan Weng and Ugo Pagallo.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009386708.023