Dr. Katie Seaborn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics (IEE), Associate Faculty Member in the Engineering Sciences and Design (ESD) program, and Director of the Aspirational Computing Lab (established 2020) at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech).
Before academia, Dr. Seaborn worked in the public and private sectors as an interaction designer, user experience developer, and web programmer in Canada and the UK.
Positions held and selected history:
- 2024 Entrepreneur, Noetic Consulting on Dark Patterns and Deceptive Design
- 2020-2024 Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)
- 2018-2021 Honorary Researcher, UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), University College London (UCL)
- 2019-20 Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN AIP; Co-operative Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo
- 2018-19 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo
- 2017-18 Research Fellow, UCLIC, UCL
- 2016 Ph.D. in Human Factors with a Collaborative Specialization in Knowledge Media Design (KMDI), Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE), The University of Toronto
- 2011 M.Sc. in Interactive Arts + Technology, School of Interactive Arts + Technology (SIAT), Simon Fraser University (SFU)
- 2009 B.A. in Media Arts, SIAT, SFU
Selected community service:
- FY24-27 Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) Journal
- FY24-25 Publication Chair, ACM CHI 2025
- FY22-24 Associate Chair, ACM CHI 2025
- FY24 Committee Member, ACM Site Selection Working Group
- FY23 Demo Chair, IEEE Conference on Games (CoG 2023)
- FY23 Associate Chair, ACM CHI PLAY 2023
- FY22-23 Perspectives on Play Chair, ACM CHI PLAY 2022-23
Currently teaching:
- Every Spring Computers in Japanese Society and Beyond・日本社会におけるコンピュータとその後, International Center・国際センター, Keio University
- Yearly in Q3 IEE.C306: Prototyping UX・ユーザーエクスペリエンスのプロトタイピング, Undergraduate, IEE, Tokyo Tech
- Yearly in Q4 IEE.D435: Computers in Society・社会とコンピュータ, Graduate, IEE, Tokyo Tech