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Samantha Chan | @cwtsam.bsky.social @cwt_sam

Asst Prof @NTUsg CS dept | Postdoc @MIT @MediaLab @FluidInterfaces | PhD @AucklandUni @augmentedhumanl | Advancing cognition HCI AI 📣Hiring PhDs & postdocs

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I’m starting as Asst Prof at @NTUsg CS dept! 📣 Hiring PhD/Postdocs to join my #HCI group to develop & study digital, wearable & #AI interfaces to support human cognitive abilities & cognitive health. More info samanthachan.net Share & RT! #hiring
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📣 2 PhD Slots @NTUsg CS dept   #HCI #AI wearables, interfaces, agents to advance human cognition – incl. memory, attention, sleep, healthy aging Apply now: samanthachan.net/joinourlab   Eligible if you’re from ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Europe, Americas, Oceania Share & RT! #hiring

Cognitive Interface Lab @ NTU Singapore | Samantha Chan

HCI Lab @ NTU Singapore

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Sang Won Lee@snaglee2401
31 Mar 2025
Are you a professor who leads (or has led) a research lab? We’re studying how labs manage organizational memory—shared knowledge, mentoring, documentation, etc.—and would love you to participate in a 45-minute interview ($30 compensation). Please sign up forms.gle/XBCCzJ73MwZ3K73J7

Interview Sign-up Form

Thank you for participating in our study! Echolab at Virginia Tech is seeking participants for an interview study on how university research labs manage their organizational memory—i.e., the collec...

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Valdemar Danry
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16 Jan 2025
🧠 How can we design AI systems that enhance human critical thinking, reasoning, and agency, rather than diminish them? 🧐 Happy to announce our workshop on "AI Enhanced Reasoning" at #CHI2025 in Yokohama on April 26, 2025. Please join us! 👉 aireasoning.media.mit.edu/ 👈
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Karthik Mahadevan@karthikm0
4 Nov 2024
I am on the job market, seeking tenure-track or industry research positions starting in 2025. My research combines human-computer interaction and robotics—please visit karthikmahadevan.ca for updated publications and CV. Feel free to reach out if interested. RT appreciated!

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I’m impressed by this year’s #UIST2024 swag: diverse tote bag designs, magnets, badges and the emotional-support pickle ❤️ great work @Shuhongwang10 @ACMUIST
Shuhong Wang@Shuhongwang10
13 Oct 2024
Designed a series of fun swags for /@ACMUIST ! Hope everyone enjoys time at UIST!
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Inspiring and thought-provoking vision talks on intelligence as agency by @arvindsatya1, and creating positive co-adaptive human-AI relationships by Wendy E. Mackay (love the motorcycle-human partnership example) #UIST2024 @ACMUIST
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Over the past year, we have been developing and testing MemPal, a wearable memory assistant for older adults. Great work led by @ManiarNatasha, collab with me, @PattieMaes and team. @MIT @medialab @FluidInterfaces. Stay tuned for more, repost & share! media.mit.edu/projects/mempa…

Project Overview ‹ MemPal: Wearable Memory Assistant for Aging Population – MIT Media Lab

We're living in an aging society with cognitive loss placing stress on caregivers to monitor older adults struggling with memory decline.  MemPal is …

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25 Jul 2024
MemPal is a wearable, voice-based memory assistant for older adults. Developed by researchers in the @fluidinterfaces group, the device helps users find lost objects and remember past actions, which supports safe and independent living at home and reduces caregiver burden.
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#CHI2024 We will be presenting on Memoro today 11am at 313C (in 1 hour!) Health and AI session
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12 May 2024
Excited to share our #CHI2024 paper: Memoro: Using Large Language Models to Realize a Concise Interface for Real-Time Memory Augmentation. doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642… We are presenting @chi2024 on Wed 11am local time. Team: @wazeerzulfikar @cwt_sam @PattieMaes @FluidInterfaces
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"Memoro: wearable personal memory assistant" has been named on the Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas list as an Honorable Mention! #FCWorldChangingIdeas 🔗fastcompany.com/91076873/stu… Thanks @FastCompany! Work by @wazeerzulfikar @cwt_sam @PattieMaes @FluidInterfaces @medialab

4 student-led projects that aim to change the world beyond the classroom

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards in the students category.

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Samantha Chan | @cwtsam.bsky.social@cwt_sam
12 May 2024
Excited to share our #CHI2024 paper: Memoro: Using Large Language Models to Realize a Concise Interface for Real-Time Memory Augmentation. doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642… We are presenting @chi2024 on Wed 11am local time. Team: @wazeerzulfikar @cwt_sam @PattieMaes @FluidInterfaces
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We are presenting our work: "Improving Attention Using Wearables via Haptic and Multimodal Rhythmic Stimuli" #CHI2024 today at 10 AM local time, room 313B! Artifacts available! @brain_juices @cwt_sam Jingru @PatrickChwalek @PattieMaes @FluidInterfaces @acm_chi
Nathan Whitmore | @nathanww.bsky.social@brain_juices
13 May 2024
Now published! We found that we could improve people’s ability to pay attention using wearable devices that stimulate the senses with continuous rhythmic stimuli. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36139… Team: Me, @cwt_sam, Jingru Zhang, Patrick Chwalek, Sam Chin, and @PattieMaes
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Excited to share our #CHI2024 paper: Memoro: Using Large Language Models to Realize a Concise Interface for Real-Time Memory Augmentation. doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642… We are presenting @chi2024 on Wed 11am local time. Team: @wazeerzulfikar @cwt_sam @PattieMaes @FluidInterfaces
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Grateful that our #IMWUT paper received the Distinguished Paper Award: “Total VREcall” recognising emotional autobiographical memory in VR using biosignals, led by @kay_J33! 🎉🙏#UbiComp2023
Kunal Gupta@kay_J33
14 Oct 2023
Honored our paper "Total VREcall" won the 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 at #UbiComp2023! Among 210 in PACM #IMWUT vol 6, only 8 stood out. Kudos to @cwt_sam, @yun_suen_pai, Nicholas, John, Alexander, @SurangaN & @marknb00. More: rb.gy/rv81k #VR
A framed award certificate in a white border with decorative elements. The title reads "Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (Vol. 6)." Below it, the text states "Distinguished Paper Award" for the paper titled "Total VREcall: Using Biosignals to Recognize Emotional Autobiographical Memory in Virtual Reality." The authors listed are Kunal Gupta, Sam W. T. Chan, Yun Suen Pai, Nicholas Strachan, John Su, Alexander Sumich, Suranga Nanayakkara, and Mark Billinghurst. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) logo is present at the bottom left corner with signatures of the Editor-in-Chief and the Selection Committee Co-Chair at the bottom. More Info: https://rb.gy/rv81k and https://doi.org/10.1145/3534615

ALT A framed award certificate in a white border with decorative elements. The title reads "Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (Vol. 6)." Below it, the text states "Distinguished Paper Award" for the paper titled "Total VREcall: Using Biosignals to Recognize Emotional Autobiographical Memory in Virtual Reality." The authors listed are Kunal Gupta, Sam W. T. Chan, Yun Suen Pai, Nicholas Strachan, John Su, Alexander Sumich, Suranga Nanayakkara, and Mark Billinghurst. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) logo is present at the bottom left corner with signatures of the Editor-in-Chief and the Selection Committee Co-Chair at the bottom. More Info: https://rb.gy/rv81k and https://doi.org/10.1145/3534615

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Looking for more people to help test a web app that aims to improve sleep quality! 💤 @brain_juices @FluidInterfaces developed the app to work while you are asleep at home. Min. 2 nights and get paid for testing. Pls consider participating and sharing this with friends/family
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Sauvik Das@scyrusk
11 Aug 2023
Please consider participating and/or sharing! As a part of his @brave internship, @hankhplee, built a browser extension that helps identify and toggle potentially distracting design patterns on several popular sites. You can get paid to try it out in our study :)
Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee@hankhplee
10 Aug 2023
RTs appreciated! We @brave @cmuhcii are looking for participants for a paid study on Creating a Distraction-free Web Browsing Experience. Fill out the screener here if you’re interested: cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
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Jaisie Sin@jcsynnn
30 Jun 2023
We're still accepting in-person and virtual attendees for our #CUI2023 workshop on "Designing Conversational User Interfaces for Older Adults"! Come shape the future of CUIs for older adults. Happening July 19th 9am-1pm CEST. Details: speech-interaction.org/CUI-O…
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#CHI2023 I’ll present our LBW on “Eye Movement Analysis of Human Visual Recognition Processes”. We show how eye movements/parameters change when we see familiar images - for enabling implicit interactions with future wearable assistants. Drop by to say hi! programs.sigchi.org/chi/2023…
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We made a short film using a mix of AI and life action in MIT AI Film hackathon. Watch it here: youtu.be/RYDropIzcXo @MitFilmmakers

Once upon a spacetime @ MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023

This film is made for the MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023.Tea...

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Excellent opportunity to work with @SurangaN as a Research Fellow in Intelligent Systems and Human-Computer Interactions to extend human capabilities. Suranga is an great mentor and you will join the Augmented Human Lab team at NUS. Highly recommend to ap…lnkd.in/eGW_w9gV

#research #postdoc #postdocposition | Samantha Chan

Excellent opportunity to work with Assoc. Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara as a Research Fellow in Intelligent Systems and Human-Computer Interactions to extend human capabilities. Suranga is an great...

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22 Dec 2022
Come join my team!
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