Abstract

Human bodies are almost always in contact with soft materials like clothing, for warmth, protection, self-expression, etc. Recent advancements in intelligent soft wearables have augmented these on-body soft objects with computational functions and intelligence with little compromise on the softness and comforts of wearables, allowing prolonged wear. These innovations, which combine advanced soft sensor design, fabrication, and computational power, offer unprecedented opportunities to improve our health, productivity, and overall well-being with monitoring and assistive capabilities. However, the inherent physical properties of soft materials present unique challenges in achieving practical interactions. The complexity of intelligent soft wearables, multiplexing intricate designs, soft materials, flexible electronics, advanced signal processing algorithms, and machine learning models, necessitates collaborative efforts from experts across diverse domains. This workshop aims to bring together interested researchers and practitioners across relevant domains to discuss the challenges and opportunities of intelligent soft wearables.

Figure 1: Showcasing a range of intelligent soft wearables across scales: (a) Integrated Circuits inside fibers, (b) magnetoactive textile modules enabling sensing and haptics, (c) tileable tactile sensor patches with flexible grid electrodes for wearables or robotics, (d) stretchable circuit network for electronic textile systems with distributed sensor nodes, (e) conductive yarns into seams for posture sensing, and (f) meander coils in clothing for wireless sensing.

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Team

• Cedric Honnet, MIT Media Lab, USA
• Tianhong Catherine Yu, Cornell Univeristy, USA
• Ryo Takahashi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Tingyu Cheng, University of Notre Dame, USA
• Cheng Zhang, Cornell Univeristy, USA
• Yoshihiro Kawahara, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Yiyue Luo, University of Washington, USA
• Irmandy Wicaksono, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Joseph A. Paradiso, MIT Media Lab, USA

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More details:  https://ubicomp.org/ubicomp-iswc-2026/