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Hiroshi Ishii, Hye Jun Youn, Jie Li, Xiao Xiao, Eugene Ch'ng, Jed R. Brubaker, Jayne Wallace, and Pat Pataranutaporn. 2026. From Remote Space to Remote Time. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 989, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3790071

O. K. Afsar et al., "Electrofluidic fiber muscles." Sci. Robot. 11, eady6438 (2026). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ady6438

Hye Jun Youn, Serena Xin Wei Sara, Yue Yang, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2026. Rapid Prototyping of Shape-Morphing Fabrics through Parametric Design. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 99, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3731459.3779044

Hye Jun Youn. 2026. Crackers: Embodied Joint-Cracking Sounds in Interactive Ceramics for Emotional Reflection. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 151, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3731459.3786223

Hye Jun Youn, Jun Kyu Choe, SooYeon Ahn, Marcello Tania, Serena Xin Wei Sara, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2026. PixBric: Precision Morphological Control of Pre-Stretched Fabrics Through Tessellated Primitive Geometries. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 20, 1–15.

Hye Jun Youn, Serena Xin Wei Sara, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2025. PixBric: Precision Morphological Control of Pre-Stretched Fabrics Through Tessellated Primitive Geometries. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Adjunct '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 155, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758421

Yuqing Lucy Li, Vlasta Kubušová, Wedyan Babatain, Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Sage A Widder, Bernice Sun, Jack Forman, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2025. BioLIG: Functionalizing Biocomposites with Laser-induced Graphene for Bio-Rapid Prototyping of Electronics. In The 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’25), September 28–October 01, 2025, Busan, Republic of Korea. ACM, New

Hye Jun Youn, Serena Xin Wei Sara, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2025. MeshModule: A Playful Modular Mesh System for Creative Construction. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Adjunct '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 151, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758420

Quincy Kuang, Lucy Li, Lingdong Huang, Hiroshi Ishii. "Pocket Ink - Heaven’s mandate: a hyper-individualized tangible card game platform in the Age of AI." NeurIPS Creative AI Track 2025.

E. Chang, Q. Kuang, and M. Coelho, ‘The Stochastic Parrot: a physical AI Cohabitant’, in The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Creative AI Track: Humanity, 2025.

Nicita, S., Weaver, J.C., Ishii, H. et al. A framework for handweaving robotic textiles with liquid crystal elastomer fibers. Sci Rep 15, 16883 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-97835-1

Xiao Xiao, Hayoun Noh, Adrien Lefevre, Lucy Li, Holly McKee, Alaa Algargoosh, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2025. ReMirrorFugue: Examining the Emotional Experience of Presence and (Illusory) Communications Across Time. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 1149, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3

W. Babatain, C. Park, H. Ishii, N. Gershenfeld, Laser-Enabled Fabrication of Flexible Printed Electronics with Integrated Functional Devices. Adv. Sci. 2025, 2415272. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202415272

Pillis, D., Pataranutaporn, P., Maes, P., & Sra, M. (2024). AI comes out of the closet: Using AI-Generated Virtual Characters to Help Individuals Practice LGBTQIA+ Advocacy. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

Jack Forman, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Sarah Nicita, Rosalie Hsin-Ju Lin, Liu Yang, Megan Hofmann, Akshay Kothakonda, Zachary Gordon, Cedric Honnet, Kristen Dorsey, Neil Gershenfeld, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2023. FibeRobo: Fabricating 4D Fiber Interfaces by Continuous Drawing of Temperature Tunable Liquid Crystal Elastomers. https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606732

Kyung Yun Choi and Hiroshi Ishii. 2023. The Stranger -........ -.-..- -. –...-. In Companion Publication of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '23 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 74–76. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563703.3596648

Fang, M. (2023). ColloGraphy: Designing Augmented Visual-Haptic Feedback Systems to Support Fine Motor Skill Learning (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Cathy Mengying Fang, Ryo Suzuki, and Daniel Leithinger. 2023. VR Haptics at Home: Repurposing Everyday Objects and Environment for Casual and On-Demand VR Haptic Experiences. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 312, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585871

Hye Jun Youn and Ali Shtarbanov. 2022. PneuBots: Modular Inflatables for Playful Exploration of Soft Robotics. In Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 490, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3514490

Ken Nakagaki, Jordan L Tappa, Yi Zheng, Jack Forman, Joanne Leong, Sven Koenig, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2022. (Dis)Appearables: A Concept and Method for Actuated Tangible UIs to Appear and Disappear based on Stages. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22), April 29-May 5, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages.

Yan, W., Noel, G., Loke, G., Meiklejohn, E., Khiduyev, T., Marion, J., Rui, G., Lin, J., Cherston, J., Saharasbudhe, A., Wilbert, J., Wicaksono, I., Hoyt, R.W., Missakian, A., Zhu, L., Ma, C., Joannopoulos, J., and Fink, Y. Single fibre enables acoustic fabrics via nanometre-scale vibrations. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04476-9

Olivia Seow, Cedric Honnet, Simon Perrault, Hiroshi Ishii. 2022. Pudica: A Framework For Designing Augmented Human-Flora Interaction. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans Conference (AHs '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3519391.3519394

Kyung Yun Choi, Neska ElHaouij, Jinmo Lee, Rosalind W. Picard, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2022. Design and Evaluation of a Clippable and Personalizable Pneumatic-haptic Feedback Device for Breathing Guidance. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 6, 1, Article 6 (March 2022), 36 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517234

J. Gong*, O. Seow*, C. Honnet*, J. Forman, S. Mueller. "MetaSense: Integrating Sensing Capabilities into Mechanical Metamaterial." Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. 2021.

Kyung Yun Choi, Jinmo Lee, Neska El Haouij, Rosalind W. Picard, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2021. aSpire: Clippable, Mobile Pneumatic-Haptic Device for Breathing Rate Regulation via Personalizable Tactile Feedback. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’21 Extended Abstracts), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages.

Fiona Bell*, Alice Hong*, Andreea Danielescu, Aditi Maheshwari, Ben Greenspan, Hiroshi Ishii, Laura Devendorf, and Mirela Alistar. 2021. SelfdeStaining Textiles: Designing Interactive Systems with Fabric, Stains and Light. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445155

Afsar, Ozgun Kilic, et al. "Choreographic Interfaces: Wearable Approaches to Movement Learning in Creative Processes." ACM CHI'21 Workshop HAA'21.

Kyung Yun Yun Choi and Hiroshi Ishii. 2021. Therms-Up!: DIY Inflatables and Interactive Materials by Upcycling Wasted Thermoplastic Bags. In Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 51, 1–8. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3442457

Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Jordan L. Tappa, João Wilbert, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. HERMITS: Dynamically Reconfiguring the Interactivity of Self-propelled TUIs with Mechanical Shell Add-ons. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 882–896. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3379337.341583

Ken Nakagaki. 2020. Mechanical Shells: Physical Add-ons for Extending and Reconfiguring the Interactivities of Actuated TUIs. In Adjunct Publication of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '20 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 151–156. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3379350.3415801

Jack Forman, Mustafa Doga Dogan, Hamilton Forsythe, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. DefeXtiles: 3D Printing Quasi-Woven Fabric via Under-Extrusion. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1222–1233. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3379337.3415876

Kyung Yun Choi, Valentina Sumini, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. ReSpire: Self-awareness and Interpersonal Connectedness through Shape-changing Fabric Display. In Proceedings of the 2019 on Creativity and Cognition (C&C ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 449–454. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3325480.3329176

Mor, Hila, Ken Nakagaki, et al. "Venous Materials : Towards Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms." CHI '20, Honolulu, HI, USA, April 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376129

Kyung Yun Choi, Hiroshi Ishii, ambienBeat:Wrist-worn Mobile Tactile Biofeedback for Heart Rate Rhythmic Regulation, ACM TEI ’20,

Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication Method for Object Creation and Modification. In TEI'20, February 9-12, 2020, Sydney, NSW, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374990

Hila Mor, Ken Nakagaki, Yu Tianyu, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. Prototyping Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 881–884. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374967

Nakagaki, Ken, et al. "TRANS-DOCK: Expanding the Interactivity of Pin-based Shape Displays by Docking Mechanical Transducers." Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. 2020.

Joanne Leong, Yuehan Wang, Romy Sayah, Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa, Florian Perteneder, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations. In CHI’19 Extended Abstracts, May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312775

Choi, Kyung Yun, and Hiroshi Ishii. "Bubble Talk: Open-source Interactive Art Toolkit for Metaphor of Modern Digital Chat." Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. 2019.

Ken Nakagaki, Daniel Fitzgerald, Zhiyao (John) Ma, Luke Vink, Daniel Levine, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. inFORCE: Bi-directional `Force’ Shape Display For Haptic Interaction. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ‘19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 615-623. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3295621

Kyung Yun Choi, Darle Shinsato, Shane Zhang, Ken Nakagaki, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2018. reMi: Translating Ambient Sounds of Moment into Tangible and Shareable Memories through Animated Paper. In The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct Proceedings (UIST '18 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 84-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3266037.3266109

Jifei Ou, Zhao Ma, Jannik Peters, Sen Dai, Nikolaos Vlavianos, Hiroshi Ishii, kinetiX: Designing auxetic-inspired deformable material structures, Computers & Graphics, Volume 75, 2018, Pages 72-81, ISSN 0097-8493

Ken Nakagaki, Udayan Umapathi, Daniel Leithinger, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2017. AnimaStage: Hands-on Animated Craft Platform Using Shape Displays. In Proceedings of the 2017 DIS Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS ‘17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1093-1097.

Wen Wang, Lining Yao, Chin-Yi Cheng, Teng Zhang, Hiroshi Atsumi, Luda Wang, Guanyun Wang, Oksana Anilionyte, Helene Steiner, Jifei Ou, Kang Zhou, Chris Wawrousek, Katherine Petrecca, Angela M. Belcher, Rohit Karnik, Xuanhe Zhao,*, Daniel I. C. Wang,* and Hiroshi Ishii,*Science Advances 19 May 2017: Vol. 3, no. 5, e1601984 DOI: 10.1126/sciad

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Jifei Ou, Mélina Skouras, Nikolaos Vlavianos, Felix Heibeck, Chin-Yi Cheng, Jannik Peters, Hiroshi Ishii. 2016. aeroMorph: Heat-sealing Inflatable Shape-change Materials for Interaction Design. In Proc of UIST '16. ACM, NY, NY, USA, 121-132.

Xiao Xiao, Pablo Puentes, Edith Ackermann, Hiroshi Ishii

Xiao Xiao, Hiroshi Ishii

Jifei Ou, Gershon Dublon, Chin-Yi Cheng, Felix Heibeck, Karl Willis, Hiroshi Ishii

Guanyun Wang, Lining Yao, Wen Wang, Jifei Ou, Chin-Yi Cheng, Hiroshi Ishii

Sungjune Jang, Lawrence H Kim, Kesler Tanner, Hiroshi Ishii, Sean Follmer

Aubrey Colter, Don-Derek Haddad, Brian Tice, Patlapa Davivongsa, Halla Moore and Hiroshi Ishii

Ken Nakagaki, Luke Vink, Jared Counts, Daniel Windham, Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Hiroshi Ishii