- Fluid Interfaces
Samantha Chan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fluid Interfaces group, MIT Media Lab. She is interested in creating technologies that enhance human cognition and, ultimately, advance human potential. Her research is in Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence, where she develops mobile and wearable systems, physiological sensing and brain-computer interfaces, and extended reality (XR) interfaces. Her work includes interfaces to support memory, sleep, attention, and healthy aging.
She is an incoming Assistant Professor in January 2025 at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU), College of Computing and Data Science (#15 QS World Uni Rankings). [She is recruiting Ph.D. students and postdocs to join her research group. Check out her webpage for how to apply: samanthachan.net]
Dr. Chan's work on memory augmentation interfaces has been published in premier HCI journals and conferences such as CHI, IMWUT/Ubicomp, CSCW, and ISMAR. Her works have received several awards and recognitions, including Fast Company World Changing Ideas and "Gold Pin" New Zealand Best Design Awards (best in category). They have also been showcased in Prototypes for Humanity in Dubai.
Samantha holds a Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Product Development, Electrical Engineering) from Singapore University of Technology and Design and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was formerly from the Augmented Human Lab, was a Visiting Researcher at NUS-HCI Lab and Junior Researcher at Mercari R4D. Her prior research experience includes robotics, co-design, and personal fabrication. In her free time, she enjoys playing ukulele, sailing, motorcycling and traveling.