Organizers

General Chairs


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Ken Nakagaki
Ken Nakagaki
University of Chicago
Brygg Ullmer
Brygg Ullmer
Clemson University
Michael Horn
Michael Horn
Northwestern University

Program Chairs


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Sara Nabil
Sara Nabil
Queens University
HyunJoo Oh
HyunJoo Oh
Georgia Tech
Elisa Rubegni
Elisa Rubegni
Lancaster University

Pictorial Chairs


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Fiona Bell
Fiona Bell
University of New Mexico
Mafalda Gamboa
Mafalda Gamboa
Chalmers University of Technology
Karen Cochrane
Karen Cochrane
University of Waterloo

Studio Chairs


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David Ramsay
David Ramsay
DePaul University
Courtney N. Reed
Courtney N. Reed
Loughborough University London
Tingyu Cheng
Tingyu Cheng
University of Notre Dame

Work-in-Progress Chairs


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Liang He
Liang He
Purdue University
Rong-Hao Liang
Rong-Hao Liang
TU/e

Graduate Student Consortium Chair


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Bart Hengeveld
Bart Hengeveld
TU Eindhoven
Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Ellen Yi-Luen Do
University of Colorado Boulder

Art and Performance Chairs


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Harpreet Sareen
Harpreet Sareen
Parsons School of Design
Xiao Xiao
Xiao Xiao
Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci
Marc Downie
Marc Downie
University of Chicago

Demo Chairs


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Yudai Tanaka
Yudai Tanaka
University of Chicago
Craig Shultz
Craig Shultz
University of Illinois
Daragh Byrne
Daragh Byrne
Carnegie Mellon University

Local Chair


To Be Decided

Sponsorship Chair


Wendy Ju
Wendy Ju
Cornell Tech

Student Design Challenge Chairs


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Jas Brooks
Jas Brooks
University of Chicago
Mei-Kei Lai
Mei-Kei Lai
Macao Polytechnic University

Equity, Accessibility & Inclusion Chairs


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Jack Forman
Jack Forman
MIT Media Lab
Veen Wong
Veen Wong
University of Waterloo

Virtual Conference Chairs


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Tucker Rae-Grant
Tucker Rae-Grant
University of Chicago
Qiyu (Luca) Lu
Qiyu (Luca) Lu
UC Berkeley

Proceedings Chair


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Linda Hirsch
Linda Hirsch
UC Santa Cruz
Linda Hirsch
Laia Turmo Vidal
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Registration Chair


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Ziyue (Monica) Piao
Ziyue (Monica) Piao
McGill University
Osazuwa Okundaye-Santos
Osazuwa Okundaye-Santos
Texas A&M University

Sustainability Chairs


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Nivedita Arora
Nivedita Arora
Northwestern University
Huaishu Peng
Huaishu Peng
University of Maryland, College Park

Lasting Impact Award Chair


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Bart Hengeveld
Bart Hengeveld
TU Eindhoven

Visual Chair


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Jiawen Yao
Jiawen Yao
University of Chicago

Web Chairs


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Anup Sathya
Anup Sathya
University of Chicago
Zeyu Yan
Zeyu Yan
University of Maryland, College Park

Publicity & Social Media Chairs


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Ran Zhou
Ran Zhou
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Yujie Tao
Yujie Tao
Stanford University

Student Volunteer Chairs


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Willa Yunqi Yang
Willa Yunqi Yang
University of Chicago
Chenfeng Gao
Chenfeng Gao
Northwestern University