I am a maker interested in creating tools to help other makers better building prototypes or learning new technical skills. I am specifically interested in tools for electronics and physical computing, fabrication, and mechanical systems for body augmentation. I also develop tangible and wearable interfaces for enhancing and altering sensory perception and input capabilities, such as haptic controllers and smart-wearables.
Short Bio
Andrea Bianchi (Korean: 안두리) received his Ph.D. from KAIST in 2012, his Master’s in Computer Science from NYU and his Laurea (BSc+MS) in business administration from Bocconi University. Before joining KAIST, he worked at Sungkyunkwan University as a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science, and as a video game programmer for a New York startup after earning his Master’s degree. Andrea has an Erdős number of 3 and collects eyeglasses.
Experience
KAIST
- Associate Professor - Department of Industrial Design (9/2019 - present)
- Assistant Professor - Department of Industrial Design (9/2015 - 8/2019)
Sungkyunkwan University
- Assistant Professor - Department of Computer Science (3/2013 - 8/2015)
Awards
- KAIST 2020 Technology Innovation Award (공과대학 2020 기술혁신 우수상)
- Excellence Teaching Award Fall 2017 Industrial Design, KAIST
- Best Paper Award UIST 2020
- Best Paper Award TEI 2021
- Best Paper Award MobileHCI 2013
- Best Paper Award HCI Korea 2018
- Best Paper Award HCI Korea 2015
- Honorable Mention Award MobileHCI 2017
- Honorable Mention Award MobileHCI 2016
- Best Poster Award UIST 2016
Academic Services
Program committee and editor
- CHI 2015/16/18/19/21
- UIST 2020
- DIS 2018/20
- TEI 2016/18
- SIGGRAPH E-Tech 2019
- IEEE TOH 2020/2021 guest editor
- Eurohaptics 2018
- DESFORM 2017
- IMCOM 2015
Conference chair/organizer
- TEI 2022 poster co-chair
- TEI 2020 Student design challenge co-chair
- TEI 2017 WIP chair
- Korea HCI 2021 International Chair
- Mobile HCI 2021 poster co-chair
- Mobile HCI 2019 Web chair
- ISS 2019 Poster co-chair
- Asia Haptics 2018 demo co-chair
- IEEE World Haptics 2013 art chair
- HAID 2013 poster chair
Teaching
ID311 - Software Prototyping
- Fall: 2016, 2017
- Spring: 2016, 2018-2021
ID220 - Interaction Prototyping
ID307 - Interface Design
Additional Resources