Stanford Seminar - Input with Deeply Custom Interfaces

October 27, 2023 Valkyrie Savage of University of Copenhagen Physical input devices are the ultimate bridge between humans and computers, as they translate human actions into digital commands. My work pushes for a world where such devices fit a specific users needs for a particular time, place, and task, culminating in deeply custom interfaces designed, fabricated, or simply picked up to solve a problem. I'll discuss ongoing work on automatic design of anthropometrically- and biomechanically-informed input devices for specific users, and on opportunities for 3D printing passive input devices with fewer constraints than today. I will also describe a wrist-based technique that measures human anatomy to capture user interactions with existing objects, thereby removing the need for dedicated input devices. Finally, I'll close by describing my vision for adaptive objects, which can detect their usage and failures in-situ and adjust to improve. About the speaker: Valkyrie Savage is an Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen in the Human-Centred Computing Section of the Department of Computer Science (DIKU HCC for short), and her research focuses on the intersections of human bodies, digital fabrication, and sensing. At DIKU, she advises students from various fields, including electrical and mechanical engineering and communications, as well as computer science. She received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 2016, where she worked with Björn Hartmann; her thesis was entitled "Fabbed to Sense: Integrated Design of Geometry and Sensing for Interactive Objects." Valkyrie has lived many lives before and after that, including founding and working for startups, interning at Google and CERN, presenting work at SXSW, advocating for bike lanes, organizing the March for Science Toronto, and becoming an internationally-renowned player in the sport of jugger. ► View the CS547 Seminars playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rMyupDF2O00r19JsmolyXdD ► Check o