Katherine Song
I am an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. I recently completed my PhD in Computer Science @ UC Berkeley. My research is in human-computer interaction and centers around the creation of sustainable, backyard-degradable interactive systems that can be made and un-made at home by the everyday maker. My work embraces smart and natural materials, along with themes such as decay and slowness. Before Berkeley, I was a hardware researcher and engineer, completing my undergraduate and master’s theses in optoelectronic materials and devices and then working full-time as a Display Electrical Engineer at Apple.
news
Jun 18, 2024 | I will be joining the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft as an Assistant Professor this fall! More details to come. |
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Dec 25, 2023 | Interested in unmaking, biodesign, designing with more-than-human agents, and/or designing for the disassembly and repair of electronics? Join us on May 11, 2024 at CHI for a workshop on Sustainable Unmaking: Designing for Biodegradation, Decay, and Disassembly! See here for more details and the full call for participation. Submissions due February 28. |
May 7, 2023 | I’m delighted to be part of an awesome team (Steve Jackson, Kristina Lindström, Eric Paulos, Samar Sabie, Åsa Ståhl, and Ron Wakkary) of editors for a TOCHI special issue on Unmaking & HCI: Techniques, Technologies, Materials, and Philosophies Beyond Making. Call for papers here. Deadline June 30! |
selected publications
- TOCHIUnmaking & HCI: Techniques, Technologies, Materials, and Philosophies Beyond MakingACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact., Sep 2024Just Accepted