Presenter

Jun Nishida is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park at the Department of Computer Science. Previously he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago and has received a Ph.D. in Human Informatics at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He explores interaction techniques and wearable interfaces where users can communicate embodied experiences to support each other by means of wearable and human augmentation technologies, with applications in the fields of rehabilitation, education, and design. He has received ACM UIST Best Paper Award, ACM CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Award among others.