Devyani McLaren

MSc @UBC_CS | SPIN Lab | UBC Cognitive Systems grad | Designing robots that feel alive 🤖💓 | Affective haptics, animacy, empathy | Flexibit enthusiast

[Jian Gao @jsonx99]

Proud to present our work at #UIST2024 on soft flexible shear stress sensor array + gesture recognition for affective touch analysis (https://t.co/OhtZMB6Qeh) in Pittsburgh 🇺🇸! Also a joy to be on the photographer team 📸.
Thanks to my mentors and colleagues @UBC_CS & @ECEUBC

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

3 years since @jsonx99, myself and many others began this project. We finally presented to #UIST2024 I’m very excited to continue this work and model emotions from shear and pressure data captured by our novel sensor. #affective #haptics #softsensors #HRI

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

Can you spot me? (Hint: I can’t even spot myself but I’m somewhere in the back right)

[ACM UIST @ACMUIST]

#UIST2024 banquet! Thanks all for joining!

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

@plopesresearch @preetivyas_ @jsonx99 Thanks Pedro! I did some work using TMS for muscle stimulation measurement for stroke patient research so your work is always very interesting to me :)

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

@_yudaitanaka Great seeing your demo today Yudai! You may not remember me, but I believe we both met when you visited UBC a couple of years ago. I'll be presenting at UIST as well in the bodily signals session!

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

Thanks to everyone who saw our demo at #UIST2024. Come see @jsonx99 and myself present in Allegheny 1, Bodily Signals, and learn what affective touch is made of! 11:15pm, Tues Oct 14th. #UISTChallenge

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

@ranzhoubot Absolutely, let's connect :) I'll reach out when I'm back in Vancouver.

[Preeti Vyas, Ph.D. @preetivyas_]

Check out our work on ShearSense at #UIST2024 We demonstrate interplay between shear, pressure, and individuality evaluating affective touch on a soft capacitive sensor.
Not at UIST this year but my amazing colleagues are. Go say hi to
@dev_mclaren @jsonx99 ✨#affectivehaptics

[Preeti Vyas, Ph.D. @preetivyas_]

we got some holiday vibes going with our cuddle bots aka CHORAs! #affectivehaptics #spinlab @UBC_CS

[Preeti Vyas, Ph.D. @preetivyas_]

@UBC @UBC_CS If you are a researcher in #affectivehaptics #affectivesensing designing and building #softtouchsensors or are interested in getting into the field, the paper has so many resources! Go check it out: https://t.co/ITP4KkPOKg

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

@preetivyas_ @jsonx99 Come say hi at our demo! First floor of the August Wilson African American Center.

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

All setup! Check out our #UIST2024 demo and learn what our sensor has taught us about affective touch. We’re on the first floor (by the food) so grab a snack and come chat! 🥨 #UBC @UBC_CS #affectivehaptics #haptics

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

@LMcUnderwood @ACMUIST @SCC_Lancaster @LancasterUni @MSFTResearch @FP_Centre Would love to chat more actually. This is quite related to my PhD thesis - UBC. I’ll be demoing our paper later today: https://t.co/T6pOLnL4uU

[Jae (Jaewook) Lee @jaewook_jae]

Hey hey! I'll be at #UIST2024 to present 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗔𝗥 ☺️

CookAR is an AI-powered wearable AR prototype that augments kitchen tool affordances in near real-time for low vision users, enabling safer and more efficient tool interactions. (1/6)

[Devyani McLaren @dev_mclaren]

Hello @ACMUIST ! Come check out our demo (tonight) and paper presentation (Tues) to see what our novel shear sensor has already told us about affective touch. Presenting alongside @jsonx99 #UIST2024 https://t.co/miC3iWaNcI

[RIO group @_RIOgroup_]

Tomorrow, the @_RIOgroup_ Seminar Series prepares itself for a Canadian Invasion (cf. @djwright561, 2021) with 3 talks from Jack Solomon a PhD student @DalLBRF, Beverley Larssen a PhD student @UBC, and Devyani McLaren a PhD student @UBC_BrainLab. Talks start at 2:30pm UK time!