Vivian Shen

Asst. Prof @ETC @CMU
PhD from @CMU_Robotics, FIGLab @cmuHCII.

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

Apply to the SIC and work with the amazing @EmotiBit !

[ACM UIST @ACMUIST]

#UIST 2026 Student Innovation Contest CFP is out (https://t.co/ZKzWGg1a0J)! This year, we partner with @emotibit to push the boundaries of prototyping with biosignals.

The proposal deadline is June 15. Join the UIST SIC and turn your ideas into reality!

[ACM UIST @ACMUIST]

We're excited to announce our partnership with @EmotiBit for #UIST2026 Student Innovation Contest.
Students in SIC will work with EmotiBit wearable sensor modules to capture high-quality emotional, physiological, and movement data. CFP will be released in late April. Stay tuned!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@plopesresearch @fzeyneptemel @twi_mar @hciprof thank you Pedro!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

I successfully defended my Robotics PhD Thesis "Sensorimotor-Aligned Design for Pareto-Efficient Haptic Immersion in XR"!
I am deeply grateful to my incredible committee members: Prof. Jim McCann, Prof. @fzeyneptemel, Dr. @twi_mar, and the best advisor, Prof. @hciprof.

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@ACMUIST #UIST2025 #SocialMediaChallenge

Trying a fun demo of an ultrasound bug on my face 🕷️

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@cholz Thank you Christian! :)

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

At #UIST2025, I’ll be presenting Kinethreads: Soft Full-Body Haptic Exosuit using Low-Cost Motor Pulley Mechanisms!

I’m the FIRST talk of Mon (after the keynote, 11 AM Grand Ballroom), and check out my demo Mon night :)

https://t.co/Vqg14g1Ns4
Video:
https://t.co/OhKXzE6ept

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@mina1004h hahaha thank you mina! that's very sweet 😊

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

As of today, I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Entertainment Technology Center, an oddball department here at CMU!
I can’t really find the words to express my excitement and gratitude. I'm so happy to have found this non-traditional academic role that fits me so well :)

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@tichaesque thank you ticha!!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

Thank you to my family, friends, partner, and labmates for all their incredible support, which has made this journey so full of happiness.
And thanks to @hciprof, the best advisor, for always encouraging my ideas and helping me grow. Now Pittsburgh will never be rid of me!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

I didn't want to be a research faculty/run my own lab, but I also didn't want to leave the world of academia entirely. I'm really excited to jump into this third option at a wonderful place like the ETC!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

Thanks for the feature! Check out my 3 minute presentation here:

https://t.co/txNL5kYCz9

[CMU Robotics Institute @CMU_Robotics]

Vivian Shen, Robotics Institute Ph.D. student, emerged as the champion of the CMU Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT)!

Shen was also awarded the Jane Street Graduate fellowship that will support her work for a full year!

Read more on our news site: https://t.co/uyJQAb8Pt0

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

Really really grateful to be announced as a 2025 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellow! 🚀
https://t.co/n7LwGBfLk8

now back to my deadline hidey hole 😊

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

Thank you to @CMULibraries for hosting! Now I'm ready to elevator pitch anyone about my research :P

[Chris Harrison @hciprof]

Big congrats to @vhshen for winning the Three Minute Thesis #3MT competition at @CarnegieMellon. She'll be on the job market next year... @3MT_official @SCSatCMU @CMUHCII @CMU_Robotics

[Junyi Zhu @JunyiZhuMIT]

I am joining University of Michigan, EECS department as an Assistant Professor starting Jan 2025, leading the Sensing, Intelligence, and eXperience (SIX) Lab. We are recruiting PhD students (fall 2025), master & undergraduate researchers!
More information: https://t.co/ONZMa0afdY

[Karan Ahuja @realkaranahuja]

🔬 My lab at @NorthwesternU has a new website! Visit https://t.co/J5zto5MALI to see our latest research from CHI, ECCV & UIST 2024.

🎓 We're recruiting 2 PhD students (fully funded) for Fall 2025! Interested candidates, apply by Dec 1.

Please RT to help spread the word!

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

@hciphdstudent @_yudaitanaka @taejunkim_13 @mollyn_paan @tzushengkuo @LeeChiJung @yunyizhu_ @CATianhong @talking_kim @mina1004h @saelyne_yang @hciresearcher @solidknit @jasonwuishere @yolohao @hankhplee @PinSungKu @yeonsukim_ @oldestasian two years fly by 🥲🥲

[Riku Arakawa @hciphdstudent]

#UIST2024 #UISTChallenge #LetsShine

@taejunkim_13 @_yudaitanaka @mollyn_paan @tzushengkuo @LeeChiJung @yunyizhu_ @CATianhong @talking_kim @mina1004h @saelyne_yang @hciresearcher @solidknit @jasonwuishere @vhshen @yolohao @hankhplee @PinSungKu @yeonsukim_ @oldestasian

[Vivian Shen @vhshen]

david still remembers when uist was a single track @ACMUIST #UIST2024 #uistchallenge
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