Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

Wicaksono, I., Zhu, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, F., Dementyev, A., & Paradiso, J. A. (2026). NETs: Networked Stretchable and Scalable Sensing System for Multimodal Wearables and Interactive Surfaces. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 10(3), 1-33.

Chwalek, P., Kuronaga, M., Giordano, M. et al. On-device deep learning for real-time acoustic monitoring of endangered Bombus dahlbomii and invasive congeners. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-65371-1

Blanchard, L., Naseck, P., Liang, K., Tan, J., Lei, H., Huang, C.-Z. A., & Paradiso, J. (2026). Enhancing Expressive Musical Conversation in the jam_bot. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 621--626. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20784228

Stephen Brade, Teng Ma, Lancelot Blanchard, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Carlos Mariano Salcedo, Suwan Kim, Perry Naseck, Andrew Li, Matthew R Michalek, Sebastian Franjou, and Anna Huang. 2026. Agents in Concert: A Case-Study of Bringing AI to the Stage in Practice. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY

Perry Naseck, Lancelot Blanchard, Madhav Lavakare, Kimaya Lecamwasam, and Joseph A. Paradiso. 2025. Physical Manifestation of Generative AI Music Systems for Live Performance. In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Papers (SA Art Papers '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 28, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757369.3767613

Cedric Honnet, Rachel Freire, Juliana Cherston, Maximilian Guenther, Joseph Paradiso, and Irmandy Wicaksono. Ferrozuit: Ferromagnetic Electronic Textile System for Zero-Gravity Spatial Anchoring. In the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp/ISWC ’25), ACM, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3714394.3750705

Cedric Honnet, Wedyan Babatain, Yiyue Luo, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Chloe Bensahel, Sarah Nicita, Yunyi Zhu, Andreea Danielescu, Neil Gershenfeld, and Joseph A. Paradiso. FiberCircuits: A Miniaturization Framework To Manufacture Fibers That Embed Integrated Circuits. In The 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’25), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747802

Huang, B., Chin, S., Wigdor, D., & Paradiso, J. A. (2025, September). Demonstrating NeuroFlux: A Non-Invasive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation Device for Multimodal Haptic Feedback. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 1-5).

Perry Naseck, Brian D. Mayton, Lancelot Blanchard, and Joseph A. Paradiso. 2025. Generic Pan Tilt: Open Source Motion Control Platform for Entertainment and Research. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Adjunct '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 37, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758998

Lancelot Blanchard, Perry Naseck, Stephen Brade, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Jordan Rudess, Cheng-Zhi Anna Huang, & Joseph Paradiso. (2025). The jam_bot, a Real-Time System for Collaborative Free Improvisation with Music Language Models. Proceedings of the 26th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, 755–762. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17811478

Meyer, S., Levine, D.V., Haddad, D.D., Wicaksono, I., and Paradiso, J., 2025. Design, Control, and Testing of Intelligent Electromagnetic Footwear for Astronautical Applications . In International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) 2025.

Coblentz, Maggie et al.

Chwalek, P., Kuronaga, M., Zhu, I. et al. High-Res Acoustic and Environmental Data to Monitor Bombus dahlbomii Amid Invasive Species, Habitat Loss. Sci Data 12, 548 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04877-1

Chwalek, P., Coblentz, M., Montague, S. et al. Acoustic data collection in arctic environments during the midnight sun using multi-channel SoundSHROOMs. Sci Data 12, 318 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04601-z

Chwalek, P., Zhong, S., Perry, N. et al. A dataset exploring urban comfort through novel wearables and environmental surveys. Sci Data 11, 1423 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04279-9

Wicaksono, I., Blanchard, L., Chin, S., Colon, C., and Paradiso, J., 2024. KnitworkVR: Dual-reality Experience through Distributed Sensor-Actuator Networks in the Living Knitwork Pavilion. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.

Wicaksono, I., Rubio, A.P, Cichocka, J.M, Advincula, G., Chin, S., Yu, T., Mishra, M., and Paradiso, J., 2024. Living Knitwork Pavilion: Soft Responsive Architectural Space with Functional Textiles and Integrated System. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) 2024.

Blanchard, Lancelot*, Perry Naseck*, Eran Egozy, and Joseph A. Paradiso. 2024. “Developing Symbiotic Virtuosity: AI-Augmented Musical Instruments and Their Use in Live Music Performances.” An MIT Exploration of Generative AI, September. https://doi.org/10.21428/e4baedd9.69c11de7.

Liu, F, Haddad, DD, and Paradiso, J.A, 2024, October. "MindCube: an Interactive Device for Gauging Emotions." In Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 1-2). [accepted]

Wicaksono, I., Maheshwari, A., Haddad, D.D., Paradiso, J., and Danielescu, A., 2024. Design and Fabrication of Multifunctional E-Textiles by Upcycling Waste Cotton Fabrics through Carbonization. In Proc. ACM Interactive, Mobile, Wearable, and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) 8, 2, Article 45 (June 2024), 31 pages.

Chwalek, P.C., Zhong, S., Ramsay, D., Perry, N., & Paradiso, J. (2023). AirSpec: A Smart Glasses Platform, Tailored for Research in the Built Environment. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing.

Wicaksono, I., Shtarbanov, A., Slater, R., Ranade, E., Newman, D., and Paradiso, J., 2023. Design, Development, and Testing of Peristaltic Suit: Active-Dynamic Compression and Physiological Sensing Intra-vehicular Activity Spacesuit for Cardiovascular Deconditioning. In ICES 2023.

Wicaksono, I., Shtarbanov, A., Slater, R., Ranade, E. and Paradiso, J., 2022. Peristaltic (PS) Suit: Active Bioelectronic Sensing-Compression Spacesuit for Microgravity Adaptation and Cardiovascular Deconditioning. In ASCEND 2022 (p. 4208).

Katija, K., Orenstein, E., Schlining, B. et al. FathomNet: A global image database for enabling artificial intelligence in the ocean. Sci Rep 12, 15914 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19939-2

Najjar, D., Rainbow, J., Sharma Timilsina, S. et al. A lab-on-a-chip for the concurrent electrochemical detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in saliva and plasma. Nat. Biomed. Eng (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-022-00919-w

Ramsay, David, and Joe Paradiso. "Peripheral Light Cues as a Naturalistic Measure of Focus." ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences. 2022.

Wicaksono, I., Hwang, P. G., Droubi, S., Wu, F. X., Serio, A. N., Yan, W., & Paradiso, J.A. (2022). 3DKnITS: Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical Monitoring. IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society.

Wicaksono, I., Haddad, D.D., & Paradiso, J.A. (2022). Tapis Magique: Machine-knitted Electronic Textile Carpet for Interactive Choreomusical Performance and Immersive Environments. ACM Creativity and Cognition.

Yan, W., Noel, G., Loke, G., Meiklejohn, E., Khiduyev, T., Marion, J., Rui, G., Lin, J., Cherston, J., Saharasbudhe, A., Wilbert, J., Wicaksono, I., Hoyt, R.W., Missakian, A., Zhu, L., Ma, C., Joannopoulos, J., and Fink, Y. Single fibre enables acoustic fabrics via nanometre-scale vibrations. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04476-9

Patrick Chwalek, David Ramsay, and Joseph A. Paradiso. 2021. Captivates: A Smart Eyeglass Platform for Across-Context Physiological Measurement. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 5, 3, Article 93 (Sept 2021), 32 pages. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3478079

Chwalek, P.C., Ramsay, D.B., & Paradiso, J.A. (2021). Captivates: A Smart Eyeglass Platform for Across-Context Physiological Measurement. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol., 5, 93:1-93:32.

Chwalek, Patrick, David Ramsay, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "Captivates: A Smart Eyeglass Platform for Across-Context Physiological Measurement." Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies 5.3 (2021): 1-32.

Liu, Fangzheng. (2021). LunarWSN: A Wireless Sensor Network for In-Situ Lunar Water Ice Detection.

Wicaksono, I.*, Cherston, J.*, & Paradiso, J. A. (2021). Electronic Textile Gaia: Ubiquitous Computational Substrates Across Geometric Scales. IEEE Pervasive Computing.

Payra, Syamantak, et al. "Feeling Through Spacesuits: Application of Space-Resilient E-Textiles to Enable Haptic Feedback on Pressurized Extravehicular Suits." 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100). IEEE, 2021.

Ali Shtarbanov. 2021. FlowIO Development Platform – the Pneumatic “Raspberry Pi” for Soft Robotics. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21 Extended Abstracts), May 08–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451513

Camilo Rojas, Niels Poulsen, Mileva Van Tuyl, Daniel Vargas, Zipporah Cohen, Joe Paradiso, Pattie Maes, Kevin Esvelt, and Fadel Adib. 2021. A Scalable Solution for Signaling Face Touches to Reduce the Spread of Surface-based Pathogens.. Proc. ACM IMWUT

Kodama, Elena C., Nan Zhao, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "LightCloud: Future of Dynamic Lighting in the Shared Space." Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference. Springer, Cham, 2020.

"Sonoflex: Embroidered Speakers Without Permanent Magnets". Thomas Preindl, Cedric Honnet, Andreas Pointner, Roland Aigner, Joe Paradiso, Michael Haller. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), 2020.

Chee, G*., Cobb, T.*, Richter-Lunn, K.*, Wicaksono, I.*, and Freedman, B.R., 2020. Doze: Hydrogel-Based Epidermal Platform for Personalized Scent Diffusion. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers.

Wilbert, J., Haddad, D. D., Ishii, H., & Paradiso, J. A. Patch-corde: an expressive patch cable for the modular synthesizer.

Audrey Briot, Cedric Honnet, Paul Strohmeier. 2020. Stymphalian Birds - Exploring the Aesthetics of A Hybrid Textile. In Companion Publication of the 2020 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395840

Wicaksono, I., and Paradiso, J.A.,"KnittedKeyboard: Digital Knitting of Electronic Textile Musical Controllers ", New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) July 22-24, 2020. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, United Kingdom.

Paradiso, J.A. and Siewiorek, D., “Attention Paid vs. Paying Attention in Pervasive Computing,” Guest Editors’ Introduction for the Special Issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing on ‘Managing Attention - Human and machine focus in Pervasive Computing,’ Vol. 19, April-June 2020, pp. 8-12

Wicaksono, I., Kodama, E., Dementyev, A. and Paradiso, J.A. 2020. SensorNets: Towards Reconfigurable Multifunctional Fine-grained Soft and Stretchable Electronic Skins. In Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA, 1–8. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.338

Cedric Honnet, Hannah Perner Wilson, Marc Teyssier, Bruno Fruchard, Jurgen Steimle, Ana C. Baptista, and Paul Strohmeier. "PolySense: Augmenting Textiles with Electrical Functionality using In-Situ Polymerization". Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020).

Sumini, V., Muccillo, M., Milliken, J., Ekblaw, A. and Paradiso, J., 2020. SpaceHuman: A Soft Robotic Prosthetic For Space Exploration. [online] Dl.acm.org. Available at: <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3334480.3383087> [Accessed: 11 May 2020]

Cherston, Juliana, et al. "Large-area electronic skins in space: vision and preflight characterization for first aerospace piezoelectric e-textile." Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2020. Vol. 11379. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2020.

Paul Strohmeier, Narges Pourjafarian, Marion Koelle, Cedric Honnet, Bruno Fruchard and Jürgen Steimle. "Sketching On-Body Interactions using Piezo-Resistive Kinesiology Tape". In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference. (AHs 2020)

Babakhanova, Siranush, et al. "Mars Garden An Engineered Greenhouse for a Sustainable Residence on Mars." AIAA 2019-4059 (Session: Space Architecture and Mars Mission Considerations). 16 Aug 2019.. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-4059.

Haney, Max; Inocente, Daniel; Katz, Neil; Petrov, Georgi I., et al. "Moon Village Reference Masterplan and Habitat Design." International Conference on Environmental Systems. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, 2019.

Advincula, Gabriela Bila, Don Derek Haddad, and Kent Larson. "Grain Prism: Hieroglyphic Interface for Granular Sampling."

Cherston, Juliana, Paul Strohmeier, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "Grappler: Array of Bistable Elements For Pinching Net-Like Infrastructure to Low Gravity Bodies." AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum. 2019.

Cherston, Juliana, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "SpaceSkin: development of aerospace-grade electronic textile for simultaneous protection and high velocity impact characterization." Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2019. Vol. 10970. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019.

Ekblaw, Ariel, and Joseph Paradiso. “ Self-Assembling Space Habitats:TESSERAE Technology and Mission Architecture for Zero-g Construction ” To appear in the Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference (2019).

Ekblaw, A. and Paradiso, J.A., "Self-assembling Space Architecture: tessellated shell structures for space habitats," In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Smart/Adaptable Deployable Structures (p. 0481).

A. Dementyev, J. Qi, J. Ou, J. Paradiso, “Mass Manufacturing of Self-Actuating Robots: Integrating Sensors and Actuators using Flexible Electronics” in Proc. of IROS’18