CURRICULUM VITAE
APPOINTMENTS & AFFILIATIONS
| 2019 – present | University of Tokyo, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Tokyo, Japan Project assistant professor |
| 2017 – present | MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Research Affiliate |
| 2017 – 2019 | Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA Fellow (2017 – 2018), Affiliate (2018 – 2019) |
EDUCATION
| 2012 – 2016 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA Doctorate of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences Advisor: Joseph Paradiso, Responsive Environments Group Thesis: Paper Electronics: Circuits on Paper for Learning and Creative Expression Committee: Joseph Paradiso, Leah Buechley, Edith Ackerman |
| 2010 – 2012 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences Advisor: Leah Buechley, High Low Tech Group Thesis: The Fine Art of Electronics: Paper-based Circuits for Creative Expression Readers: Leah Buechley, Erik Demaine, Jan Baker |
| 2006 – 2010 | Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York, NY Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2018 – present | Patentpandas.org Founder and Author With Carol Lin, May Qi, Ira Winder: teaching patent law using panda comics and real-life stories; connecting creators to free legal help |
| 2017 – present | Technolojie, Cambridge, MA Founder and Principal Design, engineering, consulting |
| 2014 – present | Chibitronics, Singapore Cofounder and Creative Director With Andrew “bunnie” Huang and Patricia Ng: design toolkits that blend circuits, code and paper craft; teach workshops and outreach |
| 2016 – 2017 | Lifelong Kindergarten, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Associate With Mitchell Resnick: research creative learning approaches that combine programming with physical making |
| 2011 & 2018 | Exploratorium Tinkering Studio, San Francisco, CA Artist-in-residence Build paper electronics artworks and lead workshops on museum floor |
| 2013 | PCH International, Shenzhen, China Electronics fabrication intern Research socially and environmentally sustainable manufacturing |
| 2008 – 2010 | Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, New York, NY Electronics design intern With Ayah Bdeir: prototype and build littleBits modular electronics toolkit |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| Paper Electronics Explore the intersection of traditional paper craft, bookmaking and storytelling practices with contemporary digital technologies and interactivity |
| Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Investigate open approaches to intellectual property and entrepreneurship and create accessible legal resources for independent creators |
| Creative Learning & Diversity in Tech Design toolkits that facilitate creative learning experiences and engage more diverse audiences in making their own expressive, personally meaningful technologies |
PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
| 2018 Mass Manufacturing of Self-Actuating Robots: Integrating Sensors and Actuators using Flexible Electronics Dementyev, A., Qi, J., Ou, J. and Paradiso, J. A. In Proceedings of 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). |
| 2018 Light it up: using paper circuitry to enhance low-fidelity paper prototypes for children Hershman, A., Nazare, J., Qi, J., Saveski, M., Roy, D. and Resnick, M. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 365-372. |
| 2018 Chibitronics in the Wild: Engaging New Communities in Creating Technology with Paper Electronics Qi,J., Buechley, L., Huang, A., Ng,P., Cross, S. and Paradiso, J. A. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 252, 11 pages. |
| 2017 Code Collage: Tangible Programming On Paper with Circuit Stickers Qi, J., Demir, A. and Paradiso, J. A. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1970-1977. |
| 2015 Crafting technology with circuit stickers Qi, J. , Huang, A. and Paradiso, J. 2015. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 438-441. |
| 2014 2013 e-textile swatchbook exchange: the importance of sharing physical work Hertenberger, A., Scholz, B., Stewart, B., Kurbak, E., Perner-Wilson, H., Posch, I., Cabral, I., Qi, J., Childs, K., Kuusk, K., Calder, L., Toeters, M., Kisand, M., Bhömer, M., Donneaud, M., Grant, M., Coleman, M., Satomi, M., Tharakan, M., Vierne, P., Robertson, S., Taylor, S. and Nachtigall, T. R. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program (ISWC ’14 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 77-81. |
| 2014 Sketching in circuits: designing and building electronics on paper Qi, J. and Buechley, L. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1713-1722. |
| 2014 Circuit stickers: peel-and-stick construction of interactive electronic prototypes Hodges, s., Villar, N., Chen, N., Chugh, T., Qi, J., Nowacka, D. and Kawahara, Y. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1743-1746. |
| 2013 Bridging books: the printed book as a support for digital experiences Pinto, A. L., Zagalo, N., Sylla, C., Freed, N., Figueiredo, A. C., Qi, J., Branco, P. and Coquet, E. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 606-609. |
| 2013 Microcontrollers as material: crafting circuits with paper, conductive ink, electronic components, and an untoolkit Mellis, D. A., Jacoby, S., Buechley, L., Perner-Wilson, H. and Qi, J. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 83-90. |
| 2012 Paper mechanisms for sonic interaction Monache, S., Rocchesso, Gotzen, D. A., Qi, J., Buechley, L. and Cestaro, D. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied interaction (Kingston, ON, Canada,February 19-22, 2012). TEI ‘12. ACM, New York, NY. |
| 2011 Beyond the binding: exploring the future book Freed, N., Qi, J., Sylla, C. and Branco, P. Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C ‘11), 445-446 |
| 2011 Sticking together: handcrafting personalized communication interfaces Freed, N., Qi, J., Setapen, A., Breazeal, C., Buechley, L. and Raffle, H. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 238-241. |
| 2011 Fine bookbinding meets electronics Rosner, D.K., Perner-Wilson, H., Qi, J. and Buechley, L. Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. TEI ‘11. Pages 345-348 |
| 2010 Electronic Popables: exploring paper-based computing through an interactive pop-up book Qi, J. and Buechley, L. In Proceedings of the Fourth international Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied interaction. TEI ‘10. ACM, New York, NY, 121-128. |
| 2010 ARmonica: a collaborative sonic environment Sukan, M., Oda, O., Shi, X., Entrena, M., Sadalgi, S., Qi, J. and Feiner, S. In Adjunct proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST). ACM, New York, NY 401-402. |
| 2008 Microcontact printing of proteins for cell biology Shen, K., Qi, J. and Kam, L.C. Journal of visualized experiments (JoVE). MyJoVE Corporation, 22. |