Publications
2026
[17]
ACM CHI '26 — Full Paper
Attention Nooks: Situated Frictions to Foster Intentional Technology Use
Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki
[16]
ACM TEI '26 — Full Paper
PopTuber: Discretely Reshaping High Resolution 3D Curves with "Serial Multistable" Tubes
Willa Yunqi Yang, Yifan Zou, Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki
Best Demo Award (People's Choice)
[15]
ACM TEI '26 — Work-in-Progress
FocuShift: Actuated Intervention to Prevent Smartphone Overuse via Phone-Attached Shape-Changing Device
Harrison Dong, Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki
[14]
ACM TEI '26 — Studio
Attention-Preserving Tangible Interfaces: Using Physicality and Materiality to Preserve Attention in the Home
Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki
2025
[13]
ACM UIST '25 — Full Paper
Shape n' Swarm: Hands-on, Shape-aware Generative Authoring with Swarm UI and LLMs
Matthew Jeung, Anup Sathya, Wanli Qian, Steven Arellano, Luke Jimenez, Ken Nakagaki
Best Demo Award
[12]
ACM UIST '25 — Workshop
Facilitating Longitudinal Interaction Studies of AI Systems
Tianyi Long, Sihan Wang, Émilie Fabre, Tingying Wang, Anup Sathya, Jing Wu, Savvas D. Petridis, Danqing Li, others
[11]
ACM DIS '25 — Full Paper
Cybernetic Marionette: Channeling Collective Agency Through a Wearable Robot in a Live Dancer-Robot Duet
Anup Sathya, Jiasheng Li, Zeyu Yan, Adriane Fang, Bill Kules, Jonathan Martin, Huaishu Peng
2024
[10]
ACM UIST '24 — Full Paper
SHAPE-IT: Exploring Text-to-Shape-Display for Generative Shape-Changing Behaviors with LLMs
Wanli Qian, Chen Gao, Anup Sathya, Ryo Suzuki, Ken Nakagaki
[9]
ACM UIST '24 — Full Paper
CARDinality: Interactive Card-shaped Robots with Locomotion and Haptics using Vibration
Aditya Retnanto*, Emilio Faracci*, Anup Sathya*, Yu Kai Hung, Ken Nakagaki [*equal contribution]
[8]
ACM CHI '24 — Full Paper
Attention Receipts: Utilizing the Materiality of Receipts to Improve Screen-time Reflection on YouTube
Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki
FastCompany Innovation by Design Award, Core77 Lifestyle Accessories Award, WIRED Japan Creative Hack Award Finalist
[7]
ACM UIST '24 — Poster
Game Jam with CARDinality: A Case Study of Exploring Play-based Interactive Applications
Emilio Faracci, Aditya Retnanto, Anup Sathya, Ashlyn Sparrow, Ken Nakagaki
2022
[6]
ACM UIST '22 — Full Paper
Fibercuit: Prototyping High-Resolution Flexible and Kirigami Circuits with a Fiber Laser Engraver
Zeyu Yan*, Anup Sathya*, Sarah Yusuf, Jyh-Ming Lien, Huaishu Peng [*equal contribution]
Best Demo Award (People's Choice), Core77 Tools Award - Notable
[5]
ACM IMWUT (UbiComp) '22 — Full Paper
Calico: Relocatable On-cloth Wearables with Fast, Reliable, and Precise Locomotion
Anup Sathya, Jiasheng Li, Tauhidur Rahman, Ge Gao, Huaishu Peng
[4]
ACM UIST '22 — Demo
Demonstration of Fibercuit: Techniques to Prototype High-Resolution Flexible and Kirigami Circuits with a Fiber Laser Engraver
Zeyu Yan*, Anup Sathya*, Saadat Yusuf, Jyh-Ming Lien, Huaishu Peng [*equal contribution]
2021
[3]
ACM CHI EA '21 — Poster
Towards On-the-wall Tangible Interaction: Using Walls as Interactive, Dynamic, and Responsive User Interface
Zeyu Yan, Anup Sathya, Pedro Jorge Carvalho, Yongquan Owen Hu, Ang Li, Huaishu Peng
2018
[2]
IEEE ICACCI '18 — Short Paper
Realtime On-chip Wireless Waveform Monitoring
Anup Sathya, S. Balaji, Abhinav Gupta, S. Padmanabhan
2017
[1]
IEEE TENCON '17 — Short Paper
Visual positioning system for automated indoor/outdoor navigation
Anup Sathya, Abhinav Goel, S. Padmanabhan
Research Dissemination
Press
University of Chicago Magazine, 'Fit to print' — about Attention Receipts
2025
Hackster.io, 'A Game Changer' — about CARDinality
2024
inews UK, opinion piece citing Attention Receipts
2024
404 Media, 'Would You Waste Less of Your Life Online If You Got Daily Attention Receipts?'
2024
Adafruit Blog, 'Calico: A Wearable Robotic Assistant #WearableWednesday'
2023
Indian Express, 'This is Calico, a tiny robot that can be your dance instructor, workout tracker, and more'
2023
Communications of the ACM, 'A Wearable Robotic Assistant That's All Over You'
2023
IEEE Spectrum, 'A Wearable Robotic Assistant That's All Over You'
2023
The Verge, 'Wearable robot, why not?'
2023
Maryland Today, 'Where-able sensors'
2022
all3dp, Hackaday (×2), Hackster.io — coverage of Fibercuit and Calico
2022
Podcasts & Interviews
CBC Radio, 'As It Happens' — interviewed about Attention Receipts
2024
Put on Your Best…Robot, 'Over Coffee' — interviewed about Calico
2024
Hackster Café — interviewed with Huaishu Peng and Zeyu Yan about Calico
2022