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Emilie Yu

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Postdoctoral researcher - Expressive Computation Lab @ UCSB em-yu.github.io

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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's been a pleasure to see this community grow and flourish - if you're interested in socio-technical perspectives on computer graphics, this is where it's at >> Monday 6PM, JW Marriott Plaza 1
counter.graphics
Countering Racial Bias in Computer Graphics Research
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
my car looks like this so the #SIGGRAPH booth can look like that come check it out
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Come push some buttons and turn some knobs at our Emerging Technologies booth at #SIGGRAPH To find us just follow the weird machine sounds ~~~ Open 10-5 everyday! Come say hi
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
we also put together an informal report from last year's event >> em-yu.github.io/sustainable....
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're holding the Sustainable Graphics Birds of a Feather event again this year at #SIGGRAPH 🌱 please join us on Tuesday at 5PM (room 512)! This is a casual meet-up format open to anyone who's interested in the topic >> add to your schedule s2026.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
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Presentation - SIGGRAPH 2026 Conference Schedule
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Monday July 20th, 9-10AM, Room 512. Come chat with our diverse team of collaborators with experience across research, the arts and production 💬
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How can we design tools for visual production that use novel techniques to support human creative processes rather than supplant or degrade them? At #SIGGRAPH we invite researchers and practitioners to come to our Birds of a Feather session about co-designing computer graphics technologies!
expressivecomputation.com
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If you're a researcher or student attending #SIGGRAPH you won't want to miss the Berthouzoz Lunch organized by @wigraph.bsky.social Register before the conference and guarantee your spot for (free) lunch, inspiring panel, and mingling >> wigraph.org/r/lunch
wigraph.org
Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch
The Berthouzoz Women in Research Event is an annual networking event organized by WiGRAPH for researchers, faculty, and students. Floraine Berthouzoz started this event as an informal gathering. After...
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WiGRAPH @wigraph.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
- are you attending Siggraph 2026? - do you like eating food and hearing from brilliant women researchers? then we're pleased to invite you to the Berthozoz Women in Graphics Research Lunch on Wed July 22! >> register now 📝 forms.gle/CduD4khzm7eJ...
wigraph.org
Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch
The Berthouzoz Women in Research Event is an annual networking event organized by WiGRAPH for researchers, faculty, and students. Floraine Berthouzoz started this event as an informal gathering. After...
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Limites Numériques @limitesnumeriques.fr · 16/06/2026
🔥 Nous sommes très heureux·euses de vous présenter une nouvelle étude parue dans la revue scientifique CHI. Anaëlle Beignon, Aurélien Tabard et Nolwenn Maudet se sont intéressé·es à comment le design de vos applications provoque des usages toujours plus intensifs et consommateurs. 1/5
Image de couverture. 

"Comment les choix d'interface des apps, 
en apparence anodins, provoquent des usages toujours plus intensifs et consommateurs au détriment de l'environnement ?

On vous raconte tout ça dans notre dernière étude parue dans la revue scientifique CHI"
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
the ui 💅 vs the implementation 🫣
A laser cut press fit box with 4 big push buttonsA makey makey electronics board with wire sticking out hung behind the side of a table
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
PhD goals: someone makes a cake from your figure
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Baptiste GENEST @baptiste-genest.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
When dealing with noisy and/or partial inputs to describe a shape, the standard approach in geometry processing is to reconstruct a clean implicit surface first, and to do geometry on it. But why this one in particular? What about all the other surfaces that would have been coherent with the input?
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Theodore Kim @theodore-kim.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
SIGGRAPH goes to #FAccT2026! Congrats to my co-authors @posada.website, @avmenon.bsky.social and @bsky.alexaschor.com We analyzed every SIGGRAPH, ToG, and SIGGRAPH Asia paper from 1974-2024 to see how race is imagined in graphics research. The results were not good. arxiv.org/abs/2605.14835 1/
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The Racial Character of Computer Graphics Research
Computer graphics algorithms for generating photorealistic imagery are widely perceived to be universal, and capable of conjuring anything that a filmmaker or game designer can imagine. However, recen...
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WiGRAPH @wigraph.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We are excited to announce the 2026 cohort of Rising Stars in Computer Graphics 🌟 These 9 young researchers will participate in a workshop at Siggraph 2026, about the wide range of career trajectories in graphics. Thank you to all applicants and to our selection committee for all the hard work.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
[x] guilty of being an annoying social media manager person [x] guilty of abusing this power to share indulging photo montages >> go follow WiGRAPH on bluesky
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
also teaching this machine programming stuff is pretty fun 🤓
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This was a very fun project to be a part of! Team effort led by Ilan Moyer, along with Devon Frost, Maria Yang and Jennifer Jacobs. Checkout the paper >> dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... Or the project documentation >> stepdance.org
stepdance.org
Stepdance Overview | Stepdance
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We used this system (called StepDance) to prototype playful fabrication machines like an etch-a-sketch plotter, a clay 3D-printer controlled like a potter's wheel, and an interface to interfere with the plotter while it's drawing a predefined SVG.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We developed hardware modules that can interface directly with existing CNC hardware (like this Axidraw pen plotter) and physical user interface elements. This allows us to build novel physical interfaces, repurposing an existing machine's actuation mechanism.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What if we thought of fab machines not as output devices but as part of an interactive system? Such interactive fabrication systems have long been conceptualized and built by researchers and makers, but it often requires building a new machine from scratch (and that's pretty hard)
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
CNC machines (like 3D printers) control machine motors based on a compiled set of instructions (often Gcode). That's neat for fabricating things reliably and fast, but makes it difficult to change machine motion on-the-fly.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
At #CHI2026 we are also presenting "StepDance: A Toolkit for Redesigning CNC Machines Using Physical Metaphors" Curious how a machine-building novice like me can make a sketch-to-print machine? checkout the talk on Friday >> programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro... or see thread...
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Super proud of Joyce Passananti for leading this work as a MSc student, coordinating a collaboration with professional ceramicist Timea Tihanyi, and with Professors Jennifer Jacobs and Tobias Höllerer. please check out the paper >> expressivecomputation.com/publication/...
expressivecomputation.com
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
we designed and fabricated a bunch of pots (20-ish) to demonstrate the wide range of effects that the digital tools and modifiers afford
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Joyce implemented this idea in a prototype AR system, that lets people manipulate and combine tools and modifiers to edit a toolpath.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
... could we make precise toolpath editing feel more embodied? Augmented reality seemed like a promising technology, but for toolpath editing we need to provide controllable ways to make edits. We do that by encapsulating edit operations as digital ceramic tools, inspired by ceramics tools.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Clay 3D printing is often controlled through direct programming of the deposition toolpath, to fully take advantage of the possibilities of this fabrication method. But systems that afford this level of control are based on desktop interactions...
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We're presenting this week at #CHI2026 a new paper: "Clay ARTools: Precise Machine Toolpath Editing for Clay 3D Printing With Craft-Inspired Direct Manipulation Tools in AR" see Joyce's talk Wednesday >> programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro... or read thread below!
A 6-part figure showing the process of designing a small clay 3D-printed cup.
A) A person wearing a hololens holds a virtual triangular rib tool in her hand. In front of her there is a cylindrical object that is a toolpath.
B) A close up on the toolpath with the bottom area transformed into a more angled shape, and with a wavy texture pattern. A green triangular shape (the rib) is shown coming closer to that area and affecting it. Icons explain that this is a rib (profile) action, with a texture modifier.
C) The top part of the toolpath is transformed by making it slightly curved inward. A green half circle shape (the rib) is shown moving towards that part of the toolpath. An icon explains that this is a rib (profile) action.
D) The toolpath is transformed by carving out a small area. A green half circle shape (the rib) is shown moving towards that part of the toolpath. An icon explains that this is a rib action
E) The toolpath is transformed by adding a diamond shape embossing with a slight wavy texture. A green square with a diamond image on top (the stamp) is shown making contact with that part of the toolpath where a diamond is added. Icons explain that this is a stamp action, with a texture and repeat x6 modifier.
F) The final 3D printed cup showcases the slightly curved shape, the diamond texture, the carved handle, and the slanted foot with wavy texture.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
cute potscards from cool women researchers in the graphics community is the social media content we need in this era
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
the rising stars program is about forging meaningful connections and a sense of community among young women researchers!!! I met Sarah thanks to the program in 2023, those connections and seeing how everyone grows in their own path has been deeply inspiring to me apply now >>
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Call for Rising Stars Applications
The Rising Stars in Computer Graphics program is designed to bring new perspectives to computer graphics research. This is a two-year program that will be co-located with SIGGRAPH 2026 and SIGGRAPH 20...
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a fantastic program for people of underrepresented genders in the graphics (and hci/graphics) research space. Please share with your network and gently bully your colleagues and advisees into applying. Deadline March 27, application package is fairly light!
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WiGRAPH @wigraph.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Starting the new year with exciting news, we welcome Deepali Aneja as our new Executive Committee Director! Here are a few words from Deepali about WiGRAPH 💭
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WiGRAPH @wigraph.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Summer Geometry Initiative at MIT is a great way for students to discover the wonderful world of geometry processing research! Apply now for next summer 🌱 Or share with a young up-and-coming student you know 🌟
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Ruben Wiersma @rubenwiersma.nl · 23/01/2026
The #SIGGRAPH Thesis Fast Forward 2026 is here! Learn about the future of CG in 9 PhD theses: from Monte Carlo PDE solvers and photorealistic 3D avatars to fantasy-based rehab games and modular umbrella meshes. 🎓✨ youtu.be/FlrTZEJeEXs
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SIGGRAPH Thesis Fastforward 2026
YouTube video by ACMSIGGRAPH
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Folks who are in Hong Kong for Siggraph Asia: join for some coffee, hear from some awesome women researchers, make new friends, etc :) Also follow us on bsky >> @wigraph.bsky.social www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
wigraph.org
SIGGRAPH Asia Women in Research Coffee
This is a networking event for students, faculty, and industry researchers organized by WiGRAPH. The purpose of the event is to broaden the network of women researchers and provide a friendly and pers...
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Thank you! Yes the scale can be a bit of a struggle. I exported the cut lines from Fusion as a dxf file, imported to illustrator by setting the unit to millimeters, re-orged everything on multiple letter size artboards and printed at original scale
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
them: so why use CAD software me: have you thought about the use case of making your own mushroom hat for Halloween
Fusion 360 model of a mushroom hat made of planar slicesStep by step process of making a cardboard paper mâché mushroom hatPerson wearing mushroom hat and collar
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shm garanganao almeda @sh1m.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
‪I have always so deeply admired Dr. Jennifer Jacobs and the amazing, critical work the Expressive Computation Lab is doing @UCSB's Media Arts & Technology Dept.… what an honor & a dream come true to share my work with them! 😭❣️‬
Dr. Jennifer Jacobs and Shm Almeda in front of a projector that reads The Design of Technology by and for Artistic Worlds in the Expressive Computation Lab space at UC Santa Barbara.
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
expressivecomputation.com/publication/...
expressivecomputation.com
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Super proud to have been part of this work led by Sam Bourgault and Alejandro Aponte @ expressive computation lab With WORM, we propose a new way to program cobot manufacturing actions through skilled manipulation and procedural repetitions Checkout the paper and demo at #UIST2025
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Ruben Wiersma @rubenwiersma.nl · 18/08/2025
Our fast forward for SIGGRAPH 2025. Keep SIGGRAPH weird! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYel...
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Fast Forward SIGGRAPH 2025 - Uncertainty for SVBRDF Acquisition using Frequency Analysis
YouTube video by Ruben Wiersma
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Today we’ll be showing clay printing and artifacts from our research again at our course on Computational Craft 2-5pm @ #SIGGRAPH2025 If you can’t make it to the whole thing, demos will be 4.30-5pm
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Packed this little guy up for #SIGGRAPH2025 Come to our course on Computational Craft, Wed 2-5 to see it in action! s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
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WiGRAPH @wigraph.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Join us at the 2025 Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch at #SIGGRAPH to celebrate the past, present, and future of WiGRAPH! 📅 Aug 13, 12:30–2:00pm 📍 Vancouver, Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront Ballroom RSVP & details: 🔗 www.wigraph.org/events/2025-... #WiGRAPH #Graphics #SIGGRAPH2025
wigraph.org
Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch
The Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch is a networking event for researchers, faculty, and students. Named in honor of Floraine Berthouzoz, who began this lunch as an informal gathering, the event con...
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
If you are interested in joining a lively and supportive discussion space about sustainability & graphics research, please join our birds of a feather event on Tue Aug. 12 - 4PM, in East Building, Room 9 🌱 Co-organized with Felix Hähnlein, Chenxi Liu, Maria Larsson, and @rubenwiersma.nl
s2025.conference-schedule.org
Presentation - SIGGRAPH 2025 Conference Schedule
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We're looking forward to presenting our talk at #SIGGRAPH2025 on Sunday Aug. 10 - 11AM, in West Building, Rooms 301-305!
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Thanks for sharing, this is exactly the kind of comments that we hope to address by raising this issue
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We will share our slides afterwards. Our short paper can be found here eliemichel.github.io/sustainable-...
eliemichel.github.io
Towards a sustainable use of GPUs in Graphics Research
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Emilie Yu @emxtyu.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
We are looking forward to opening up the discussion to the community! Please join us in Vancouver >> s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
RECOMMENDATIONS
For Authors: Report hardware used in papers. Consider mid-to-low-end hardware as further opportunities to optimize algorithms.
For Institutions: Develop performance metrics that incentivize using low-end hardware. Develop supra-local testing infrastructures with a range of heterogeneous, multi-generational hardware.

OPEN DISCUSSION
By developing and disseminating methods optimized to work on new hardware, are we actively encouraging premature hardware obsolescence among end-users?
By necessitating compute clusters to run our algorithms (the 2nd most-cited GPU is a data center GPU), are we consolidating the dependency of individual users on privatized “cloud” services?
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