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Pedro Lopes

@pedrolopes.org
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Associate Professor at University of Chicago, Computer Science. Runs the Human-Computer Integration Lab (lab.plopes.org) & also a musician.

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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 29/09/2026
Join us Dec. 3 for the Neurotechnology Frontier Symposium at UChicago: AI, brain-computer interfaces, and adaptive therapies. Keynotes from Emily Graczyk, Helen Mayberg, John Rogers, and Frank Willett. 9am–6pm, KCBD 1103 neuroscience.uchicago.edu/neurotechnol...
Flyer of the event: https://neuroscience.uchicago.edu/neurotechnology-frontier-symposium
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Mulham Fetna @mulhamfetna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hardware foundation for this build is heavily inspired by @pedrolopes.org and his lab at #UChicagoCS His vision of Human-Computer Integration - not just interaction - in-reached my perspective on wearable haptics. Highly recommend this podcast: youtu.be/R-iTnlFQzoQ?...
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How Wearable Tech Will Heighten Our Senses and Abilities, with Pedro Lopes
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Mulham Fetna @mulhamfetna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Specifically, I’m adapting the back-of-hand electrotactile concept from their CHI'23 paper by Yudai Tanaka Check out their demo here: youtu.be/zowpbnes9J4?... at @acm-sigchi.bsky.social
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Full-hand Electro-Tactile Feedback without Obstructing Palmar Side of Hand
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John Downey @johndowney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm proud to be part of the new group of investigators in the Neuroscience Institute at UChicago. I look forward to many great collaborations.
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/09/2026
neuroscience.uchicago.edu/meet-new-mem... I joined the Neuroscience Institute at the U of Chicago, incredible group of people alongside new members: Julia Cox, John Downey, Charles Greenspon, Joshua Jacobs, Sumin Jang, Adam Martersteck, Samuel Muscinelli, Marcella Noorman Lucas Pinto, Zinan Zhou!
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Meet the new members of the Neuroscience Institute 2025-2026
The Neuroscience Institute is pleased to welcome 11 faculty memberships to the team. Julia Cox, John Downey, Charles Greenspon, Joshua Jacobs, Sumin Jang, Pedro Lopes, Adam Martersteck, Samuel Muscine...
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 13/09/2026
Our work "Embodied AI" (embodied-ai.tech) was on display at the art festival Ars Electronica 2026 last days! Super exciting to see it as a video installation, including new videos and demos by Yun Ho and Romain Nith that were not on the original paper! (Big thanks to Cameron, Miles & Ken)
Miles and Cameron showing our work at Ars Electronica
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 31/08/2026
Check out our work "myo action" which uses electromyograohy (EMS) and muscle stimulation (EMS) to speed up voluntary reaction time (I know, sounds impossible!): lab.plopes.org#myoaction (w/ newly minted Prof. Yudai Tanaka). Nice article about it written at HacksterIO: www.hackster.io/news/myo-act...
Bruno wearing muscle stimulation device before hitting a pickle ball!
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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Is this the dark academia telescope buddy flick we've all been waiting for? www.nasa.gov/missions/rom...
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NASA’s Roman and ESA’s Euclid Will Team Up To Investigate Dark Energy - NASA
A new space telescope named Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with important contributions from NASA, is set to launch in July to explore why the
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 30/08/2026
New CHI process! See below more info
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 26/08/2026
We have four art works from the University of Chicago that will be shown at Ars Electronica, including a brand new installation showcasing our recent work on Embodied AI (embodied-ai.tech). If you come to Linz, please come check it out! (Org by Cameron, Ken & Jason)
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 26/08/2026
Sign up for our UIST 2026 workshop on "Augmenting Human Dexterity From multisensory feedback and motor capabilities to skill acquisition". Bring a demo, come share it, discuss, see keynotes, etc! All info: augmenting-dexterity.web.app p.s.: Spots are limited, register now!
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 24/08/2026
Interesting how 90% of this is what researchers in human computer interaction call a haptic proxy! Check out the reddit thread to see how VR users add immersion at low cost: www.reddit.com/r/virtualrea... Highlight by @skarredghost.bsky.social
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From the virtualreality community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the virtualreality community
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Skarredghost @skarredghost.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My blog turns 10 YEARS OLD today. I am feeling so many emotions at the same time, and I wanted to thank everyone for the support, so I wrote an article to celebrate this achievement! skarredghost.com/2026/08/15/1... #VirtualReality #VR #blogging
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10 years of The Ghost Howls
This blog is now 10 years old. This is an incredible achievement and I want to thank everyone that made this possible
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 23/08/2026
Great essay by Ann-Sophie Barwich: "The lady vanishes" that explores how "the history of ideas still struggles to remember the names of notable women philosophers" with Mary Hesse as an example of this! Check it: aeon.co/essays/why-a... (shared by Anna Ciaunica on that other social network)
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Why are women philosophers often erased from collective memory? | Aeon Essays
The history of ideas still struggles to remember the names of notable women philosophers. Mary Hesse is a salient example
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM
Two side-by-side black-and-white photographs of pioneering computer scientist Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936). The left panel features a mature, close-up portrait where Hamilton gazes directly at the viewer with a serene, confident, and reflective expression, framed by her long, dark, slightly silvering hair. The right panel is a famous archival photograph showing a younger Hamilton standing indoors next to a towering stack of bound paper binders containing the Apollo Guidance Computer source code, which she led the development of at MIT. She is smiling broadly and wears a striped, long-sleeved mini dress with dark Mary Jane shoes and glasses, resting her hand proudly on top of the massive column of printed code. The overall composition contrasts her youthful triumph with her enduring legacy, capturing an optimistic, intellectually rigorous mood that highlights her monumental contributions to space exploration.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
hi, musicologist here: this is a cars problem not a music problem
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 17/08/2026
Big update: lab.plopes.org Integration Lab has been so busy we haven't had the time to say huge thanks to the current members who joined us this summer adventure and our recent graduated alumni (Jas & Jasmine who are now professors and Lonnie & Bruno, now PhD students!)
image of all lab members , alt text in lab websiteimage of recent alumi, alt text in lab website
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Great lists/resource if you are looking for women and underrepresented scholars in philosophy and philosophy of neuroscience—created by @morgankthomp.bsky.social (1) www.apaonline.org/mpage/theupd... (2) philneurounderrepresented.weebly.com
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Philosophers of Neuroscience From Underrepresented Groups
Philosophers of Neuroscience From Underrepresented Groups
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 15/08/2026
Come to one of the best conferences in all of academia and industry!
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ACM UIST @acmuist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📣We are excited to announce 11 workshops at #UIST2026! Workshops will run on Monday, November 2. Spots are limited for each workshop, so register early! For more information about the workshops, visit: uist.acm.org/2026/worksho...
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/08/2026
#UIST2026 workshop list is exciting. You can have a whole day of haptics! "Haptics beyond Vibration: Generative AI to Advance Multisensory Interfaces" + "Augmenting Human Dexterity: From Feedback and Motor Capabilities to Skill Acquisition"! Sign up: uist.acm.org/2026/worksho...
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/08/2026
Wonderful course ideas!
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/08/2026
Fantastic opportunity at UChicago for neuroscience and biological science folks! (Plus you get to be Joel's colleague, which alone is a huge bonus!)
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Joel Voss @vosstacular.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cluster neuroscience faculty hiring at University of Chicago! This first year focused on circuit interventions and restorative neuroscience. Goal of ~20 hires over 5 years with different themes each year. #NeuroJobs #neuroscience apply.interfolio.com/190756
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/08/2026
Can we all agree with need science approaches at all scales: yes we need toy models (my work is probably closer to this camp) and we need practical real world complex models too! We also need funding for all these approaches! Go science!
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Marcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Nice! I made a similar argument re the value of small “toy” models in #neuroscience doi.org/10.53053/WUS...
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Not playing around: Why neuroscience needs toy models
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs.
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Dan Feldman @danfeldman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Neuroscience Department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Asst Professor in Computational Neuro. All areas of computational/theoretical neuro are welcome. Deadline Oct 30. Join our neuroscience community! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05446 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #NeuroJobs
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Assistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 12/08/2026
Had a lot of fun on the Big Brains podcast talking about learning through embodied AI and haptics: youtu.be/CZXp8ipKX5k?... (full podcast is on YouTube too: youtu.be/R-iTnlFQzoQ?...)
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 06/08/2026
I published the keynote I have at the Taiwan Human Computer Interaction conference: * Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Ij... * Drawings from attendees at TAI CHI: vision.plopes.org/taichi * Slides from my talk: lab.plopes.org/taichi
Pedro on stage at TAICHI
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
📅 Save the dates: four days of XR in Bochum! 💻 10–11 Oct | #VRSHackathon Form teams, develop ideas and build XR prototypes with researchers, developers, designers, students and creatives. 🎤 12–13 Oct | #VRSConference Keynotes, talks, posters, live demos and discussions.
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Reza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If an action results in error, each neuron requires an individualized teaching signal that guides change in its output. This is the credit assignment problem of learning. Are there neurons in the brain that can compute such a sophisticated teaching signal? Yes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Climbing fibers encode the gradient of a loss function for the cerebellum
Neurons in the brain are often many synapses away from motoneurons, yet if a movement results in error, each distant neuron needs a teacher that considers its specific contribution to production of th...
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 20/07/2026
Two-Millisecond Passthrough Headset for Perceptual Studies By Meta's Eric Penner, Josephine D'Angelo, Clinton Smith, Nathan Matsuda, Navaneethan Siva, Phillip Guan "we find that 2 and 14 ms latencies are preferred over 23 and 29 ms when attempting to catch a ball"
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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Ching-Lung Hsu @hiallen72.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beautiful work from Reza. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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A vector calculus for neural computation in the cerebellum
Null space theory predicts that neurons generate spikes not only to produce behavior but also to prevent the undesirable effect of other neurons on behavior. In this work, we show that this competitiv...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 12/07/2026
Pioneer of quantum mechanics Erwin Schrödinger's look at living organisms is one of the most influential popular-science books of the 20th century. So how does it hold up today, asks Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Why Schrödinger's 1944 classic What Is Life? still feels prescient
Pioneer of quantum mechanics Erwin Schrödinger's look at living organisms is one of the most influential popular-science books of the 20th century. So how does it hold up today, asks Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Joel Chan @joelchan86.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Friends! I'm bad at advertising but better late than never! I'm co-organizing a workshop at #CSCW2026 exploring the future of infrastructure, in conversation with its deep roots in CSCW scholarship. Please join us! cscw2026-infrastructure-workshop.github.io My short pitch below 👇
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Home — Infrastructure and Collaborative Ecologies@CSCW'26
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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit is August 31-September 1 in Atlanta Georgia and attempts to tackle some big questions in AI: what is next? what are the impacts on governance, creativity, education, scientific discovery, workforce? Website: aisummit.acm.org
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 30/06/2026
Smashed your last pumpkin.
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Takeo Igarashi (future of content creation tools) and @pedrolopes.org (integrating HCI and the human body) - highly recommend youtu.be/Lw6LMFosm00?... @choongwanwoo.bsky.social - external stimuli and neuroscience youtu.be/nlXRnTuMfYo?... (5/6)
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UIST 2025 Vision
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We are ready for Dagstuhl 😊 @panxueni.bsky.social @pedrolopes.org @vrneuroscience.bsky.social 🏖😸
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Michael Beyeler @mbeyeler.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
We're inviting submissions for NeuroXR 2026, a @ieeeismar2026.bsky.social workshop for researchers working across #XR, #neuroscience, #HCI, affective computing, #neuroengineering, rehabilitation, and #AssistiveTech. Deadline: July 5, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE neuroxr-ws.github.io/www/
ISMAR '26 and NeuroXR logo against a Bary, Italy backdrop
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Andrés Lucero @andrikos.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Meet the very talented #dis2026 doctoral consortium students! A big shout out to fellow co-chairs Ellen and Kumiyo for helping organize! @acm-dis.bsky.social
A cheerful group of individuals stands in front of a building, all smiling for the camera in a friendly gathering.
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Designing Interactive Systems Conference @acm-dis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The #DIS2026 Proceedings are now available 🇸🇬✨ Explore the latest contributions from the DIS community: 🔗 dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi... #DIS2026 #HCI #DesignResearch
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 12/06/2026
I am writing a small reflection about serving as technical program chair for CHI. If you have questions that I can try to answer in that essay (I already got a bunch in instragram) send them my way (you can DM, you can email me annon, reply below—whatever and I'll try to incorporate it!).
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 04/06/2026
Our Embodied AI (embodied-ai.tech) is also an art piece at #CVPR2026 art gallery! Watch the backend representation of an AI system that moves a dancer's body with muscle stimulation. Video: youtu.be/iRg6_SKpKrI (See all art pieces at #CVPR: thecvf-art.com/archive.php?...)
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 04/06/2026
New paper at #ICRA2026 with/led by Matt Walter's team at TTIC. HapCompass: wearable haptic device for teleoperation that gives directional cues via asymmetric vibration! By mapping the robot's tactile measurements—improves teleoperation performance + better imitation learning!1/3
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📢 VRSummit 2026 — Call for Submissions is Open! Submit your Talks 🎤, Posters 🖼️, or VR Demos 🥽 by July 15, 2026. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings!! 🔗 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/submit/ #VRSummit2026 #XR #VirtualReality #CallForSubmissions #vrsky #VRResearch
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IEEE RAS SAC @ieee-ras-sac.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🥁Just 21 days remaining until #ICRA2026!🚀 Be part of our two special SAC events: 🌟Lunch with Leaders 🌟 SAC x YRP Social Hour 🔗Sign up now using the link in bio. ❗Spots are limited! Looking forward to seeing you there! #ieeeras #ieeerassac #robotics #automation #students
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Examples of striking Dutch bike-lane and urban biking infrastructure via Modacity Life.
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