Moderated by Eric Paulos
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21 Aug, 2018
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2018 Open House
Join the BCNM for our annual open house, filled with art, demonstrations, and new media programs from across campus! Read more
02 May, 2018
Special Events
Critical Making Showcase
Come to the free Critical Making Showcase at Jacobs Hall taking place Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-3:30pm as part of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Spring Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2017 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house Read more
23 Aug, 2016
Special Events
Fall 2016 Open House
This is a great opportunity to connect with faculty, students, and staff on campus who work in the new media space. Read more
09 Dec, 2015
Special Events
Jacobs Institute Winter Design Showcase
Join us as we celebrate this semester's student work at Jacobs Institute! Read more
07 May, 2015
Special Events
Critical Making Course Exhibition
Taught by Instructor Eric Paulos, GSI Emily Chen, and Lab Manager Chris Myers Read more
30 Jan, 2012
Special Events
Hybrid Assemblages, Environments, and Happenings: Technologies and Strategies for an Emerging Participatory Culture
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! Read more
03 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Graduates
Artwork "HAYA" (Life) by Arianna Khmelniuk, in collaboration with Eddie Farr; Photographer: Wyatt Kane.Read more
04 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2023 Faculty Seed Grants
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support four faculty members in their scholarship through seed grants that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate these amazing artists and scholars! Read more
08 Sep, 2023
Eric Paulos Named Faculty Director of Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
Professor Eric Paulos has been appointed as the new Faculty Director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation (effective 1 July 2023). Read more
27 Jun, 2023
BCNM's Big Wins 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
19 Apr, 2023
BCNM at CHI 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Eric Paulos Receives CITRIS Seed Grant for Bright Blue
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01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
16 Nov, 2022
BCNM at the Bay Area Robotics Symposium
The 2022 Bay Area Robotics Symposium brings together roboticists from the Bay Area in an immersive program featuring BCNM professors. Read more
14 Nov, 2022
BCNM at CSCW 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
26 Oct, 2022
BCNM at ACM 2022
The 7th annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication will feature Berkeley professors Eric Paulos and Bjoern Hartmann and otherexperts and enthusiasts from many areas of academia and industry, in order to explore the use of computational tools for the creation of physical things. Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Sarah Sterman Joins UIUC
Congratulations to Sarah Sterman on being named a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Read more
07 Jul, 2022
A Decade of Innovation from the CITRIS Invention Lab
CITRIS celebrates the tenth birthday of the Invention Lab - co-founded by our own Eric Paulos. Read more
23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
07 Jun, 2022
BCNM Best Paper Award at Creativity & Cognition 2022
BCNMers Molly Nicholas, Sarah Sterman, and Eric Paulos received a Best Paper Award for "Creative and Motivational Strategies Used by Expert Creative Practitioners." Read more
20 Apr, 2022
Eric Paulos on Plastic Dynamism
Eric Paulos speaks on the creative process of not only making but also unmaking. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
BCNM at CHI 2022
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
02 Mar, 2022
BCNM Around the Web March 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this March! Read more
10 Jan, 2022
Common Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
We're pleased to share the transcript of our Common Conversations event with founder of Stamen Design Eric Rodenbeck. Read more
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
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14 Nov, 2021
BCNM at UIST 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
23 Oct, 2021
Eric Paulos' Adroid Featured in Spectrum Video RoundUp
Eric Paulos' Adroid features on IEEE Spectrum's "Video Friday: Dusty at Work > Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos". Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Eric Paulos on Kaleidescope
Eric Paulos received a 2020-2021 BCNM faculty seed grant for his work developing Kaleidoscope. Read more
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
And now for something different! Eric Paulos on Capturing the Cosmos
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27 Jul, 2021
BCNM's Big Wins 2021
It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. Read more
25 Jul, 2021
BCNM at DIS 2021
Molly Nicholas, Eric Paulos, and alum Cesar Torres all featured amazing new work at DIS 2021. Read more
08 May, 2021
BCNM at CHI 2021
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2021! Read more
21 Apr, 2021
Janaki Vivrekar on Discovering HCI at Berkeley
BCNM Certificate and EECS graduate student Janaki Vivrekar has compiled a list of on-campus resources, departments, and centers for those interested in studying the intersection of technology, communication, society, arts and design. Read more
Eric Paulos' Research on Familiar Stranger Helping to Combat COVID-19
BCNM Professor Eric Paulos' past research on Familiar Stranger from 2003 has been revived by MIT researchers in a plan to combat COVID-19. Read more
12 Apr, 2020
BCNM at CHI 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
Hybrid Ecologies Lab Turn By Wire Featured in Hackaday
Enter Turn by Wire, a unique set of force feedback and machine control concepts applied to a lathe brought to you by researchers Rundong Tian, Vedant Saran, Mareike Kritzler,Florian Michahelles, and Eric Paulos at Berkeley. Read more
17 Mar, 2020
Video Now Online: Visit Day Live
A great video tour of some of the many Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, prototyping, and designcreative spaces at UC Berkeley, now online! Read more
26 Feb, 2020
BCNM in Made @ Berkeley
Check out the stellar BCNM students who were featured on Berkeley's Art + Design book, "Made at Berkeley." Read more
08 Jan, 2020
BCNM at UIST 2019
Björn Hartmann and Eric Paulos at the 32nd ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Read more
19 Nov, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
The IEEE Annual Information Technological Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference invites Eric Paulos as one of their keynote speakers. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
BCNM at DIS 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
23 Jun, 2019
BCNM at Creativity and Cognition 2019
BCNM students faculty and alumni put up a strong showing at ACM's Creativity and Cognition 2019 conference! Read more
Eyeris, a wearable that aims to tackle the issue of sexual harassment, was created in Eric Paulos' NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making. Read more
02 Apr, 2019
Eric Paulos a Mentor at the C&C Graduate Student Symposium
The Creativity and Cognition Graduate Student Symposium provides a forum in which students have a unique opportunity to meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Critical Making at UBI Comp
Critical Making: Designing for Activism, featuring BCNM faculty Eric Paulos and Jill Miller as instructors, will be at the 10th International UBI Summer School in Oulu, Finland. Read more
10 Feb, 2019
Apply for Making Together: Crossing Borders + Connecting Communities
Apply for Semester Long Collaborative Opportunity through CITRIS, in partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey! Includes travel to Mexico this summer! Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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This invitation-only, small, roundtable discussion that lasts several days to encourage in-depth discussions of frontier research of leading scientists around the globe. Read more
Eric Paulos discusses "Cosmetic Computing: Towards Personal, Performative, Provocative, and Poetic Wearables." Read more
19 Jun, 2018
Eric Paulos at On-Body Interaction at Dagstuhl
Eric Paulos was an invited Participant at the Dagstuh seminar "Embodied Cognition Meets Sensor/Actuator Engineering to Design New Interfaces." Read more
Several BCNM designers were named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts, garnering grants from a new program seeking to support and provided resources for Berkeley's design commuity. Read more
Congratulating our 2018 New Media Undergraduate Certificate Class
Congratulations to these four stellar women, who have made a big impact at Cal in the New Media space. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Announcing our Spring 2018 Designated Emphasis & Certificate Cohort
We are proud to welcome an amazing set of graduates from across campus to the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
20 Mar, 2018
HairIO by Hybrid Ecologies in the Press
BCNM Designated Emphasis Students Molly Nicholas and Christine Dierk, aided by BCNM faculty Eric Paulos, project HäirIÖ was featured heavily in the media! Read more
26 Feb, 2018
Eric Paulos Smashing Computer in Critical Making goes Viral on the Daily Mail and Boing Boing
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Are you a UC Berkeley student interested in participating in Human-Computer Interaction research? Join the Hybrid Ecologies Lab! Read more
11 Jan, 2018
SRL Featuring Robots by Eric Paulos at Marlborough Contemporary and in the News
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28 Nov, 2017
Welcome to our 2017 Undergraduate Cohort
From sports and cultural data analytics to art and technology performances, from design to the philosophies around technology, these students are excited to dive into New Media on campus. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos & Ken Goldberg Exhibiting at The Luggage Store
Paulos and Goldberg are two of the many participating artists that will be featured at the "Illegal" exhibition special event at the Luggage Store Gallery. Read more
27 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos and Unmaking
Eric Paulos (EECS, Jacobs Design Innovation) developed a design tool to allow artists and designers to plan for their creation's destruction and failure as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
28 Sep, 2017
Eric Paulos' Hybrid Ecologies Lab in Forbes for Work with Adobe
Eric Paulos is one of the researchers from the Hybrid Ecologies Lab at UC Berkeley working with Adobe on their new endeavors. Read more
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
17 May, 2016
BCNM at CHI 2016
Congratulations to the incredible faculty and students who represented BCNM at CHI 2016, the premiere conference for Human-Computer Interaction. Read more
12 May, 2016
Akhila Raju Receives Eugene Lawler Sudent Award and Discusses Dealing with Disability in Tech
BCNM undergraduate Akhila Raju recently wrote about her journey through the computer science major at Cal while dealing with chronic depressive disorder Read more
12 May, 2016
2016 Faculty Seed Grants
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
12 May, 2016
Revisited: Critical Making Exhibition
Critical Making students operationalize and critique the practice of making through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
12 May, 2016
Eric Paulos' CS 160 Interface Design Showcase
Teams were challenged to design novel smartphone and smartwatch applications focused on health and medical themes Read more
19 Jan, 2016
QuakeCAFE: How prepared are you for an Earthquake?
19 Jan, 2016
Skintillates: UC Berkeley Students engineer electronic temporary tattoo
It comes as no surprise that Skintillates won the Maker of Merit honor in the National Maker Faire Read more
Presentations will feature demos and project displays and allow the Berkeley public to interact with the student makers and explore cross-discipline design projects Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at De Young Museum
On Ken Goldberg's exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students
We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
Eric Paulos' CS160: User Interface Design Course was presented the challenge and opportunity of creating app which incorporate both smartphones and the Toq Smartwatc Read more
08 Dec, 2014
Call for Innovations Winners: Eric Paulos and Energy Parasites
02 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
Berkeley's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium is an internationally recognized forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about art, technology, and culture Read more
20 Jul, 2014
Eric Paulos
12 Jun, 2014
Invention Lab Video
This amazing campus resource is co-directed by BCNM faculty members Read more
02 Jun, 2014
Meet Eric Paulos
We're celebrating our 10th year! Hear how BCNM professor Eric Paulos designs devices that transform how we understand our world Read more
21 May, 2014
Best in Class Award at Maker Faire!
We’re thrilled to announce that BCNM faculty member Eric Paulos’ class NWMEDIA 290 — Critical Making received Best in Class Award for Maker Faire 2014 and will soon be featured on the Maker website! Read more
15 May, 2014
Critical Making Showcase
15 Apr, 2014
Robots and New Media: A Contested Concept
A packed house greeted the first panelists for the Berkeley Center for New Media’s Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, 2014 Read more
05 Sep, 2013
Announcing the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Visit the ATC Colloquium’s home page at atc.berkeley.edu for directions, a list of speakers, and to join the mailing list Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Spring 2013: Eric Paulos Teaches "Critical Making: Materials, Protocols, and Culture"
Critical Making will operationalize and critique the practice of “making” through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
29 Aug, 2012
Eric Paulos awarded Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica