Tangible User Interfaces Exhibit 2018
Check out the amazing experimental interfaces from NWMEDIA/INFO C262! Read more
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
Tangible User Interfaces Showcase
Come see students' fantastic projects at the exhibition showcase by Tangible User Interfaces. Read more
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
Many-to-Many
Listening Session and Launch Party Read more
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
Designing for In-the-Moment Interactions with Robotic Agents
Leila Takayama, research scientist, on communicating with robots Read more
BCNM's Big Wins 2024
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! Read more
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Graduates
Artwork "HAYA" (Life) by Arianna Khmelniuk, in collaboration with Eddie Farr; Photographer: Wyatt Kane. Read more
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
Cesar Torres at Creativity & Cognition 2023
Alum Cesar Torres presented multiple papers, including "Cogcues: Shifting Perception through Interactive Projected Cues in Still Life Drawing," which won a Best Paper Award. Read more
BCNM's Big Wins 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
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
Announcing Our Spring 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Image credit: Karthika Baiju. Read more
Announcing Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Isabel Li, Riya Manimaran, and Xiaowen Yuan! Read more
Congratulating Our Fall 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2022 graduates, Rachel Chen, Amanda Barnett, Salih Berk Dincer, Jessica Kim, Yushu Kong, Hin Kwan Kwok, Choyang Ponsar, and Darice Wong! We are so excited to see their future successes. Read more
Announcing Our 2022 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2022 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
Abigail Lomibao on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Abigail was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on of immersive virtual environments. Read more
Michelle Carney on Bringing ML and UX Together
Alum Michelle Carney speaks to the Experiencing Data podcast about her mission to bring machine learning and user interface design together. Read more
BCNM's Big Wins 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
Fall 2022 Recommended Courses Now Online
Check out new media classes taking place across campus! Read more
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
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
Eric Paulos on Kaleidescope
Eric Paulos received a 2020-2021 BCNM faculty seed grant for his work developing Kaleidoscope. Read more
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
Congratulating Our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate graduates! We are proud of their accomplishments and high level of scholarship here at Cal, and we wish them the best in their future endeavors. Read more
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
Photo credit: Yuyao Jin Read more
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
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Björn Hartmann on Bridging Asymmetrical Communication Between External and VR Users
The paper is being presented at the 2020 ACM User Interface Software and Technology conference. Read more
BCNM Undergraduate Work Featured in Discovery
An Android app created by BCNM undergrad Janaki Vivrekar was showcased by UC Berkeley Discovery. Read more
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. Read more
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
BCNM at UIST 2019
Björn Hartmann and Eric Paulos at the 32nd ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Read more
Revisited: Tangible User Interfaces Showcase Read more
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort Read more
Conference Grants: Joyce Lee at EPIC Read more
Alum Stuart Geiger on Machine Learning & UX Panel at IDEO
The IDEO MLUX Industry Panel focused on Designing and using Data Science Ethically. Read more
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
Research Dispatches: Joyce Lee on Auditory Data Representation
Joyce Lee assisted Michelle Carney with her research on auditory data representation, as part of Lee's BCNM research fellowship. Read more
BCNM Students Named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts
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
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
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
NWMEDIA C262 Showcase Read more
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort Read more
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open Undergraduate Certificate Program
Undergraduated are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM undergrad program. Applications due November 1. Read more
CS160 Final Project Showcase
Check out photos from an incredible semester with Cesar Torres' CS160 summer class! Read more
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients Read more
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
Cesar Torres at UIST
The BCNM was thrilled to provide Cesar Torres (EECS) with a conference travel grant Read more
Announcing the BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Each of the following students have received funding to help defray the costs of presenting their research at the premiere conferences in their fields! Read more
An Ecosystem of Impact
The Jacobs' Institute published a Medium article on ongoing innovative projects by students, featuring BCNM's course, Critical Making! Read more
Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
Cesar Torres at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) Read more
BCNM's Recommended Spring 16 Courses Now Out!
Check out the highlights of new media courses on offer this Spring 2016! And here are a few we're proud to be offering. Read more
Valkyrie Savage's CS 160 Showcase
This summer BCNM DE Valkyrie Savage (Computer Science) taught the popular course Computer Science 160: User Interface Design and Development Read more
Björn Hartmann Receives Teaching Award
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce Read more
César Torres Read more
Revisited: Smartwatch Presentation
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
Tangible User Interfaces Student Project Exhibition
Kimiko Ryokai's NWMEDIA/INFO C262: Tangible User Interfaces created new products aimed at shifting the way we interact with technology Read more
Cyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
Follow Camille Crittenden on Twitter: [link no longer available] Read more
New Media Exhibit Developer: Interactive Data Visualizations
The Exploratorium has an exciting new position open for a new media exhibit developer focusing on interactive data visualizations. Details here! Read more
Tangible User Interfaces Exhibit
A course taught by Kimiko Ryokai Read more
Interface Design for Intelligent Elderly Home Care Environments
Hsin-Hsien visited Living 3.0, a national research institution based in Taiwan, to learn more about the latest technologies that are being used to create smart space Read more
HyperSource: Bridging the Gap Between Source and Code-Related Web Sites
ShowMeHow: Translating User Interface Instructions Between Similar Applications
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