ViBand
High-Fidelity Bio-Acoustic Sensing Using Commodity Smartwatch Accelerometers. Gierad Laput, Robert Xiao, Chris Harrison. UIST 2016.
Best Paper AwardAbout Gierad
Gierad is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where he specializes in HCI and interactive sensing. He is a Google PhD Fellow, a Swartz Innovation Fellow for Entrepreneurship, a Qualcomm Innovation Fellow, an Adobe Research Fellow, and a Disney Research Fellow. He is also a recipient of the Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, along with 6 Best Paper Awards and Nominations at premier venues in human-computer interaction.
I'm currently on the job market, pursuing a broad search for academic and industry positions. Job materials available upon request. View travel schedule.
PROGRAMMy research in HCI lies at the intersection of interactive systems, sensing, and applied machine learning. I design, build, and evaluate sensing technologies that greatly enhance input expressivity for users and contextual awareness for devices.
SCOPE
My research has spanned areas in novel sensing for mobile and wearable computing, smart environments, and the Internet of Things. I approach this work from two equally rigorous angles: 1) exploiting sensing opportunities that don't require special-purpose hardware or invasive instrumentation, and 2) inventing novel hardware to unlock unexplored sensing capabilities. Most recently, I've complemented this work with deep learning techniques, unlocking even more novel applications. I am advised by Chris Harrison at the Future Interfaces Group.
ROLES
I am also Editor-in-Chief of XRDS, ACM's premiere magazine for students. I work alongside my amazing co-Editor-in-Chief Diane Golay. I am also the originator of Zensors, Inc., and Mites.io, two startups spun-off from my research.
Most people pronounce my name as "Girard" (which is fine). If you're curious, it's like "Girard" but drop the second "r". More of a "gi-rah-d". Its not a typical Filipino name.
