Pedro Lopes
@pedrolopes.org
Associate Professor at University of Chicago, Computer Science. Runs the Human-Computer Integration Lab (https://lab.plopes.org) & also a musician.
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Interested in the future of wearables and of bidirectional neural/brain–computer interfaces? 🧠📡⚡ I recently joined the Big Brains podcast 🎙️ to discuss our lab’s latest research advances and functional prototypes in this space.
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
Listen to the episode of @BigBrainsUC podcast:
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
How Wearable Tech Will Heighten Our Senses and Abilities, with Pedro Lopes
YouTube video by Big Brains
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Listen to the episode of @BigBrainsUC podcast:
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
Interview at the big brains podcast, which was a lot of fun and I had the chance to talk about much of our last years of work on bidirectional neural interfaces (e.g., muscle and brain computer interfaces that not only sense, but also stimulate and impart body movements). Link 👇
Listen to the episode of @BigBrainsUC podcast:
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iT...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0dUe...
Just web player: news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p... (includes transcript)
Some insights below of our discussion 👇2/
How Wearable Tech Will Heighten Our Senses and Abilities, with Pedro Lopes
YouTube video by Big Brains
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Interview at the big brains podcast, which was a lot of fun and I had the chance to talk about much of our last years of work on bidirectional neural interfaces (e.g., muscle and brain computer interfaces that not only sense, but also stimulate and impart body movements). Link 👇
Interested in the future of wearables and of bidirectional neural/brain–computer interfaces? 🧠📡⚡ I recently joined the Big Brains podcast 🎙️ to discuss our lab’s latest research advances and functional prototypes in this space.
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Interested in the future of wearables and of bidirectional neural/brain–computer interfaces? 🧠📡⚡ I recently joined the Big Brains podcast 🎙️ to discuss our lab’s latest research advances and functional prototypes in this space.
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
Link and key insights below 👇 1/
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
If you are into #VisionScience or #neuroengineering, come check out our first poster at #SfN2025 this afternoon!
Emily Joyce is presenting new work on modeling the bipolar circuitry in the human fovea
PSTR122.22
Nov 16 at 1:00 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Emily Joyce is presenting new work on modeling the bipolar circuitry in the human fovea
PSTR122.22
Nov 16 at 1:00 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you are into #VisionScience or #neuroengineering, come check out our first poster at #SfN2025 this afternoon!
Emily Joyce is presenting new work on modeling the bipolar circuitry in the human fovea
PSTR122.22
Nov 16 at 1:00 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Emily Joyce is presenting new work on modeling the bipolar circuitry in the human fovea
PSTR122.22
Nov 16 at 1:00 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
Excellent talk by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social at our Data Science Institute ( @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social) at the University of Chicago! (Completely packed audience).
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excellent talk by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social at our Data Science Institute ( @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social) at the University of Chicago! (Completely packed audience).
Excellent talk by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social at our Data Science Institute ( @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social) at the University of Chicago! (Completely packed audience).
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excellent talk by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social at our Data Science Institute ( @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social) at the University of Chicago! (Completely packed audience).
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Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
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October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
What a fun venue! Wow!
💡Submission deadline: October 20th, 2025
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
What a fun venue! Wow!
Very cool work!
New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.
MINI THREAD 👇
academic.oup.com/scan/advance...
That’s (relevant for) me: Task set dependent brain responses to delayed visual movement feedback
Abstract. Bodily self-other distinction relies on the detection of (mis)matches between predicted and actual sensory movement consequences, but the brain c
academic.oup.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Very cool work!
Also really nice article by UChicago with some quotes from the lead author (Kensuke Katori) on his experience while an intern in our lab and after presenting this paper too: cs.uchicago.edu/news/redirec...
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Also really nice article by UChicago with some quotes from the lead author (Kensuke Katori) on his experience while an intern in our lab and after presenting this paper too: cs.uchicago.edu/news/redirec...
Just posted
- talk (w/ demo!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7i...
- slides: lab.plopes.org/slides/2025-...
- video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpco...
- paper: lab.plopes.org/published/20...
of our paper (w/ Ken & Yudai) on using vestibular stimulation to improve hand redirection / haptic retargeting!
- talk (w/ demo!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7i...
- slides: lab.plopes.org/slides/2025-...
- video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpco...
- paper: lab.plopes.org/published/20...
of our paper (w/ Ken & Yudai) on using vestibular stimulation to improve hand redirection / haptic retargeting!
Vestibular Stimulation Enhances Hand Redirection (UIST 2025 Live Talk)
YouTube video by HCintegration
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just posted
- talk (w/ demo!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7i...
- slides: lab.plopes.org/slides/2025-...
- video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpco...
- paper: lab.plopes.org/published/20...
of our paper (w/ Ken & Yudai) on using vestibular stimulation to improve hand redirection / haptic retargeting!
- talk (w/ demo!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7i...
- slides: lab.plopes.org/slides/2025-...
- video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpco...
- paper: lab.plopes.org/published/20...
of our paper (w/ Ken & Yudai) on using vestibular stimulation to improve hand redirection / haptic retargeting!
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
Nice piece that highlights what does feel like a deliberate choice by the Nobel committee www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Nice piece that highlights what does feel like a deliberate choice by the Nobel committee www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
I’ve been meaning to write more publicly—something faster and freer than peer review.
After a great chat with @pedrolopes.org at @acmuist.bsky.social about what “augmentation” means to different people, from accessibility to enhancement, I finally did it!
augmentalist.org
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After a great chat with @pedrolopes.org at @acmuist.bsky.social about what “augmentation” means to different people, from accessibility to enhancement, I finally did it!
augmentalist.org
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October 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I’ve been meaning to write more publicly—something faster and freer than peer review.
After a great chat with @pedrolopes.org at @acmuist.bsky.social about what “augmentation” means to different people, from accessibility to enhancement, I finally did it!
augmentalist.org
[1/2]
After a great chat with @pedrolopes.org at @acmuist.bsky.social about what “augmentation” means to different people, from accessibility to enhancement, I finally did it!
augmentalist.org
[1/2]
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Our Dagstuhl Seminar with @panxueni.bsky.social, @vrneuroscience.bsky.social and @pedrolopes.org is now official!
Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!
www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...
Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!
www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...
Dagstuhl Seminar 26262: Virtual Bodies for Real Humans – Avatars, Sensations, Emotions and Brains
www.dagstuhl.de
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our Dagstuhl Seminar with @panxueni.bsky.social, @vrneuroscience.bsky.social and @pedrolopes.org is now official!
Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!
www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...
Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!
www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...
#CHI2026 breaking records with 6.7k paper submissions! It's a lot of papers (last year was ~5k, now we are closing in on ~7k!). I know we all can be grumpy about things in HCI but the field is definitely growing and very much engaging with new ideas! I find it really inspiring.
🚀 CHI 2026 received 6,731 completed paper submissions — a record high number! Peer review is now underway — thank you to everyone making it possible!
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
Revised CHI 2026 Papers Desk Reject Process - ACM CHI 2026
TL;DR: The 2026 CHI Papers track will add an Assisted Desk Reject step to its review process, collaboratively performed by SCs and ACs, with four additional Desk Reject criteria. As we look ahead to…
chi2026.acm.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#CHI2026 breaking records with 6.7k paper submissions! It's a lot of papers (last year was ~5k, now we are closing in on ~7k!). I know we all can be grumpy about things in HCI but the field is definitely growing and very much engaging with new ideas! I find it really inspiring.
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
🚀 CHI 2026 received 6,731 completed paper submissions — a record high number! Peer review is now underway — thank you to everyone making it possible!
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
Revised CHI 2026 Papers Desk Reject Process - ACM CHI 2026
TL;DR: The 2026 CHI Papers track will add an Assisted Desk Reject step to its review process, collaboratively performed by SCs and ACs, with four additional Desk Reject criteria. As we look ahead to…
chi2026.acm.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
🚀 CHI 2026 received 6,731 completed paper submissions — a record high number! Peer review is now underway — thank you to everyone making it possible!
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
📖 Learn more about this year’s review process: chi2026.acm.org/2025/08/08/r...
#CHI2026 #HCI
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Giving a vision talk today at #uist2025 titled "What of the I in HCI stands for Integration?"
... Hope to see you all soon at @acmuist.bsky.social
(Will post slides later at lab.plopes.org)
... Hope to see you all soon at @acmuist.bsky.social
(Will post slides later at lab.plopes.org)
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Giving a vision talk today at #uist2025 titled "What of the I in HCI stands for Integration?"
... Hope to see you all soon at @acmuist.bsky.social
(Will post slides later at lab.plopes.org)
... Hope to see you all soon at @acmuist.bsky.social
(Will post slides later at lab.plopes.org)
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
The brain is incredibly densely connected. Human cerebral cortex may have as many as *one trillion* connections.
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Active Filtering: A Predictive Function of Recurrent Circuits of Sensory Cortex | Annual Reviews
Our brains encode many features of the sensory world into memories: We can sing along with songs we have heard before, interpret spoken and written language composed of words we have learned, and reco...
www.annualreviews.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The brain is incredibly densely connected. Human cerebral cortex may have as many as *one trillion* connections.
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reposted by Pedro Lopes
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We’re overwhelmed by the response to ASSETS 2025; this will be the largest ASSETS yet! We must limit new in-person registrations. Please sign up on our waitlist in case spots open up forms.gle/a9H5WpzVqn2h.... Virtual reg is still available. More details: assets-conference.github.io/assets2025/u....
ASSETS 2025 In-Person Registration Waitlist
Individuals on the waitlist will be contacted with further instructions as slots become available.
forms.gle
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
😳
Playing at @dotolim.bsky.social tonight! If you are in Seoul come by for one turntable but multiple needles kind of footwork.
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Playing at @dotolim.bsky.social tonight! If you are in Seoul come by for one turntable but multiple needles kind of footwork.
UChicago CS' presence at #UIST2025, with six papers (from text visualization to brain stimulation!) and many more activities (two workshops etc)!
If you are at @acmuist.bsky.social come say hi. Many of us will be there including myself, Yudai Tanaka , Ken Nakagaki's team, Sam, etc!
If you are at @acmuist.bsky.social come say hi. Many of us will be there including myself, Yudai Tanaka , Ken Nakagaki's team, Sam, etc!
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
UChicago CS' presence at #UIST2025, with six papers (from text visualization to brain stimulation!) and many more activities (two workshops etc)!
If you are at @acmuist.bsky.social come say hi. Many of us will be there including myself, Yudai Tanaka , Ken Nakagaki's team, Sam, etc!
If you are at @acmuist.bsky.social come say hi. Many of us will be there including myself, Yudai Tanaka , Ken Nakagaki's team, Sam, etc!
Stelarc being stellar!
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Stelarc being stellar!
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𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 #SpeakerSpotlight 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗥𝗦𝟮𝟱! ✨
We are honored to present:
Michael Wiesing — University of Barcelona (UB)
Nitesh Bhatia — UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Sylvia Xueni Pan — Goldsmiths, University of London
📅 𝗩𝗥 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 — Oct 20–21, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 • Rotunde Bochum
👉 vrs.rub.de
#VRresearch
We are honored to present:
Michael Wiesing — University of Barcelona (UB)
Nitesh Bhatia — UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Sylvia Xueni Pan — Goldsmiths, University of London
📅 𝗩𝗥 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 — Oct 20–21, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 • Rotunde Bochum
👉 vrs.rub.de
#VRresearch
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 #SpeakerSpotlight 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗥𝗦𝟮𝟱! ✨
We are honored to present:
Michael Wiesing — University of Barcelona (UB)
Nitesh Bhatia — UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Sylvia Xueni Pan — Goldsmiths, University of London
📅 𝗩𝗥 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 — Oct 20–21, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 • Rotunde Bochum
👉 vrs.rub.de
#VRresearch
We are honored to present:
Michael Wiesing — University of Barcelona (UB)
Nitesh Bhatia — UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Sylvia Xueni Pan — Goldsmiths, University of London
📅 𝗩𝗥 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 — Oct 20–21, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 • Rotunde Bochum
👉 vrs.rub.de
#VRresearch
Our #UIST2025 workshop "Toward Everyday Perceptual and Physiological Augmentation" packs a day of fun activities, which you can read in detail here: everyday-augmentation.github.io if that's not enough to convince you... then check out our keynote by Thad Starner ! see you at @acmuist.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Our #UIST2025 workshop "Toward Everyday Perceptual and Physiological Augmentation" packs a day of fun activities, which you can read in detail here: everyday-augmentation.github.io if that's not enough to convince you... then check out our keynote by Thad Starner ! see you at @acmuist.bsky.social