Yun Suen Pai
School of Computer Science, University of Auckland,
Auckland, New Zealand
My research interest is exploring how extended reality technologies can be leveraged to understand human cognition, assist diverse users, and augment our abilities. I graduated from the University of Malaya, Malaysia (UM) in 2013 with a degree in Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Engineering. I then furthered my research at UM which focuses on the use of AR technology for simulating machining processes, to obtain my Masters in Engineering Science in 2015. In 2018, I earned my Ph.D in Media Design from the Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) with my thesis entitled “Convex Interactions: Towards Efficient Human Motion in Peripersonal Space Using Virtual Reality”. For my postdoctoral research, I travelled to New Zealand to join the Empathic Computing Laboratory (ECL) for 2 years. Afterwards, I was a Project Senior Assistant Professor (non-tenured) at KMD, directing the Physionetic Interactions Group in the Embodied Media Laboratory until 2023. I am currently a Lecturer (tenured) in the University of Auckland, New Zealand where I co-direct ECL with Prof Mark Billinghurst.
Besides research, I also love travelling, gaming, airsoft, customizing keyboards, collecting watches, and messing with my corgi, Bambi. Hit me up anytime if you are into any of these things!
news
| Dec 3, 2023 | Starting my new position as a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science, University of Auckland today! If you’re nearby, come drop by at my office at 303-519 to say hi! |
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| Nov 24, 2023 | Will be travelling to Germany to attend the Dagstuhl Seminar on Social XR. Looking forward to many thought-provoking discussions! |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Giulia Barbareschi and I were recently interviewed by JST regarding our research in Moonshot program on increasing accessibility and understanding emotions, do have a look! (Podcast link included) |
| Oct 14, 2023 | Our previously published paper at IMWUT, Total VRecall, has been awarded the IMWUT Vol. 6 Distinguished Paper Award at Ubicomp/ISWC 2023! Only 8 out of 210 papers received the award, big congratulations especially to Kunal! You can read more about the paper here. |
| Jul 1, 2023 | My interview by Eva Wolfangel regarding the future of spatial computing is now out in the German version of MIT technology review! The article is available online here, yet it requires paid subscription. Luckily, since you’re here, this links to the PDF file directly ;) |
| May 20, 2023 | My research topic is now online on Frontiers! Anyone doing research on XR for prosocial behaviour change, empathy and assistive XR, please feel free to submit your work here! The abstract submission deadline is 18 June, and the manuscript deadline is 16 October. |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Thanks a lot to Mark and Alaeddin for inviting me as speaker at the Empathic Computing Lab. Full video of the talk can be found here. Always good to be back! |
| Mar 13, 2023 | Our paper got accepted for the CHI 2023 workshop - Towards an Inclusive and Accessible Metaverse. Papers are uploaded here already! See you at CHI! |
| Jan 15, 2023 | Our CHI paper on co-designing and evaluating AR dementia for medical workers got accepted! More details coming soon. |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Thanks a lot to Shendong and Suranga for inviting me as speaker at the NUS-HCI lab. Full video of the talk can be found here. Looking forward to future collaborations! |
| Aug 18, 2022 | More works accepted! 2 papers to ISMAR, 1 to Siggraph Asia XR, 2 to UIST! Congrats to Prasanth and Anish for the ISMAR papers, Kinga for the Siggraph paper, and Shunyi and Zhang Qing for the UIST papers! |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Working on XR or telexistence-related research and wish to visit Japan end of the year? Highly recommend to submit your work to ICAT-EGVE! The deadline for full paper submission has been extended to September 10. |
| Aug 1, 2022 | The new website is finally updated and online! |
| Jun 26, 2022 | Our UIST paper on smart glasses to simulate visual impairment got accepted! More details coming soon. |
| Apr 24, 2022 | Our IMWUT paper on emotional autobiograhical memory in VR got accepted! Congrats to all the authors, especially Kunal.  |
