Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group

Hailey Mah is an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Media Studies, with a minor in Computer Science. Across her work, she is interested in how technologically mediated experiences affect the ways we communicate, emote, and relate to the world. 

She is currently working on a project with Laura Cang and Paul Bucci to create a model of emotional transitions using EEG. 

Anushka Agrawal is a recent UBC graduate with a BSc in Computer Science. She came into the SPIN Lab as a volunteer with a keen interest in learning about research in Human Computer Interaction, and developed a strong interest in emotion, cognition, and multimodal interaction. She's currently working with Paul Bucci and Laura Cang on designing and running a study to create an emotion model of a person in real time using EEG and machine learning. 

Anita Shah is an undergraduate computer science student in the BCS program here at UBC. She is specializing in mechatronics and machine learning and is currently volunteering in Paul Bucci's lab to develop soft robots with increased freedom of movement and emotive behaviors.

Kevin is an undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science at UBC. He joined the SPIN lab as a volunteer to learn more about and participate in Human-Computer Interaction research. He is currently helping in the development of various applications and interactions based around the Gelly sensor. 

I recently graduated from the Cognitive Systems program at UBC. My coursework and research experience have centered around designing intelligent systems and modelling human capabilities. I’m interested in how these activities can inform each other. At SPIN I work with Laura Cang and Paul Bucci on developing affect recognition with the Cuddlebot - with the goal of eventually developing therapeutic techniques around it.

Lotus is an undergraduate UBC student double majroing in Computer Science and Psychology. She is interested in interaction techniques, such as AR/VR, haptic and multimodal interaction, and their influence to human emotion/cognition. Lotus is currently research assisting mixForBits (MacaronMix for CuddleBits) tool development and study design/execution.