SMU HCI Research cordially invite you to a one-day event—the Singapore HCI Meetup 2026 and HRI Workshop 2026—where HCI researchers across the island share ideas, celebrate achievements, and, most importantly, reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. This year's meetup will be hosted at the SMU campus on 18 June.
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When: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Thursday, 18 June 2026
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Where: School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) 2, Singapore Management University (90 Stamford Road, 178903)
Once you arrive at the building, head up to Classroom 3-1 on the third floor.
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Registration: Registration is now open. Please register from the following form: Registration Form.
Due to overwhelming interest and facility capacity limitations, registration is now closed. Thank you for your support!
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The following schedule is tentative:
| Time | Activity |
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| 8:15 - | Registration opens at Class Room 3-1, SCIS 2 (map) |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Opening |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Opening Keynote: Wafa Johal |
Session Chair: Kotaro Hara | | 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee break | | 10:30 – 12:00 | Presentations by Students and Friends from DIS
**Student Speakers: • Weiyan Shi (10:30 - 10:45) • Cai Shaojun (10:45 - 11:00) • Yuto Suzuki (11:00 - 11:15)
Friends from DIS: • Donghoon Shin (11:20 - 11:40) • Yanheng Lydia Li and Ray LC (11:40 - 12:00)**
Session Chair: Andreea Niculescu | | 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch / Poster & Demo
Lunch will be served buffet-style. Food has been ordered from a halal-certified catering service, and vegetarian food will be available. | | 14:00 – 15:30 | Presentations by Students and Friends from DIS
Student Speakers: • Haoyang Chen (14:00 - 14:15) • Kellie Yu Hui Sim (14:15 - 14:30) • Emran Poh (14:30 - 14:45)
Friends from DIS: • Lin Gu (14:50 - 15:10) • Carolina Fuentes Toro (15:10 - 15:30)
Session Chair: Yong Wang | | 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break | | 15:45 - 17:15 | Closing Keynotes: • Alexandra I. Cristea (15:45 - 16:30) • Huaishu Peng (16:30 - 17:15)
Session Chair: Jiannan Li | | 17:15 – 17:30 | Closing |
We welcome the following keynote speakers for the meetup!
Associate Professor · School of Computing and Information Systems · University of Melbourne · https://wafa.johal.org/
Talk Title: Empowering Novice Users to Communicate and Collaborate with Robots and AI Agents
Assistant Professor · Department of Computer Science · University of Maryland, College Park · https://smartlab.cs.umd.edu
Talk title: Redo Electronics: Designing Reusable, Reconfigurable, and Dissolvable Circuits
Professor · Department of Computer Science · Durham University · https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/alexandra-i-cristea/
Talk Title: Beyond the shine: Gamification in Education – an overall taxonomy, novelty and familiarisation effect, personalised gamification and potential applications for PICAPICA
We have invited several DIS attendees to share their research and connect with our community. The following guests will each give a 20-minute presentation (15-minute talk + 5-minute Q&A).