Alexandra Ion

Most Recent Affiliation(s):

• University of Potsdam, Hasso Plattner Institute

Other / Past Affiliation(s):

• Carnegie Mellon University

Location:

• Germany

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Bio:

• SIGGRAPH 2024

  Alexandra lon is an assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. She directs the Interactive Structures Lab, where she and her team investigate and develop interactive design tools that enable the digital fabrication of complex structures for novice users. Interactive structures embed functionality within their geometry such that they can react to simple input with complex behavior. Such structures enable materials that can, e.g., embed robotic movement, perform computations, or communicate with users. Her lab develops optimization-based interactive design tools that enable novices to contribute their creativity and experts to apply their intuition in order to foster the advancement of high-tech materials. Her work is published at and awarded by top-tier HCI (ACM CHI & UIST) and graphics venues (ACM SIGGRAPH). It was invited for multiple exhibitions, including a permanent exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center in Austria. Her work also captured the interest of media such as Wired, Dezeen, Fast Company, Gizmodo, etc., and she was invited for a TEDx Talk.

  As the SIGGRAPH 2024 Posters Chair, Alexandra is responsible for the outreach, planning, submission process, and presentation of the Posters program at the conference.