Roger Boldu

PhD Candidate

I am a Ph.D. student at the Augmented Human Lab (AHLAB). My research focuses on designing novel input-output wearable devices that enable users to interact with the environment naturally. I like to bring my research beyond the laboratory environment and positively impact people’s lives by combining my skills in HCI, Robotics, Machine Learning, and Electronics.

I graduated with a B.Sc.(Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunications from Ramon University - La Salle Bonanova, Barcelona, Spain in 2015, and I have conducted HCI research at Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Media Lab, and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

I am now looking for full-time positions to start from May 2021. For more details, visit my personal website: www.rboldu.com

Publications

Elvitigala D.S., Boldu R., Nanayakkara S.C., and Matthies D.J.C. 2022. TickleFoot: Design, Development and Evaluation of a Novel Foot-Tickling Mechanism That Can Evoke Laughter. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 29, 3, Article 20 (June 2022), 23 pages.

Boldu, R., Wijewardena, M., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2020, October. MAGHair: A Wearable System to Create Unique Tactile Feedback by Stimulating Only the Body Hair. In 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 1-10).

Rieger, U., Liu, Y., Boldu, R., Zhang, H., Alwani, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2020. LightTank. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Art Gallery (pp. 1-1).

Boldu, R., Matthies, D.J., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2020. AiSee: An Assistive Wearable Device to Support Visually Impaired Grocery Shoppers. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 4(4), pp.1-25.

Boldu, R., Jain, S., Cortes, J.P.F., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2019. M-Hair: Extended Reality by Stimulating the Body Hair. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 XR (pp. 27-28).

Boldu, R., Jain, S., Forero Cortes, J.P., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2019, October. M-Hair: Creating Novel Tactile Feedback by Augmenting the Body Hair to Respond to Magnetic Field. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 323-328).

Boldu, R., Dancu, A., Matthies, D.J., Cascón, P.G., Ransir, S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2018, October. Thumb-In-Motion: Evaluating Thumb-to-Ring Microgestures for Athletic Activity. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (pp. 150-157).

Busquets, R.B., 2018, October. Revealing Inaccessible Information on-the-go, by Augmenting Humans. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers (pp. 1802-1804).

Boldu, R., Dancu, A., Matthies, D. J.C., Buddhika, T., Siriwardhana, S., & Nanayakkara, S.C., 2018. FingerReader2. 0: Designing and Evaluating a Wearable Finger-Worn Camera to Assist People with Visual Impairments while Shopping. In Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2(3), 94. ACM.

Boldu, R., Zhang, H., Cortés, J.P.F., Muthukumarana, S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2017, March. Insight: a systematic approach to create dynamic human-controller-interactions. In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference (pp. 1-5). Best Short Paper Award!