Pat Pataranutaporn
Researcher/Scientist | PhD Candidate at MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
Photo credit: Katherine Taylor
Bio
Pat Pataranutaporn is a technologist and a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he explores human-AI interaction, human cognitive augmentation, synthetic virtual humans, and synthetic biology. Specifically, he focuses on the intersections between biological and digital systems. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Fluid Interfaces research group at the MIT Media Lab and a KBTG Fellow, working in collaboration with teams at NASA, NTT DATA, IBM, KBTG, UCSB, Stanford, and Harvard on advancing the future of human-computer interaction. Pat has also held a position as a researcher at the NASA SETI Frontier Development Lab.
Research
Pat’s interdisciplinary research ranges from investigating AI-generated characters for personalized learning and well-being, human-AI co-reasoning, a wearable lab on the body equipped with a programmable bio-digital organ for space exploration, a machine learning model to detect linguistic markers associated with mental health issues, and a mind-controlled 3D printer.
Pat’s research has been published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Biotechnology, IEEE, ACM CHI, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM ISWC, ACM Augmented Humans, Royal Society of Chemistry, etc. He also serves as a reviewer and editor for IEEE and ACM publications.
Pat’s projects have been exhibited at the MIT Museum (Massachusetts), MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art (Italy), The Art Gallery of Western Australia (Australia), Bangkok City Gallery (Thailand), National Museum of Singapore (Singapore), Essex Peabody Museum (USA), London Design Festival (UK), Transmediale Festival (Germany), National Taiwan Science Education Center (Taiwan), IDEA Museum (Arizona), Mesa Arts Center (Arizona), Autodesk Gallery (California), SIGGRAPH Asia (Tokyo), Ars Electronica (Virtual) and more.
Pat’s research publication is recognized worldwide and has been featured in the United Nations AI for Good forum, Forbes, Scientific American, MIT Techreview, National Geographic, FastCompany, The Guardian, Disruptive Innovation Festival, and more. As a person, who really loves space dinosaurs, Pat believes in bringing crazy ideas, and moonshot thinking to create future innovation.
Academic Bio
Pat Pataranutaporn is a final year PhD student at the MIT Media Arts and Sciences program. His research lies at the intersection of AI and human-computer interaction, where he develops and studies AI systems that support human flourishing through multi-modal systems with explainable feedback. Through large-scale experimental studies, Pataranutaporn demonstrates how AI can support human flourishing across various cognitive tasks, including reasoning, decision making, learning and self development. Pataranutaporn’s research on AI-generated conversational characters was among the first to showcase positive applications of generative AI in supporting human learning and motivating individuals to explore and understand themselves and the world around them. His methodology integrates prototype development with qualitative, quantitative, and exploratory research methods, enabling a comprehensive examination of human-AI interaction. Pataranutaporn’s research contributions have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and conferences, such as Nature Machine Intelligence, IEEE, ACM SIGCHI, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM ISWC, and ACM Augmented Humans. His work has been highlighted by the United Nations AI for Good forum, and has been featured in Scientific American, MIT Tech Review, Forbes, National Geographic, Fast Company, The Guardian, and the Disruptive Innovation Festival. Pataranutaporn’s work has also been honored as one of TIME’s “Best Inventions of 2023” and was included in Fast Company’s “2023 World Changing Ideas.” Pataranutaporn has been awarded fellowships and grants by multiple research agencies and corporations, including NASA, MIT J-WEL, Bose, KBTG, MQDC, and NTT Data. Pataranutaporn co-designed and taught one of the first MIT courses on “Generative AI,” developed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills required to navigate the frontiers of this emerging field and he co-organized the first workshop on virtual AI humans, attended by over 1600 remotely and over 200 in person in 2021.
Featured Research Areas
CyberBiome: Bio-Digital Interfaces for Space Exploration
Human-AI Co-Reasoning and cognitive Augmentation
AI-generated Virtual Self
AI-generated characters for Personalized Learning & Wellbeing
Education
2021-2024 :PhD Candidate in Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School of Architecture + Planning
2018-2020 :Master of Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School of Architecture + Planning
2013-2017: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU)
2013-2017: Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University (ASU)
Experiences
2022 (Summer): Researcher at NASA/SETI/DOE Frontier Development Lab
2018 – Current : Research Assistant & Member of MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group
2017 (Summer) : Research Intern at IBM Computational Biology Center, NY
2016 (Summer) : Visiting Researcher at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2015 – 2016 : Social media chair at ASU Changemaker Central, Arizona State University
2015 – 2016 : Research fellow at Synthesis Center, School of Art, Media + Engineering, Arizona State University
2014 – 2016 : Researcher at Biodesign Insitute, Arizona State University Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Awards & Recognition
- 2023 – TIME The Best Inventions of 2023 (MicroPET)
- 2023 – One of the top 10 Fastcompany 2023 World Changing Ideas (MicroPET)
- 2022 – KBTG Fellowship
- 2022 – NASA/SETI/DOE Frontier Development Lab (Heroic Comeback Award)
- 2022 – ISS Nationa Lab Sustainability Challenge (Top 3 finalist) – Space Exploration Initiative (MicroPET)
- 2021 – J-WEL Grants in pK-12 Education Innovation 2021 (AI-Generated Characters for Improving Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Online Teaching)
- 2021 – NTT Data – MIT Media Lab Grant on Living Memory & AI-generated Characters
- 2020 – United Nations (UN) AI for Good Lecture (Invited Guest Speaker)
- 2020 – Microsoft Design Expo (Invited Guest) – MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (iNonymize)
- 2020 – MIT-NASA TRISH Grant Phase II (Recipient) – Space Exploration Initiative + MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (Wearable Lab on Body)
- 2020 – NASA HERO (Finalist) – MIT AeroAstro+ MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (Wear-MD)
- 2019 – MIT Council for the Arts Grant (Recipient) – MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (Machinoia)
- 2019 – NASA NIAC Grant (Finalist) – Space Exploration Initiative + MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (Wearable Biofab)
- 2019 – MIT-NASA TRISH Grant (Recipient) – Space Exploration Initiative + MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces (Wearable Lab on Body)
- 2019 – MIT Connect Arts, Community, and Computing Challenge Winner
- 2019 – MIT Media Lab Element Fellowship
- 2018 – Core77 Design Awards -Notable Design Concept Award (Hormone Couture)
- 2018 – 3D Pioneer Challenges – Finalists (Hormone Couture)
- 2018 – Urban Media Art Academy Bangkok by Goethe-Institut (Emoti-Khon)
- 2018 – National Space Exploration,Thailand – The top 3 finalists (Personalized Food Fabrication Project)
- 2017 – Newman Civic Engagement Fellow
- 2016 – Global Biomimicry Design Challenge Top 3 finalist – Final/prototype round [October 22, 2016]
- 2016 – MIT Media Lab Reality, Virtually, Hackathon – The Most Refined Mobile VR Experience & Best Up and Coming Hackers for VR Story Tellers [October 7, 2016]
- 2016 – Pitchfork award – Changemaker Entrepreneur of the Year [April 7, 2016]
- 2016 – Finalist Pakis Social Entrepreneurial Challeng ARKHumanity/Humanity X Technologies, LLC [February 4, 2016]
- 2015 – Global Biomimicry Design Challenge – The 1st runner up – proposal round [October 4, 2015]
- 2015 – Changemaker Innovation Challenge – First prize winner
- 2015 – Dean’s List student, – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- 2014 – Hacks for Humanity – First prize winner
- 2012 – Asia – Pacific gifted youth summit, Dubai -Winner
- 2014 – Codeday Portland – Overall award winner
- 2012 – JAXA – NSTDA student zero gravity flight experiment contest(Second place winner)
- 2011 – Representative from Thailand to join United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bayer Conference (BYEE), Germany
Academic Experiences
- Topic Coordinator, Frontiers in Computer Science: Microbes in Human-Computer Interaction
- Guest editor, IEEE Sensors Journal Special Issue on Advances and Current Trends in Sensing Physiological Parameters for Human Wellness and Patient Monitoring
- Co-founder & host of MIT Media Lab Media Arts & Sciences Student Seminar
- Co-Chair of Educator Track, ACM FabLearn Asia 2020, Bangkok, Thailand
- Co-Chair of Workshop and Demo Track, ACM FabLearn Asia 2020, Bangkok, Thailand
- Reviewers for ACM CHI, ACM DIS, ACM SAP, IEEE ISMAR, IEEE VR, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
- A member of the curatorial research team for Venice Biennale of Architecture 2020 with MIT School of Architecture + Planning
- Fun fact : I help designed the logo for MIT Hyperloop team that won the award 🙂
Space Missions
MicroPET mission – ISS mission/SpaceX
- In collaboration with MIT Space Exploration Initiative, SEED, NREL, and Harvard University
MESSE mission – Suborbital Launch with Blue Origin
- In collaboration with SPACETH + MuSpace
Wearable Lab mission – Zero Gravity Flight
- Supported by MIT Space Exploration Initiative and NASA Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Selected Press
International
- Scientific American: The Assumptions You Bring into Conversation with an AI Bot Influence What It Says
- Futurism: AI Chatbots Are Only Useful If You Think They Are, Scientists Find
- Forbes: What If The Cyborg Is You? – Check Out The ‘Machine Of Multiple Me’
- Forbes: MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces-Prof Maes Team 2022 Top Research Powering Humans
- Marshable: Why are we sending a plastic-eating enzyme to space?
- Fastcompany: This company is sending plastic-eating enzymes into space
- Axios: Placebo effect shapes how we see AI
- Interesting Engineering: Study shows we can be convinced an AI chatbot is trustworthy
- Techxplore: Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, influencing their interactions
- Psychology Today: Horse Sense About AI
- TIME: Breaking Down Plastics
- Prestige: Pat Pataranutaporn on Exploring the Intersection of Humans and Artificial Intelligence
- MIT Technology Review: A chatbot that asks questions could help you spot when it makes no sense
- MIT News: Characters for good, created by artificial intelligence
- MIT News: Is AI in the eye of the beholder?
- MIT News: Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality
- The Guardian: Biomimicry: using nature’s designs to transform agriculture
- Art4D: Pat Pataranutaporn: Doreamon, Terminator, and AI
- Art4D: AI IS RISING. HOW DO ARTISTS SURVIVE?
- Techsauce: Beyond the Elephant in the Room MIT Media Lab Southeast Asia Forum 2022: Unleashing Endless Possibilities
- Techsauce: Unlocking the Future: What we gathered from MIT Media Lab Southeast Asia Forum 2022
- The Economist: Pichet Klunchun is modernising Thailand’s traditional dance form
Thailand
- The 101 World: ไดโนเสาร์ติดปีก นักประดิษฐ์อนาคต : พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร เด็กไทยในวงการวิทยาศาสตร์โลก
- The Standard: บุก MIT Media Lab กับ พีพี ภัทรนุธาพร คนไทยหนึ่งเดียวในรอบ 20 ปี
- National Geographic: พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร เด็กไทยใน MIT Media Lab ศูนย์วิจัยนวัตกรรมเพื่อโลกอนาคต
- The Kommon: ไม่ใช่แค่พื้นที่ แต่ต้องมีเสรีภาพในการคิด : คุยเรื่องเมกเกอร์สเปซ กับ พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร ผู้ก่อตั้ง Freak Lab ประเทศไทย
- Ground Control: พีพี-พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร นักเทคโนโลยีแห่ง MIT Media Lab ผู้ผนวกรวมวิทยาศาสตร์และศิลปะเข้าด้วยกัน
- Techsauce: ถอดรหัส Cyborg Health เทคโนโลยีเพื่อการแพทย์ แห่งโลกอนาคตจาก MIT Media Lab
- Techsauce: มนุษย์เป็นส่วนหนึ่งกับ AI เป็นไปได้แค่ไหน? พร้อมบุก MIT Media Lab
- a day: พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร: ในวันที่หุ่นยนต์กลายเป็นพระเจ้า โลกของเราจะเหมือนในหนังไซไฟแค่ไหน
- Art4D: Pat Pataranutaporn: Doreamon, Terminator, and AI
- Thai PBS: ไซบอร์ก แบคทีเรีย อวกาศ: คุยกับ “พีพี” นักนวัตกรรมอนาคต (1) | EP.87 | Starstuff เรื่องเล่าจากดวงดาว
- SPACETH: พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร: เล่าประสบการณ์วิจัยใน Zero-G ครั้งแรก กับ MIT Media Lab
- Salmon Podcast: วิทยาศาสตร์และอนาคตของความเป็นมนุษย์ feat. พัทน์ ภัทรนุธาพร | Grey Area EP14
- Thai PBS World Talk “Technologist defining the future”
- PPTV: บุก Metaverse โลกแห่งอนาคต กับ “พีพี-พัทน์” นักวิทยาศาสตร์ ไทยใน MIT Lab | กาแฟดำ Double Shot EP33 | สุทธิชัย หยุ่น
- PPTV: นักวิจัยไทยแนะ พัฒนา “เอไอ” เพื่อยกระดับมนุษย์ ไม่ใช่เหนือกว่าและละทิ้งมนุษย์
- Thai PBS คุยนอกกรอบ กับ สุทธิชัย หยุ่น: “ไดโนเสาร์” ผู้ออกแบบอนาคต เด็กไทยในวงการวิทยาศาสตร์โลก
Publications
For most Recent Publications, please visit Pat’s Google Scholar Profile
Last Update (Oct 2023)
Book
2021 – (Contributor) Biennale Architettura 2021: How Will We Live Together?
2021 – (Featuring Wearable Lab Project) Into the Anthropocosmos A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative (MIT Press)
Journal
Pataranutaporn, P., Liu, R., Finn, E., & Maes, P. (2023). Influencing human–AI interaction by priming beliefs about AI can increase perceived trustworthiness, empathy and effectiveness. Nature Machine Intelligence, 1-11.
Tachapermpon, Y., Muangphrom, P., Pataranutaporn, P., Chaiworn, W., & Surareungchai, W. (2022). Fluorescent carbon dots based phytosensor for indoor formaldehyde pollution monitoring. Plant Nano Biology, 2, 100015.
Pataranutaporn, P., Danry, V., Leong, J., Punpongsanon, P., Novy, D., Maes, P. and Sra, M., 2021. AI-generated characters for supporting personalized learning and well-being. Nature Machine Intelligence, 3(12), pp.1013-1022.
Zhou, C., Liu, Z., Pataranutaporn, P., Vannela, R., Hayes, K. F., & Rittmann, B. E. (2015). Biogenic nano-particulate iron-sulfide produced through sulfate and Fe(iii)-(hydr)oxide reductions was enhanced by pyruvate as the electron donor. RSC Advances, 5(122). https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra20556e
Patent
Bates, J. T., Lee, B. H., McCollum, K., Pataranutaporn, P., & Polur, R. N. (2019). U.S. Patent Application No. 16/358,685.
Thintawornkul, T., Sorawit, P., Chayaphat, N., Pataranutaporn, P., Kuptajit, P., Tantisanghirun, ratchaphak t., & Promnara, K. (2016). The process of 3D printing of starch-based Thai food via materials extrution
Pataranutaporn, P. (2014). Talung App (Copy Right) 306157. Thailand.
Conferences
Pataranutaporn, P., Vujic, A., Kong, D. S., Maes, P., & Sra, M. (2020, March). Living Bits: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Living Microorganisms in Human-Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference (pp. 1-12). https://doi.org/10.1145/3384657.3384783 | 🏆 ACM AHs 20′ Best Paper
Danry, V., Pataranutaporn, P., Mao, Y., & Maes, P. (2020, March). Wearable Reasoner: Towards Enhanced Human Rationality Through A Wearable Device With An Explainable AI Assistant. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference (pp. 1-12).https://doi.org/10.1145/3384657.3384799
Pataranutaporn, P., Vega Gálvez, T., Yoo, L., Chhetri, A., & Maes, P. (2020, April). Wearable Wisdom: An Intelligent Audio-Based System for Mediating Wisdom and Advice. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-8). https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3383092
Jones, N., Jaques, N., Pataranutaporn, P., Ghandeharioun, A., & Picard, R. (2019, September). Analysis of Online Suicide Risk with Document Embeddings and Latent Dirichlet Allocation. In 2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIIW.2019.8925077
Pataranutaporn, P., Jain, A., Johnson, C. M., Shah, P., & Maes, P. (2019, July). Wearable Lab on Body: Combining Sensing of Biochemical and Digital Markers in a Wearable Device. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 3327-3332). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857479
Jones, N., Jaques, N., Pataranutaporn, P., Ghandeharioun, A., & Picard, R. (2019, September). Analysis of Online Suicide Risk with Document Embeddings and Latent Dirichlet Allocation. In 2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) (pp. 1-5). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIIW.2019.8925077
Pataranutaporn, P., Ngamarunchot, B., Chaovavanich, K., Chatwiriyachai, S., Ngamkajornwiwat, P., Ninyawee, N., & Surareungchai, W. (2019, October). Buddha Bot: The Exploration of Embodied Spiritual Machine in Chatbot. In Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (pp. 589-595). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-32523-7_42
Ninyawee, N., Thintawornkul, T., Pataranutaporn, P., Ngamarunchot, B., Itthipuripat, S. S., Wilaiprasitporn, T., … & Surareungchai, W. (2019, October). Making Food with the Mind: Integrating Brain-Computer Interface and 3D Food Fabrication. In Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (pp. 239-247). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-32520-6_19
Subsoontom, P., Ounjai, P., Naarmkaiornwiwat, P., Sakulkueakulsuk, B., Pensupha, N., Surareungchai, W., & Pataranutapom, P. (2018, December). Hack Biodesign: An Integrative STEAM Education Platform for Biology, Engineering, and Design. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 1016-1021). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615404.
Sakulkueakulsuk, B., Witoon, S., Ngarmkajornwiwat, P., Pataranutapom, P., Surareungchai, W., Pataranutaporn, P., & Subsoontorn, P. (2018, December). Kids making AI: Integrating Machine Learning, Gamification, and Social Context in STEM Education. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 1005-1010). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615249.
Pataranutaporn, P., & Ngamarunchot, B. (2018, December). Genomix Mask: AI and the complex web of life. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Art Gallery (p. 15). ACM https://doi.org/10.1145/3282805.3282820.
Mihaleva, G., & Pataranutaporn, P. (2018, October). Sense: coral reef inspired and responsive dress. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 290-294). ACM https://doi.org/10.1145/3267242.3267294.
Pataranutaporn, P., De La Vega, J. S., Chowdhury, A., Ng, A., & Mihaleva, G. (2018, August). Toward Growable Robot: Exploring and Integrating Flexible–Biological Matter with Electronics. In 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference (IFETC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/IFETC.2018.8584034.
Pataranutaporn, P., & Lyle, K. (2018, July). Toward Human-Magic Interaction: Interfacing Biological, Tangible, and Cultural Technology. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 213-221). Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92285-0_30.
Pataranutaporn, P., Ingalls, T. and Finn, E. (2018) Biological HCI : Towards Integrative Interfaces Between People , Computer , and Biological Materials, in ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188662.
Suwinyattichaiporn, T., Varghese, S., & Pataranutaporn, P. (2018). An Exploratory Study Examining the Use of Virtual Reality in Intercultural Communication Education. In International Communication Association.
Agurto, C., Pataranutaporn, P., Eyigoz, E. K., Stolovitzky, G., & Cecchi, G. (2018, January). Predictive linguistic markers of suicidality in poets. In 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC) (pp. 282-285). IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC.2018.00051
Pataranutaporn, P., Ngamkajornwiwat, P., Unprasert, T., Umnajsasithorn, W., Luksanayeam, S., Loha-Unchit, S., … Jain, S. (2017). Hormone couture: Biopolitics, aesthetics, and technology. In ACM Proceedings – International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123073
Ngamkajornwiwat, P., Pataranutaporn, P., Ngamarunchot, B., & Suwinyattichaiporn, T. (2017). Understanding the Role of Arts and Humanities in Social Robotics Design : An Experiment for STEAM Enrichment Program in Thailand. In IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), Hong Kong, 2017, pp. 457-460. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252378
Mihaleva, G., Pataranutaporn, P., & Ingalls, T. (2017). Generative Membrane. In International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). ISEA.
Pataranutaporn, P., & Ngamarunchot, B. (2017). Reinterpreting 3D Food Printing as Neo-Print Capitalism : Fabrication, Food, and Futures. In Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. SLSA.
Pataranutaporn, P., & Fazel, V. (2017). Shakespeare and Speculative Biodesign Futures. In Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. SLSA.
Suwinyattichaiporn, T., & Pataranutaporn, P. (2017). Centralizing Marginality: Teaching Race Issues Through the Use of Virtual Reality. In Western States Communication Association.
Pataranutaporn, P., Valencia, A. V., & Kusumi, K. (2016). Visualizing Biodesign: transforming research through interactive technology. In Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.
Suwinyattichaiporn, T., & Pataranutaporn, P. (2016). When interactive animation and communication research converge: an innovative presentation and gamification of research findings. In Western States Communication Association.
Mihaleva, G., Pataranutaporn, P., & Ingalls, T. (2016). Wearable Installation and Human Interaction – Generative Membrane. In 3D-Festival BEYOND. Karlsruhe, Germany.
Pataranutaporn, P., & Suphapol, S. (2011). Biodegradation of polystyrene foam by the microorganisms from landfill. In Bayer, UNEP – BYEE Conference. Leverkusen, German. Retrieved from http://patthai.org/projects/biotech/styrofoam
Pataranutaporn, P., & Sukhoom, A. (2010). Isolation of polystyrene foam biodegradable bacteria from contaminated soil. In The 36th National Conference on Science and Technology (p. 69). Bangkok, Thailand.
Acknowledgement
Fernando, P., Pandelakis, M. & Kuznetsov, S. Practicing DIYBiology In An HCI Setting. in Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI EA ’16 2064-2071 (ACM Press, 2016). doi:10.1145/2851581.2892325
Workshops
Subject Matter Expert – NASA JPL & MIT Media Lab workshop (April 19, 2022)
MIT Media Lab Virtual Beings & Being Virtual 2022 workshop with NTT DATA (April 14, 2022)
Pataranutaporn, P., Sumini, V., Ekblaw, A., Yashar, M., Häuplik-Meusburger, S., Testa, S., … & Maes, P. (2021, May). SpaceCHI: Designing Human-Computer Interaction Systems for Space Exploration. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6).
Kim, R., Pataranutaporn, P., Forman, J., Lee, S. A., Riedel-Kruse, I. H., Alistar, M., … & Poslad, S. (2021, May). Microbe-HCI: Introduction and Directions for Growth. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
Gough, P., Forman, J., Pataranutaporn, P., Hepburn, L. A., Ramirez-Figueroa, C., Cooper, C., … & Ahmadpour, N. (2021, May). Speculating on biodesign in the future home. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-5).
Danry, V., Pataranutaporn, P., Haar Horowitz, A., Strohmeier, P., Andres, J., Patibanda, R., … & Semertzidis, N. (2021, May). Do Cyborgs dream of Electric Limbs? Experiential Factors in Human-Computer Integration Design and Evaluation. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6).
MIT Media Lab Wearable Biotech & Growable Interfaces 2020 with IDEO (March 5, 2020) Video
Pataranutaporn, P., McCollum, K., Sarabu, C., Bates, J., Lester, N., Suwinyattichaiporn, T., & Bloner, C. (2017). Co-designing Compassionate and Empathetic Interactions in Post Artificial Intelligence Medicine. In Stanford Medicine X (pp. 1–2). Retrieved from https://medicinex.stanford.edu/conf/submission/view/628
Bates, J., Pataranutaporn, P., McCollum, K., Polur, R., & Lee, B. (2016). The future of innovation: Transforming our society for saving lives. In Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.
Feature Talks
Creativites Unfold 2023
BOT Symposium
MIT Southeast Asia Forum
TEDx Boston
MIT Media Lab “Life with AI”
SPACETH
CMKL talk
The ONE’s Chaning the World
Mahidol University Talk
SciArt Initiative
The Secret Sauce
TCF
CEA Talk
SGU Talk
Ground Control
Suthichai Live
PHX Museum Talk
UN AI for Good
Wearable Biotech
Virtual Beings & Being Virtual
TEDxASU
Stanford Medicine X
Ignite
BioCHI
Mahidol Talk
BSCA Behavioral Science Associate
Talks
2024
- Guest speaker at Microsoft Research “Toward a New Discipline of Human+AI Interaction for Human Flourishing” (March 28, 2024)
- Invited Panelist at UNESCO seminar on “Harnessing Digital Tools for Greater Community Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Narratives” (March 20, 2024)
- Artist Talk “Cyber Subin: Co-creating Cybernetic Cultural Heritage with Artificial Choreographic Intelligence” with Pichet Klunchun at National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei (March 7, 2024)
- Invited keynote speaker at ACM CHI Workshop on Evaluating Interactive AI: Understanding and Mitigating Placebo Effects in Human-AI Interaction” (EvalAI@CHI)(May 12, 2024)
- Guest speaker at the Chapin Hall at U of Chicago’s AI Round-Table Discussion (February 26, 2024)
- Opening speaker at MIT AI for filmmaking hackathon (February 18, 2024)
- Guest speaker at MIT How to Grow (Almost) Anything class (February 6, 2024)
- House of Wisdom workshop with Professor Pattie Maes(January 29, 2024)
- Speaker at Re-designing Human Extinction (January 22, 2024)
- Keynote speaker at Thailand Constructionism symposium (January 21, 2024)
- Speaker at KMUTT Sensor Technology Lab seminar on “From Bio to Digital & Digital to Bio: Interfacing Organic & Synthetic Intelligence” (January 18, 2024)
- Speaker at the 101 Word Research and Policy Dialogue (January 16, 2024)
2023
- Keynote speaker at AI Engineering & Innovation Summit 2023 (December 8, 2023)
- Lightning Talk/Demo at MIT Generative AI week (November 28-30, 2023)
- Guest speaker at MIT Media Lab Tangible Media class (November 28, 2023)
- Guest speaker at MIT Technology Review EmTech (November 14-15, 2023)
- Guest speaker at Emergence: A Convening by Fathomers supported by the Getty and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (October 24-25, 2023)
- Guest lecturer at the Bank of Thailand Economic Seminar on “Human and AI Symbiosis: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Human Augmentation” (October 2, 2023)
- Speaker at the Bank of Thailand Symposium 2023 “From Human Womb to Digital Tomb” (September 29, 2023)
- Guest speaker Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University on AI and filmmaking (September 28, 2023)
- Guest speaker at the University of Tokyo Seminar hosted by Professor Masahiko Inami (September 24, 2023)
- Guest speaker for Celebrating Neurodiversity: Ichi-go Ichi-e Symposium, Tokyo (September 21, 2023)
- Guest speaker at Chiangmai University supported by U.S Embassy (September 3, 2023)
- Keynote speaker at CEA Creativities Unfold on AI for the Future of Entertainment & Storytelling(August 24, 2023)
- Guest speaker/panelist at AI on the Lot: Bringing AI into Hollywood (May 16, 2023)
- Guest speaker for Imagination in Action (IIA) pre-event gathering (April 13, 2023)
- Speaker at TEDx Boston on AI-generated Cyborg and the Machine of Multiple Me (March 6, 2023)
- Guest on ACM ByteCast with Bruke Kifle
- Invited guest speaker for CXO – Chief Exponential Officer – Disrupt Technology Venture (Feb 18, 2023)
- Invited guest speaker for Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University on “Thinking about Thinking with the Thinking Machine” (January 4, 2023)
- Invited guest speaker for Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn Universityon on “Cyborg Medicine: Human-AI Interaction & Bio-digital Augmentation for Human Health Enhancement”
- Invited guest speaker for Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University on “Cyborg Medicine: Human-AI Interaction & Bio-digital Augmentation for Human Health Enhancement”
- Keynote speaker for MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon (January 21, 2023)
- Invited guest speaker at Foster + Partners Innovation Forum (January 12, 2023)
2022
- Opening speaker/Organizer of the First MIT Media Lab Southeast Asia Forum co-hosted by KBTG and Bangkok Bank
- Keynote speaker at IEEE RASSE 2022 (November 8, 2022)
- Guest lecture in Biological Design program at University of Sydney (October 27, 2022)
- Speaker at MIT Media Lab Life with AI Deep Dive session (October 25, 2022)
- Speaker at Thaicom Foundation Talk 2022 (October 7, 2022)
- Guest panelist at Future Bodies Symposium (October 1, 2022)
- Guest lecture at the International Program in Design and Architecture, Chulalongkorn University (Sep 15, 2022)
- Guest lecture at University of Chicago on Human Computer Interaction Club (July 20, 2022):
- Co-presenter at NASA JPL X MIT Media Lab talk (June 28, 2022)
- Invited Speaker for MIT Media Lab X Amazon Salon (June 16, 2022)
- Guest Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University/CMKL Thailand on “Human-AI Symbiosis: Designing our cyborg future” (April 2, 2022)
- Guest Lecture at University of Toronto on “Magic, Monster, Machine: The Cyborg culture and the Future of Human-Computer Integration” (April 1, 2022)
- Invited Speaker at the Harvard Business School Association of Thailand seminar on Metaverse : The Next Tech Revolution (March 22, 2022)
- Invited Speaker at the Harvard University Colloquium on AI-assisted Decision-making on “Thinking about Thinking with the Thinking Machine” (March 1, 2022)
2021
- Invited Speaker at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (Hongkong) on “AI-generated Human: Deepfakes, Deeptruths, and our Post-Digital Future” (November 11, 2021)
- Guest Lecture at MIT MAS.S65: Cognitive Augmentation Class “Bio-Digital Cyborg” (November 10, 2021)
- Guest Lecture on Human Factors Design and HCI in Design Exploration: towards a Moon Architecture Seminar Series (November 10, 2021)
- Guest Lecture in Media and Outer Space class at University of Toronto (November 9, 2021)
- Guest Lecture in Biological Design program at University of Sydney (November 4, 2021)
- Guest Lecture at MIT MAS.S65: Cognitive Augmentation Class “Thinking about thinking with a thinking machine” (September 22, 2021)
- Invited Guest Presenter at MIT 2.S991 Learner’s Journey Spring 2021 Class “Deepfakes for Good” ( April 2, 2021)
- Invited Panelist “In Conversation: Kimberly Lyle and Pat Pataranutaporn” at Phoenix Art Museum (Jun 18, 2021)
- Invited Guest Speaker at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle’s BurgLabs Frühjahrssession 2021: collapse collabs colabs : “Prototyping Futures : Wearable Biotech and Growable Interfaces” (March 17, 2021)
- Cyber Performance Lecture on “Cybernetic Dance 2.1” with Pichet Klunchun Dance Company at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Thailand (March 7, 2021)
- Invited Guest Speaker at Igniting Action: STEM, Entrepreneurship Activism, Global virtual forum (February 27, 2021)
- Invited Guest Presentation at the Perceptual Engineering Group at University of California, Santa Barbara (February 26, 2021)
- Invited Guest Speaker at MITxFIT Advanced Fibers and Fabrics Workshop: “Wearable Augmentation & Human Enhancement”(January 1, 2021)
- Invited Demo on Generative AI for Good at PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Tech Exchange Virtual Reality meeting (February 11, 2021).
2020
- Invited Guest Speaker at United Nations AI for Good : “Becoming Human 2.0: Wearable AI and the Future of Human Augmentation”(November 14, 2020)
- Invited Guest Speaker at Indigenous Digital Delegation, MIT Open Documentary Lab (November 11, 2020)
- Invited Guest speaker at MIT Global Health Alliance (November 14, 2020)
- Invited Guest speaker at Y-Bio Incubate at Yale University “Bio + Digital : Towards Homo Symbioticus” (October 29, 2020)
- Co-presenter with Adam Haar Horowitz at The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity Conference “Sleep, Dreams and Capturing Creativity” (October 23, 2020)
- Presenter/co-organizer of “Wearable Voice Interfaces for Human Enhancement” at MIT Media Lab Member Event (July 7, 2020).
- Co-founder & host of MIT Media Lab Media Arts & Sciences Student Seminar
- Invited speaker at Thailand AI Virtual Seminar 2020
- Keynote speaker at Corporate Innovation Summit “Designing Cyborg Future” Video
- Guest lecture at Mahidol University “Sci-Fact to Sci-Fi : The History and the Future of Scientific Investigation, Imagination, Innovation, and Communication” (April 21, 2020) Video
- Guest lecture at Naresuan University “Deva Ex Machina” (July 21, 2020) Video
- Guest speaker at Institute of Public Policy and Development – IPPD (Thailand) on New World Paradigm “The Future of Tech for and after COVID19” (June 12, 2020) Video
- Co-organizer and Presenter of MIT Media Lab Wearable Biotech & Growable Interfaces 2020 with IDEO (March 5, 2020) Video
- Presenter at NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop 2020 (January 27, 2020)
2019
- Guest Lecture of STS.058 Space Exploration and Interplanetary Habitation at MIT
- Guest Lecture of MAS.S63 Cognitive Enhancement
- Presenter at MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative “Space Health workshop” at Yale University (November 1, 2019)
- Presenter at Biodesign Here Now, London Design Festival 2019 “Biological Cyborg, Wearable Biotech, and the Future of Human-Machine Symbiosis” (September 21, 2019)
- Presenter at MIT Media Lab Dream Engineering Workshop “Biological & Linguistic Markers for Dream Augmentation” (January 29, 2019)
- Co-organizer at MIT Media Lab Beyond the Cradle 2019: Envisioning a New Space Age “Wearables & Space Health” (March 14, 2019)
2018
- Guest Lecture in MIT Art, Culture, Technology : Culture Fabric: Art, Fashion, Identity (October, 2018)
- Chair of MIT Media Lab Global Community Biosummit “Emerging Technology Session” (October 26, 2018)
- Invited speaker at Techsauce Global Summit 2018 “Futuristic Dining : Holographic Food to Eating on Mars”
- Invited Keynote at Food Innopolis Demo day “Food of the Future”
2017
- Presenter at MIT Media Lab Biosummit “Bio HCI” (September 22, 2017) Video
- Invited speaker TED X ASU “Prototyping the Impossible” (March 22, 2017) Video
2016
- Chair at Disruptive Innovation Festival 2016“Innovation in the Age of Biodesign” (November 23, 2016) Video
- Chair at Disruptive Innovation Festival 2016“Hacks for Humanity” (November 16, 2016) Video
- Invited speaker at Stanford Medicine X“Hacks with Hope” (September 17, 2016) Slide
- Invited speaker at Thailand Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (THAIST)“Future of Innovation is FREAK!” (July 26, 2016) Slide
- Invited speaker at Prince of Songkla University International College (PSUIC)“Innovation + Aesthetic in Computational & Biological Era” (June 27, 2016) Slide
- Invited speaker at PSU Wittayanusorn School (PSUWIT)“Exploring Design & Emerging Sciences” (June 23, 2016) Slide
- Invited speaker at Phoenix Stanford Medicine X Pop-Up event“Hacks Health Humanity” (April 16, 2016) Watch presentation
2015
- Invited panelist at SXSW Eco 2015 at Austin, TX (October 5-7, 2015)
- Invited speaker at Ignite ASU “SCIENCE + ART = ?” (November 4, 2015) Video
Workshops
Lead organizer – ACM SIGCHI Living Bits and Radical Aminos: A Workshop on Bio-Digital Interfaces for Human-Computer Interaction (2023)
Lead organizer – SpaceCHI workshop (2021, 2022, 2023)
Subject Matter Expert – NASA JPL & MIT Media Lab workshop (April 19, 2022)
Invited Guest – Dagstuhl Seminar on Cognitive Augmentation (2022)
Lead organizer – MIT Media Lab Virtual Beings & Being Virtual 2022 workshop with NTT DATA (April 14, 2022)
Lead organizer – ACM SIGCHI Deepfakes for Good workshop (2021
Co-organizer – ACM SIGCHI Experiential Integration workshop (2021)
Lead organizer – MIT Media Lab Wearable Biotech & Growable Interfaces 2020 with IDEO (March 5, 2020) Video
Co-Chair of Educator Track – ACM FabLearn Asia 2020, Bangkok, Thailand
Co-Chair of Workshop and Demo Track – ACM FabLearn Asia 2020, Bangkok, Thailand
Filmography
Scientific Advisor
Director: Paween Purijitpanya
GDH/Netflix
Advisor
Director: Pagorn Jungrungruang
Scientific Advisor
Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul
Creator/Writer
Tomorrow + i (Coming up 2024)
Exhibitions & Artistic Performances
- 2024 – Cyber Subin with Pichet Klunchun at National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei (March 8-10, 2024)
- 2022 – MAXXI Museum: Technoscape, The Architecture of Engineers: SpaceSuits, space architecture at human scale (CyberBiome)
- 2022 – MIT Museum: AI: Mind the Gap (Wearable Reasoner)
- 2022 – Bangkok Art Biennale: Voice of the Oppress with Kawita Vatanajyankur
- 2022 – Art Gallery of Western Australia and Simon Lee Foundation Institute of Contemporary Asian Art: Mental Machine: Labour in the Self Economy with Kawita Vatanajyankur
- 2022 – Bangkok CityCity Gallery: A Conversation With the Sun Apichatpong Weerasethakul in collaboration with DuckUnit and Pat Pataranutaporn
- 2021 – Uno, Nessuno, Centomila : Electric Artefacts (Machinoia)
- 2020 – Ars Electronica 2020 : Festival for Art, Technology & Society (Wearable Wisdom, MESSE)
- 2020 – NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop (Wearable Lab & Wearable Bioreactor)
- 2019 – Biodesign Here Now, London Design Festival (Wearable Lab)
- 2018 – DigiMuse at National Museum of Singapore, Singapore (Pulse)
- 2018 – Thailand 4.0 in the making(Lab showcase)
- 2018 – Night Festival, Singapore (Pulse)
- 2018 – SIGGRAPH Asia 2019, Tokyo, Japan (Genomix Mask)
- 2018 – 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit – Wearables in Smart Fabrics Fashion Show, Arizona (Hormone Couture)
- 2018 – Primer Conference (Hormone Couture)
- 2018 – Uncertainty Fashion Show (Special Collection), Arizona (Hormone Couture)
- 2018 – Transmediale and CTM Vorspiel Urban Media Art Kitchen, Berlin (Emoti-khon)
- 2018 – Wild Design Exhibition, Essex Peabody Museum, MA (Jube)
- 2017 – ISWC’ 17, Hawaii (Hormone Couture)
- 2017 – IEEE VIS’ 17 (Guest), Arizona (Genomics Mask)
- 2017 – IEEE VIS’ 17 (Guest), Arizona (Generative Membrane)
- 2017 – ISEA : International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Columbia (Generative Membrane)
- 2017 – Biomimicry : Inspired by Nature Exhibition at National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taiwan (Jube)
- 2016 – IDEA Museum, Arizona – Sci-Fi: Fantasy to Reality exhibition (Futuretopia)
- 2016 – Bioneers Conference, San Francisco (Jube)
- 2016 – Biomimicry Innovation Showcase at Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco and Autodesk Gallery, San Francisco (Jube)
- 2015 – Spark Festival of Creativity at Mesa Arts Center (Human Emotion Installation)
- 2015 – SouthWest Maker Festival at Central Mesa (Human Emotion Installation)
- 2014 – ASU’s Digital Culture Showcase (Human Emotion Installation)
- 2014 – Collaborative Exhibition at IceHouse Gallery (Human Emotion Installation)
Teaching
- 2021 – Creator & Lecturer: Experiments in AI-Generated Media (https://maven.com/medialab/ai-generated-media) [The First MIT Media Lab Online Public Class]
- 2020 – Creator & Lecturer: MIT Media Lab MAS.S60 Experiments in Deepfakes : Creativity, Computation, and Criticism (http://deepfakes.media.mit.edu/)
- 2020 – Teaching Assistant: MIT Media Lab MAS.S61 How To Grow (Almost) Anything (https://www.media.mit.edu/courses/htgaa/)
- 2019 – Creator & Lecturer: AstroBiotechnology (https://astrobio.freaklab.org/)
- 2018 – Teaching Assistant: Fashion and Wearable Technology
- 2018 – Program Lead/ Program Designer: HACK BIODESIGN for High School Student under Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP)
- 2017 – Program Lead/ Program Designer: AI in Agriculture Unschooling Camp for High School Student under Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP)
- 2016 – Program Lead/ Program Designer: Social Robot Design Unschooling Camp under Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP)
- 2015 – Program Designer : Biomimicry in the mud: designing mudskipper robot
Other
- Judge – MIT AI for filmmaking hackathon 2024
- Judge – MIT AI for filmmaking hackathon 2023
- Judge – MIT Reality Hack 2019
- Judge – MIT Reality Hack 2020
- Judge – MIT Reality Hack 2022