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



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

Thailand


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 Biology2, 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 Intelligence3(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 Advances5(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

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

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

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