HELLO !
I am a student researcher and Ph.D. candidate surfing between the Human-Computer-Interaction Lab at Saarland University (Germany), the Institute for Future Technologies and the Polytechnic Institute of Paris (France). I am working with Prof. Jürgen Steimle, Dr. Marc Teyssier and Dr. Samuel Huron.
My research interests rest at the nexus of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Biodesign, and Embedded Systems as I explore Sustainability and Emerging Technologies for Human-Computer- Interaction through organic and living matter.
My research interests rest at the nexus of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Biodesign, and Embedded Systems as I explore Sustainability and Emerging Technologies for Human-Computer- Interaction through organic and living matter.
I love cats. I don't have a cat, but sometimes I meow 🐈⬛
PUBLICATIONS
Madalina Nicolae, Claire Lefez, Anne Roudaut, Samuel Huron, Jürgen Steimle, and Marc Teyssier. 2024. SoftBioMorph: Fabricating Sustainable Shape-changing Interfaces using Soft Biopolymers. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’24), July 01–05, 2024, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/ 3643834.3661610
Madalina Nicolae, Vivien Roussel, Marion Koelle, Samuel Huron, Marc Teyssier, and Jürgen Steimle. 2023. BioHybrid Devices : Prototyping Interactive Devices with Growble Materials. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 31, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606774
🏆 Honorable Mention Demo Award
Jürgen Steimle, Marie Muehlhaus, Madalina Luciana Nicolae, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Narjes Pourjafarian, Adwait Sharma, Marc Teyssier, Marion Koelle, Bruno Fruchard, and Paul Strohmeier. 2023. Design and Fabrication of Body-Based Interfaces (Demo of Saarland HCI Lab). In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 446, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583916
🏆 People's Choice Best Demo Award
Marion Koelle, Madalina Nicolae, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Marc Teyssier, and Jürgen Steimle. 2022. Prototyping Soft Devices with Interactive Bioplastics. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 19, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3526113.3545623
🏆 Best Paper & 🏆 Jury Best Demo Award
INVITED TALKS
02/2024
11/2023
11/2023
Towards Digital Biofabrication and Sustainable Innovation
University College London, UK
University College London, UK
Biomaterials as base of new design paradigms
École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), FR
École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), FR
EXHIBITIONS
11/05/2024 - 30/08/2024
03/05/2024 -
26/07/2024
26/07/2024
Interactive Bioplastics
Innovation Center der Universität des Saarlandes, DE
Innovation Center der Universität des Saarlandes, DE