François Guimbretière

I am a Professor in the Departments of Information Science and Design & Technology at Cornell University. After completing an Electrical Engineering degree with a major in artificial intelligence at the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, I pursued MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science at Stanford University. After a five-year appointment at the University of Maryland at College Park I joined Cornell in 2009.

My research explores how hardware/software co-design can deliver novel interactions in a broad set of application domains. Blending system building and design, my students and I strive to turn future visions of seamless interactions into today’s reality. My prior work explored pen-based interfaces on paper and screen. I currently focus on novel fabrication techniques, such as interactive printing and yarn-based fabrication. I am also interested in the intersection of HRI and sustainability including the design of immersive and engaging remote collaboration interfaces that limit our reliance on physical travel. You can find a couple of videos illustrating my most recent works below. For more information, my ACM web page provide the most up to date description of my work.