Ken Nakagaki
Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolKen Nakagaki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, directing the AxLab - Actuated Experience Lab since 2022 to advance interaction design and HCI research. Based in Chicago, he brings a decade of experience spanning academia and industry research, including formative roles at MIT Media Lab and Disney Research. He earned a PhD in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab, along with a Master’s from MIT and earlier degrees from Keio University in Interaction Design and related governance studies. His work sits at the intersection of design, governance, and actuated experiences, translating complex requirements into tangible, user-centered systems. An active educator and lab leader, he mentors the next generation of designers and engineers while pushing the boundaries of tangible, actuated interfaces.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Interaction Design, Bachelor's degree, Interaction Design at Keio University SFC
Japanese, EnglishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mitmedialab/HERMITS_UIST20
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push in 3 months
mitmedialab/omniFORM_2021
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
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