Bob Tianqi Wei
魏天祺

"Tyan-Chi", he/they (What is this?)

I am an HCI researcher, design engineer, and artist.

Currently I am an HCI Researcher at the Berkeley Institute of Design Lab, I work with Shm Almeda and Professor Björn Hartmann (EECS). I hold a Master's degree in Design and Human-Computer Interaction from the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from Tsinghua University, advised by Professor Lintao Tang.

I have a strong foundation in design and manufacturing, EECS, mechanical engineering, and learning sciences, combined with my passion for music and contemporary art. My research explores innovative ways to enhance human interaction with the physical world, focusing on the interplay of technology, cognition, and emotion. Through a phenomenological lens, I aim to investigate how emerging technologies can transform music, art, creativity, and embodied interaction.

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Photo by Shayne Shen from 01/02/2025

NEWS

- I am delivering a speech at the UC Berkeley Master of Design graduation ceremony at Hertz Hall on December 22, 2024.
- Me and Shayne Shen are presenting EKPHRASIS at 2024 UC Berkeley MDes Graduate Exhibition “VEINS OF THE COSMOS” on December 20,2024.
- Me and my research group are presenting out paper Romantic Breakups as a Lens for Industrial Cybersecurity: Cross-Domain Insights for Access Control at 2024 Jacobs Winter Design Showcase: HCI Research on December 17, 2024.
- Me and my research group are presenting the Demonstration of Symphony Orchestra at UIST 2024!
- Abigail & Bob's Carillon Recital: 4/28/2024 6pm at UC Berkeley Sather Tower!
- I am presenting of my research project Building Professional Hearing on April 5, 2024 at the UC Berkeley Education Research Day Conference!

COLLABORATIONS

Bjoern Hartmann

Caseysimone Ballestas

Dor Abrahamson

Lintao Tang

Shm Garanganao Almeda

FRIENDS

ALBUM

With Prof. Hiroshi Ishii at MIT media lab, 2025

With Prof. Tod Machover at MIT media lab, 2025

With Prof. Hiroshi Ishii at CHI 2024, Hawaii

With Prof. Lining Yao at UC Berkeley, 2025

Björn Hartmann's Group at UIST 2024

With Prof. Björn Hartmann at UIST 2024

With Dr. Eugene Tssui at UC Berkeley, 2024

Presenting Sympathetic Orchestra at Tsinghua University, 2023

With Prof. Lintao Tang at Tsinghua University, 2024

MorphingSkin won Best Paper Award at UIST 2025!

With Prof. Dor Abrahamson at UC Berkeley, 2023

With Prof. Yiyue Luo at UIST 2024

Presenting Building Professional Hearing at Education Research Day Conference at UC Berkeley, 2024

With Prof. Björn Hartmann at UC Berkeley, 2024

Presenting Sympathetic Orchestra at UIST 2024

With Prof. Kimiko Ryokai at UC Berkeley, 2023

Teaching the TUI class at UC Berkeley, 2023

Presenting ILLUMINATIO at ISAM 2023 at Carnegie Mellon University

At Professor Leo Cheng's studio in Beijing, 2022

My graduation ceremony speech at UC Berkeley, 2024

With Professors Kyle Steinfeld and Eric Paulos at UC Berkeley, 2024

With Dr. Chun WU at Horowitz Concert Hall, Steinway Hall Beijing, 2021