Narges Pourjafarian
I’m a postdoctoral researcher in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, working with Prof. Gregory Abowd. I’m an HCI researcher specializing in personal fabrication, wearable computing, embedded sensing, and sustainable electronics. Broadly, I design interactive systems that make building circuits feel as immediate as sketching, while foregrounding repair, reuse, and environmental responsibility.
I imagine a future where people can quickly design, fabricate, and reconfigure interactive artifacts directly on the body, textiles, and everyday objects. To move toward this vision, I develop new fabrication tools and techniques, create hardware and sensing solutions for complex 3D geometries and soft textile surfaces, and explore sustainable materials and form factors for interactive devices. My research has been published at top HCI venues, including ACM CHI, UIST, SIGGRAPH, and IMWUT, with multiple Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards. Before Northeastern, I conducted research at Cornell’s Hybrid Body Lab and MIT’s Responsive Environments Group and completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Saarland University and the Max Planck Institute.
