TOM IGOE
August 2020
Mailing Address:

Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
370 Jay St, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Email:

tom.igoe@nyu.edu

EDUCATION
Virginia Tech
New York University

Theater Arts
Interactive Telecommunications

B.A., 1989
M.P.S., 1997

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2016-present Arts Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
2007-2015
Associate Arts Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
2003-2007
Assistant Arts Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
2001-2003
Visiting Assistant Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Responsibilities:● Area head for physical computing classes and contributor to sustainability andnetworking areas; Duties include oversight of adjunct instructors and staff
members in my area, development and maintenance of new and existingcourses in the area, and integration with other curricular areas.
● Direction of development of physical computing workshop. In more recent
years, I have shared this responsibility with colleagues Daniel Rozin, Rob Ryan,
and John Duane, with John and Rob actually managing the shop.
● Producer, in rotation with other faculty, for each semester's show of student
works, open to the general public. Duties include scheduling, coordination with
instructors and staff, and general oversight of all phases of show production.
● Developed instructional websites on physical computing and networking for the
department and for personal work that have been used both at ITP and by
instructors at other institutions and by professional interface developers.
Courses Taught:
Current Courses:
Introduction to Physical Computing (2001 - Present)Core course in physical interface design and development, required for all students.
Understanding Networks (2009 - Present)
A seminar/workshop which provides students with a broad introduction to network
infrastructures, from the internet to other telecommunications networks to theworldwide power grid. The class examines the technical, social, political, and businessdynamics of networks, and, where appropriate, gives students a hands-on introduction
to networking techniques.
Lighting and Interactivity (2017, 2019, 2020)
A workshop that introduces students to the principles of light production and design,
and its use in interactive systems.
Tangible Interaction (2016 - Present)
A workshop that introduces students to the concepts of tangible interface design
through a series of short production assignments, producing everyday devices: gamecontrollers, lighting controllers, sound controllers, and similar devices with tangible
controls.
Connected Devices and Networked Interaction (2014 - Present)
A workshop that introduces students to the design and technical challenges ofdeveloping networked devices and products and services.
Past Courses:
Future Scenarios and Systems Thinking (2018)
A class in scenario development, grounded in research about the present and the past.
Co-taught by Despina Papadoupolos, and based partially on a previous ITP class,
Future of the Infrastructure, t​ aught by Art Kleiner.
Disruption and the Maker Movement (2013)
A seminar to examine the potential size and impact of the maker movement and to
consider the unexamined consequences of it.
Wildlife Observation Tools (2010 - 2012)
A workshop in which students learn about technologies and methods primatologists
use their field research, and develop new tools to improve the work in the field.
Project Development Studio (Physical Interaction) (2006, 2008)
A studio course in which students develop one project involving physical interaction
between people and devices over the course of the semester.
Sustainable Practices (2006 - 2007)
A seminar in which students survey the environmental impact of the practice ofinteraction design, and develop projects to lessen the negative impacts.
Sensor Workshop (2005 - 2006)
A workshop introducing students to a range of sensor technologies and how they areinterfaced with computer systems.
Networked Objects (2002 - 2008)
A workshop covering the basics of computer networking, and the development ofphysical interfaces for networked systems.
Sculpting with Data (2001 - 2002)
A workshop in mechanical and sculptural representation of dynamic data.

1997-2001

Adjunct Assistant Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Courses taught:
Physical Computing II ( 2001)
An advanced course in physical interaction design for computer-human interaction.
Physical Computing (1998 - 2000)
The origin of the current Introduction to Physical Computing course, above, originallytaught by Dan O'Sullivan.
Introduction to Computational Media (Fall 1997 - 2000)
An introductory course in basic programming and troubleshooting. The second half
focuses on the creation and control of digital media.
1998

Adjunct Faculty Instructor, City College of New York
Courses taught:
Media Integration (co-taught with M.R. Petit) (1998)
An introductory course in multimedia concepts and creation of linear and simple
interactive presentations. Incorporation of graphics, video, animation and sound as wellas basic concepts in interactivity and basic programming were covered.

UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL, & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2006 - present
Tisch Departmental Faculty Review Committees
I have served on several departmental faculty review committees for promotion tovarious levels of Arts Professor for the Tisch School of the Arts. I have chaired two
departmental faculty reviews for promotion to full Arts Professor, one for my own
department in 2016, and one for the department of Imaging and Photography in 2017.
Since ITP was a small faculty when I started, I have served on reviews for many of theother arts professors in the department as well. These have been informative, as I havenoticed that many of my colleagues throughout the school, all world-class working arts
professionals, share a sense of impostor syndrome.

2017-2018
Ability Project Hiring Committee Chair
I chaired the committee to hire a new tenured/tenure-track faculty member for the
Ability Project, an interdisciplinary research space dedicated to the intersection
between disability and technology. The hire was jointly housed between the Steinhardt
School of Culture, Education, and Human Development’s department of occupational

therapy; The Tisch School for the Performing Arts’ ITP (my own department) and The
Tandon School of Engineering’s Integrated Digital Media department.
2017-2018
ITP Hiring Committee
I served as a member of the departmental committee to hire two new new full time
contract faculty members for ITP.
2018-Present
ITP Curriculum Subcommittee
In 2018 the ITP faculty formed a curriculum subcommittee on which I served to discusslarger curricular reforms. That work is sporadic but ongoing and will hopefully return infall of 2020.
2017-2018
Provost's Sustainability Working Group
This committee reviewed the University’s efforts in economic, environmental, and social
sustainability, with an eye to increasing faculty participation where it can provide themost leverage.
2016 - present
Departmental Architectural committees for 370 Jay St.
I participated in the planning for the construction of our new departmental home at 370
Jay St., Brooklyn. My focus was mainly on the Media Commons and performance
spaces of the building, along with reviewing the plans for our shops and lighting
systems.
2015

Hiring panel for Director of Sustainability
At the request of Assistant Vice President John Bradley, I served on the hiring panel fora new Director of Sustainability at the University.

2013 - 2018
Faculty partner for Leslie eLab
I meet regularly with eLab directors Frank Rimalovsky and Lindsay Marshall Gray to
discuss how best to encourage entrepreneurship in University students, and how best
to use the entrepreneurship center as a place to catalyze interdisciplinary collaboration
between students.
2011 - 2014
Tisch Budget & Policy Committee
Met with faculty members from other departments and with administrative staff tounderstand the school budget and financial structure, and to make recommendations
on improvements. For the 2013-2014 academic year, I also chaired this committee.
2007 - present
Green Grants Review Committee
Reviewed student and faculty applications for funds to support projects to improve theUniversity’s environmental impact. The committee favors those projects that can lead tolonger term initiatives, and those that can produce quantifiable changes.

2006 - present
University Sustainability Task Force
I have been a member of the University I have served on the University Sustainability
Task Force since its inception in 2006. At various times I’ve served on the planning andenergy subcommittees, the data subcommittee, and the Green Grants review
committee.
2008 - present
Tisch All-School Faculty Review Committees
I have served on several all-school faculty review committees for the Tisch School of
the Arts since 2008.

2007 - 2008
Dean’s Executive Committee
Marianne Petit and I served as faculty co-secretaries for the Dean’s Executive
Committee during the 2007-8 school year. Because the meeting times conflicted withhalf of our class meeting times, we split the task between the two of us.
2001 - present
ITP Curricular Area Head for Physical Computing
Responsible for curriculum and lab development for teaching and practice of physicalinteraction design in at ITP. The area focuses on teaching students to think about
computer-human interaction by starting with the physical reality of the person for whom
you are designing.
2001 - present
ITP Curriculum Development
ITP’s curriculum is dynamic and changes significantly every year in response tochanging social and technological trends, and according to how we perceive thestudents' needs. With the rest of the core faculty, I have served as part of ITP’s
curriculum development team since I joined the full-time faculty.
2001 - present
ITP Admissions Committee
Admissions at ITP is a responsibility of all full-time faculty members. Every year, eachfaculty member reviews between 20 and 40 applications for admissions. I have also
conducted interviews of potential applicants for the department when traveling.
2001 - present
ITP End-of-semester show
I have been involved with the production of the end-of-semester show at ITP as long as
I have been involved with ITP. In addition to serving as show producer for numerous
semesters, I also contributed to the development of our production system over theyears, and have contributed several innovations to how we produce the show.
2001 - present
ITP Architectural and space planning
I have been active in helping to plan architectural changes on our floor since 2001. This
has involved moving walls, researching and planning new major equipment purchases
to keep our technology offerings current, and coordinating with Chair Dan O'Sullivan

and Technical Operations Manager Rob Ryan and shop manager John Duane to
implement changes.
2001 - present
Academic advising
Each year I serve as academic advisor to approximately 20 ITP students. I advise on
course choices based on students’ interests and abilities. We also discuss the progressof their their thesis when they are in their second year. For those interested ininternships, we talk about possible places they might intern. I maintain an open door
policy to my office, and frequently meet with students who are not my advisees as well,both from within and occasionally outside the department. Mentoring students is ourcore responsibility at the University. Everything else is secondary.

RESEARCH
2013 - 2017 Co-PI of ​Ethoinformatics
Ethoinformatics: Developing Data Services and a Standard "Etho-Grammar" forBehavioral Research​ is a two-year NSF-funded research project to develop new digital
tools and standards for the collection and management of animal behavior research. My
collaborators on this grant are Prof. Anthony Di Fiore, University of Texas, Austin, andKenneth Chiou, Washington University of St Louis.
2008 - 2011
Assistant to Co-PI Marianne Petit on ​GreenFab
GreenFab was a three-year NSF-funded program to introduce high school students toScience, technology, engineering, and math skills through sustainable values. The
project was a joint venture between ITP, Vision Education & Media, Sustainable SouthBronx, and the Bronx Guild High School.
1999 - 2000
Interval Research Fellow, ITP
Researcher on independent projects; investigated alternate physical interfaces forcomputing environments, and video tracking and compositing tools for live
performance and installation.
1996 - 1997
Graduate Research Assistant, ​Neighborhood Web Project
I served as the research assistant for ​Neighborhood Web Project​, investigating
geographic indexing of and mobile access to web-based information. Duties included
prototype development, hardware experimentation and testing, web-based interface
and database development, and maintenance of project website and servers.
EXTERNAL ACADEMIC SERVICE ROLES
2018

Outside program reviewer, Sheridan College Interaction Design program

I was invited to serve as one of two external program reviewers for Sheridan College’s
Interaction Design Program. The goal of the external reviewers was to see that the program
meets contemporary standards for a top-notch academic interaction design program.

2017, 2018

Magic Grants review committee,
Brown Center for Innovation in Media
Columbia University
At the invitation of Brown Center director Mark Hansen, I served as a grants reviewer for the
2017-2018 and 2018-2019 Magic Grants. Established in 2012 as a collaboration between
Columbia University’s Journalism and Stanford’s School of Engineering, Brown Institute Magic
Grants seed innovation in the changing media landscape. Magic Grants provide year-longfunding awards of up to $150,000 ($300,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia andStanford communities). In addition to funding, grantees have access to a distinguishedadvisory and mentoring group, an extensive and inspiring alumni network.
2015

Design Challenge chair, 9th ACM International conference on
Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI)
At the invitation of conference chairs Wendy Ju and Bill Verplank (both of Stanford University), I
planned and organized the student design challenge for this annual conference held by the
Association of Computing Machines (ACM). ACM is a worldwide organization for academic
computer scientists.
2007

Interactivity Co-Chair, 25th ACM International Conference on
Computer/Human Interaction (CHI)
Together with Lars-Erik Holmquist of the Viktoria Institute, I coordinated the this annual
conference’s annual exhibit of interactive systems. CHI is the leading international academic
conference for researchers in human/computer interaction.

PROFESSIONAL WORK
Consulting
I have consulted on a variety of projects over the past 20 years, from museum exhibits to
websites, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and other interactive projects.
2005 - Present
Founding Partner, ​Arduino
Co-founder, strategy and user experience design advisor for Arduino, an open-source
microcontroller platform for teaching physical interaction design to technical neophytes.
Since 2005, approximately 1.5 million boards have been sold. Arduino is used in highschools and universities to teach beginners how to connect sensors and actuators todigital systems.
2015Intel Open Hardware Innovation Advisory Panel
The Open Hardware Innovation Advisory Panel is a group of key enablers in the Open
Hardware community operating at the intersection of the Open Source Hardware
Association (OSHWA), MakerCon (key contributors to Maker Faires), Sketching in
Hardware (founders of OS toolkits), and the Open Hardware Summit (an annual
gathering of OH innovators). The advisors’ role is to help guide Intel through a series of
conversations about key issues such as disruptive innovation with open hardware,
licensing and trademark practice, community values, path to product, and the evolving
global maker community.

2013

Consulting Expert, Monitor Deloitte Strategy Consulting
I participated as an expert on digital fabrication in a day and a half workshop on new
business opportunities for Deloitte consulting.

2011 - 2014
NYSCI SciGames Advisory Board
I was on the advisory board for SciGames, an NSF-funded project by the New York Hallof Science whose goal was to develop tools involving play and improvisation in sciencecurriculum for the museum.
2010 - Present

RTA School of Media Program Advisory Council
Ryerson University, Ontario, Canada
I serve as a member of Ryerson University’s School of Media program advisory council.
The council is made up of professionals and academics, and meets annually to review
the activities of the School of Media and to offer strategic guidance for the program. RTA
is Canada's Premier School of Media Production, Media Art, and Broadcasting.

2010 - 2012
Physical Interaction Advisor, THINC Orangutan Project
I consulted with THINC Design on physical interaction of a new habitat for theorangutans at the Indianapolis Zoo. The habitat included machines to engage theorangutan’s intellectually and to afford interaction between the apes and the humanvisitors to the zoo.
2008 - 2011
HBO PowerPunch
Consulted with HBO’s Emerging Technology group on the development of electronic
sensing and communication systems for PowerPunch, a system for automatic punch
type and force detection in the boxing ring. For this project, we were awarded two US
patents, #8622795 and #9120014, both titled ​System and method for gathering andanalyzing objective motion data.​

2005

Artemide Lighting Workshop
Interactive Design Institute, Ivrea, Italy
Worked with a team of 8 designers, engineers, and students to develop interaction
design prototypes for new lamps and control systems for Artemide lighting. Developed
concept sketches, usage scenarios, and functional prototypes.

2004 - 2006

Cairns Project
Digital Democracy Workshop, New York Law School
Consulted on development and design of the Cairns project, "an open-source,
web-based knowledge management software that enables practitioners of participation
to upload and index information about their own projects and to search easily for
information about those of others." The site interface offers a set of visualization toolsthat make it easier for practitioners to make connections between the work of their owngroups or those of others. This project was part of ongoing research in visualization anddeliberative practices, part of the Democracy Design Workshop at New York Law
School, led by Beth Noveck.

2004

Squidball
NYU Media Research Lab
Technical collaborator for the development of Squidball, a large-scale, real-time
interactive video game that uses motion capture technology to create a unique andenergetic gaming experience. The project was led by Chris Bregler of NYU's Media
research Lab. The game necessitated building the world's largest calibrated motion
capture volume at that time. It was presented in August, 2004, with an audience of 4,000
people, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, as pre-show entertainment for the
SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater.

2003

Eos Orchestra
Audio, Video, & Controls, New York, NY
Collaborated on the design and development of a series of networked musicalinstruments to be played by attendees at the orchestra's annual benefit banquet.
Attendees were conducted by the orchestra's artistic director, Jonathan Scheffer, in alive performance of Terry Riley's "In C". Pods were developed in collaboration with Eric
Singer of LEMUR, and David Bianciardi of Audio Video & Controls.

2002

Children's Museum of Manhattan
New York, NY
Developed hardware and programming for sensors of Daniel Rozin's video painting
easel exhibit.

2001

AIDS: A Living Archive
Gay Men's Health Crisis and the Museum of the City of New YorkNew York, NY

Interaction design and production management for two interactive elements of ​AIDS: A
Living Archive,​ an exhibit which chronicles the history of AIDS and AIDS activism in New
York City. Exhibit on display at the Museum of the City of New York, May - Sept. 2001.
2000 - 2001

EAR Studio/Diller + Scofidio Architects
Technical Director, Blur Media project
New York, NY
Responsible for new technology research and evaluation and technology direction forinteractive experience inside the Blur pavilion, which Diller + Scofidio are designing in
conjunction with EAR Studio for the Swiss National Expo in 2002.
Pavilion was a 300 x 100 ft. structure on a lake, enshrouded in an artificial cloud. Exhibit
consisted of architectural LED signs and 600 visitor raincoats that change color in
response to each other and to the LED signs. Due to budget cuts, multimedia exhibit
was never developed past the final plans.

1999

EAR Studio
New York, NY
Programming and consulting for EAR Studio on interaction design and display design on
various museum projects, including New York City Police Museum, Princeton University
Children's Library, and Diller + Scofidio’s proposed media project for the Moscone
Convention center in San Francisco.

1999

Luvbuzz
New York, NY
Consulted on and implemented database-driven display system for Luvbuzz cocktail
lounge and date-matching service, specified and installed hardware for day-to-day
database operations, coordinated with database developers, and implemented
architectural wall displays for images in database. Also designed and implemented aninteractive video projection/installation to complement design of space for opening night

1999

Halsell New Media / Corporation for Public Broadcasting
New York, NY
Collaborated on interaction design and programmed prototype for DVD/DVD-ROM The
Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords. This hybrid DVD/DVD-ROM was intended as aprototype for a possible digital television interface for CPB.

1999 - 2001

American Museum of the Moving ImageNew York, NY
Consulting on hardware and software upgrades of various AMMI interactive exhibits.
Work includes collaborating with museum and programmer on software performanceand administrator interface improvements and recommending and implementing

hardware and networking improvements to exhibits, and coordination of all elements into
final implementation.
1999 - 2003

Glyph Media/C.B.Cooke
New York, NY
Lingo programming for corporate CD-ROMs, Summer 2002 and 2003.
Wrote interface control and audio control software, hardware design & programming for"12, 28, 37", a video installation by artist C.B. Cooke at the Alternative Museum, NewYork City. Installation consisted of three video screens activated by a Smith & Wesson
revolver.

1996

Malice Palace
Jaime Levy New Media
Programming for Malice Palace, a graphic multi-user networked environment using
Time-Warner's Palace software.

Workshop Designer and Organizer
I regularly lead short intensive workshops on physical interaction, networks, and othertopics as a visiting instructor at schools, conferences, and other institutions around theworld.
July 2019

Lighting workshop,
Beihang University, Beijing, China
I will be giving a two-week workshop in microcontroller programming for lighting
design and control at the invitation of Beihang University this summer.

July 2018

Making Clinical Sense conference,
Maastricht University, the Netherlands
A one-day workshop for conference attendees on building electronic candles.
The workshop introduced programmable LEDs and microcontrollers as aplatform to teach principles of light as an aesthetic medium, electronics, andprogramming.

February 2016

Columbia University School of Journalism,
Brown Center for Innovation
A two-day workshop for graduate and undergraduate students introducing
sensor journalism. Workshop introduced sensors, microcontroller programming,and data logging for journalism students as a way of introducing the physicalside of data literacy.

February 2016

University of California at Berkeley,
Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
A half-day workshop for graduate and undergraduate students introducing
students to microcontroller programming for network connectivity.

Jun. 2013
University of Oslo, Department of Informatics, Oslo, Norway
A four-day workshop for graduate and undergraduate students in informatics.
The workshops focused on teaching Arduino to high school students, andculminated in a session in which workshop attendees taught a science
workshop for high school students using Arduino.
Oct. 2012
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
A five-day workshop examing the rise of consumer participation in the creationof digital hardware and software. This workshop was co-taught by Jay Melicanof Intel’s Maker group.
Jun. 2010
Media Computing Group, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
A four-day workshop in physical interaction design and programming formasters and Ph.D. students studying human-computer interaction (HCI).
May 2008
Interaction lab, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
A three-day intensive workshop in physical computing and networked objects,
taught at the invitation of Professor Selcuk Artut, Focusing on microcontrollers
and wireless communication.
April 2008

Greylock Arts Center, Physical Computing Workshop
Adams, Massachusetts
As part of the profess for their networked art project Networked Realities:(Re)Connecting the Adamses, Marianne Petit and Matt Belanger, founders ofGreylock Arts, asked me to run a one-day introductory physical computing
workshop for town residents of Adams and North Adams.

2003 - 2008 Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo, Norway
A one-week intensive workshop in physical computing. Course material derived
from the ITP course above, focusing on hardware tools. A one-day introduction
to programming concepts was also part of the course. I taught this workshop
annually from 2003 - 2008.
Jan. 2006
Digital | Media Arts Dept., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
A three-day intensive workshop in physical computing, taught as part of C.E.B.
Reas' course. Course material derived from the ITP course above, focusing on
the hardware tools. A one-day introduction to programming concepts was alsopart of the course.

Oct. 2000
Interactive Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
A one-week intensive workshop in physical computing, similar to the course
offered in Norway, above.
Mar. 1998
Dramatiska Institutet, Interactive Media Program, Stockholm, Sweden
A one-week intensive workshop in physical computing. Course material derived
from the ITP course above, focusing on the hardware tools.

Systems Management
1997 - 1999

Multimedia Lab Manager,
ITP/NYU
Duties included management and maintenance of the lab's facilities in conjunction with
the Technical Coordinator; management of a staff of 13 graduate technical assistants;
planning and allocation of lab and classroom hardware resources; research andplanning recommendations for long-term technical direction of the lab.

Stage Lighting Lighting & Projection
2003

Youth In Asia: A Techno-fantasia on National Themes
Tisch School of the Arts Undergrad Drama
Projection design for TSOA undergraduate drama department production. Projection
design developed concurrently with script and staging, as this was a new play.

2000

Evita
NYC Technical College
Projection design for New York City Technical College production. One of the first two
US productions using Dataton's Watchout software.

1989 - 1995

American Repertory Theatre
Cambridge, MA
Lighting Operator. Responsible for running, maintenance, and changeover of all lighting
and electrics for shows in rotating performance schedule. Assisted with implementationand programming of lighting designs in technical rehearsals.

PUBLICATIONS
Books
2017

Igoe, T.​ ​Making Things Talk,​ third edition​. ​San Francisco: Maker Media

2014

Igoe, T​., Coleman, D, Jepson B. ​Beginning NFC​. San Francisco: O’Reilly.

2011​Igoe, T.​ ​Getting Started with RFID. ​San Francisco: O'Reilly.

2010

Igoe, T.​ ​Making Things Talk,​ second edition​. ​San Francisco: O'Reilly

2007

Igoe, T.​ ​Making Things Talk,​ first edition​. S​ an Francisco: O'Reilly

2004

O'Sullivan, D. and ​Igoe, T.​ ​Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the PhysicalWorld with Computers. ​Boston: Muska & Lipman.

Articles2020 Lauren Race, Claire Kearney-Volpe, Chancey Fleet, Joshua A. Miele, ​Tom Igoe​, andAmy Hurst. 2020. ​Designing Educational Materials for a Blind Arduino Workshop.​ In Extended
Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems​ Extended
Abstracts (CHI ’20).​ Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–7.
2019 Lauren Race, Chancey Fleet, Joshua A. Miele, ​Tom Igoe​, and Amy Hurst. 2019.
Designing Tactile Schematics: Improving Electronic Circuit Accessibility.​ In ​The 21stInternational ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’19).​
Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 581–583.
2018 Igoe, T​., Jeff Feddersen and Ben Light, ​Clock Club: Resources for Beginning Timepiece
Design​ workshop presentation at DIS 2018, Hong Kong SAR.
2016 Di Fiore, A., Chiou, K.L., Chevett, M., Overstreet, R., ​Igoe, T.​ ​Ethoinformatics II:
developing open-source software and digital data services for primatology​. Joint meeting of
the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago,
Illinois. [​poster​]
2016 Chiou, K.L., Di Fiore, A., Overstreet, R., Chevett, M., ​Igoe, T.​ ​Ethoinformatics I:
developing a community-informed standard vocabulary and data model for primatology​. Joint
meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists.
Chicago, Illinois. [​poster​]
2016 Di Fiore, A., Chiou, K.L., Chevett, M., Overstreet, R., ​Igoe, T.​ ​Ethoinformatics II:
developing open-source digital data services for behavioral field research​. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology, 159(Suppl. 62), 130-131. [​slideshow​]2016 Chiou, K.L., Di Fiore, A., Overstreet, R., Chevett, M., ​Igoe, T.​ ​Ethoinformatics I:
developing a standard vocabulary and data model for behavioral field research​. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(Suppl. 62), 115-116. [​slideshow​]2013 Igoe, T.​ Many-to-Many Manufacturing: A review of ​Makers:​ The New Industrial
Revolution,​ by Chris Anderson​. S​ trategy + Business Magazine​, Summer 2013: pp. 99-100.
2011 Igoe, T​. and C. Mota. ​A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Fabrication​. ​Strategy + Business
Magazine,​ Autumn 2011: pp. 44-53. This article won a Silver Folio: Eddie award for editorial
excellence, best single article in the Business-to-Business >> Technology/Computing/Telecom
category.
2008

Igoe, T.​ Wireless motion sensing made easy.​ MAKE Magazine​ June: pp. 125-128.

2007​Igoe, T.​ Net data meter.​ MAKE Magazine​ May: pp. 133-137.

2007 Foth, Marcus & Satchell, Christine & Paulos, Eric & ​Igoe, Tom​ & Ratti, Carlo. (2007).
Pervasive persuasive technology and environmental sustainability​. Accepted proposal for aworkshop held at the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 19th, 2008,
Sydney, Australia (Workshop).
2007 Mellis, D., Banzi, M., Cuartielles, D, and ​Igoe T.​ ​Arduino​: An open electronics
prototyping platform. alt.chi presentation at CHI, 2007, San Jose, CA.
2006 Hasbrouck, Jay & ​Igoe, Tom​ & Mankoff, Jennifer & Woodruff, Allison. (2007).
Technologies for Green Values​. Accepted proposal for a workshop held at the 5th International
Conference on Pervasive Computing, September 16th, 2007, Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck,
Austria (Workshop).
2006

Igoe, T.​ Sensor interfaces: How circuits communicate with the outside world. ​MAKE
magazine February: pp. 160-167.

2005 Bregler, C., Castiglia, C., DeVincezo, J., DuBois, R.L., Feeley, K., ​Igoe, T.​, Meyer, J.,
Naimark, M., Postelnicu, A., Rabinovich, M., Rosenthal, S., Salen, K., Sudol, J., and Wright, B.
Squidball: An experiment in large-scale motion capture and game design​.​ ​Proceedings of theFirst Annual Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment​ (INTETAIN),
Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.
2005 Bianciardi, D., ​Igoe, T.​, and Singer, E. ​EOS​ pods: Wireless devices for interactive
musical performance. ​ACM Fifth Annual Conference on Ubiquitous Computing AdjunctProceedings:​ pp. 13-16.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2018

Design 3.0, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
I was an invited speaker at this conference on design and machine learning, hosted by
the Tsinghua University Science and KAIST.

2018

Making Clinical Sense conference, Maastricht, the Netherlands
I was an invited keynote speaker at the first iteration of this conference, hosted by theMaastricht University Science and Technology Studies (MUSTS).

2018

The Generator, Burlington, VT
I was an invited speaker at the Generator, a makerspace in Burlington, VT.

2017

CultureHub Maker Forum South Korea
I was an invited speaker for this forum in South Korea, organized by Seoul Institute of
the Arts. I presented via live video arranged by LaMaMa Studio in NYC.

2016

GOSH! Conference, CERN, Geneva Switzerland
I was an attendee and keynote speaker at the inaugural Gathering for Open Science
Hardware (GOSH!), held at CERN in Geneva in March 2016. The meeting was acollection of science researchers and hardware developers interested in collecting bestpractices for applying open source methods to the development of science hardware
and research practices.

2016

University of California at Berkeley, Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
I was invited to present a lecture on personal idealism in technology development for the
students and faculty at the Jacobs Center.

2015

University of North Carolina Physics Department
I was invited to present a faculty colloquium on physical computing to the UNC physics
department. The department is beginning their own physical computing course, andwanted to hear how it has worked at ITP.

2006 - present
Sketching in Hardware
I have been an annual presenter at this workshop on the interoperability of physicalcomputing and electronics toolkits since its inception in 2006. I am also part of theevent’s informal advisory board.

2008 - present

Maker Faire.
San Mateo, CA; Austin, TX; New York, NY; Rome, Italy; Shenzhen, China
I have presented talks at Maker Media's annual Maker Faire event on multiple occasions
and at multiple venues. Maker Faire is an expo of work by people who make things. The
range of work runs from large scale interactive art exhibits to woodworkers,
metalworkers, electronics hobbyists, and teachers.

2015

Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
Gave the opening keynote talk on the merging of hardware, software, and services
through internet and embedded technologies.

2014

Yantra 3.0 Art & Technology Festival,
Kathmandu Nepal
I was invited to speak at the Yantra festival, organized by Karkhana, a company focusing
on technology education in Nepal. I participated in a symposium at, Nepal’s premierengineering college, on ​Art + Technology: How Interdisciplinary Collaborations Lead to
Innovation,​ and at the Nepal Art Council on Art and technology collaboration techniques.

2014

TFI Interactive, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY
I presented at TFI Interactive on physical interaction design. TFI Interactive assembles
people from the worlds of film, media, gaming, technology, design and activism to
explore storytelling in the digital age.

2013

Inst-Int Conference, Minneapolis, MN
I was a featured speaker at Inst-int, a conference focused on sharing insights +experiences from the field of interactive installation. I presented on the importance ofphysical observation in interactive installation design.

2013

IRIS36/SCIS4 Conference, Sanner, Norway
I was a keynote speaker for the 36th annual Information Systems Research Seminar in
Sanner Norway, a gathering of Scandinavian computer science researchers. I presentedon ​What's Wrong With the Internet of Things.

2013

Hacked Matter Workshop 2013
I was a participant in the first Hacked Matter workshop in Shanghai and Shenzhen,
China. This workshop, run by Anna Greenspan of NYU-Shanghai, Silvia Lindner of UC
Irvine & Fudan University, and David Li of Xinchejian Hackerspace, critically examined
connections between the informal networks of shanzhai production and the open
innovations of the DIY (do it yourself) maker community in China. The event began inShanghai with a panel discussion with researchers and practitioners in the field ofshanzhai and making: me, Amanda Williams (Fabule Fabrications), David Li(XinChejian), Ricky Ye (DFRobot), Wu Hao (C2Tech). After that were two days of visits
to the open hardware scene & shanzhai manufacturing markets in Shenzhen.
2012

Panelist for IDSA-NYC's 2nd annual panel discussion on"The Tangible: Dead or Alive"
I was an invited panelist for the Industrial Design Society of America’s second annual
discussion on tangible devices, along with designers Karim Rashid, and Dan Formosa of
Smart Design.

2012

Speaker, TEDxBigApple, “Physicality and Conviviality”
I gave a talk at TEDxBigApple’s inaugural event at Saatchi & Saatchi Agency, New York.

2012

First Annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit, London, UK
I was a featured speaker at the first meeting of this (now annual) conference on citizen
science, organized by University College London, and CERN, the European
Organization for Nuclear Research.

2011

Toronto Digifest 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I was a speaker in Toronto Digifest 2011’s “Meet the Media Guru” speaker series.
Digifest is an international two-day conference and festival of exhibits and workshops on
digital creativity sponsored by George Brown College, the Sony Centre for the
Performing Arts, the Toronto International Film Festival Group, Applied Arts, Meet theMedia Guru (from Italy), TOJam and others.

2011

2nd Annual Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) Summit,
New York, NY
Along with the rest of the Arduino co-founders, I gave a keynote address at thisinternational collection of open source hardware developers.

2009 - 2010
MIT Media Lab, High/low Tech group. Cambridge MA
Lecture for Prof. Leah Buechley’s graduate seminar. Presented annually for two years.
2010

University of Tampa, Electronic Media Arts and Technology Program,Tampa, FL
Invited by Prof. Santiago Echeverry, I gave a lecture on Physicality, Conviviality andOpenness as ideals for interaction designers.

2010

Interaction 10, Savannah, GA
Presented a talk on the differences between open source software culture and design
culture, and why designers are needed in open source projects.

2009

HCII Speakers Series, Human-Computer Interaction Institute,Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Presented a talk on the notion of products as instances of intellectual property flows, andon how using this notion could help make the disposal of products and re-use of theirmaterials more effective from an environmental standpoint.

2003 - 2009

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference,
San Jose, CA & Santa Clara, CA
I was a regular speaker at O'Reilly Media's Emerging Technologies Conference from2005 to 2009, when the conference was last run.

2009

27th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction,
Boston, MA
I was an invited participant in the workshop ​DIY for CHI: Methods, Communities, andValues of Reuse and Customization,​ which explored DIY practice from the groundup—examining DIY as a set of methods, communities, values and goals and examined
its impact in the domains of traditional crafts, technology development, and sustainable
design. The workshop was organized by Leah Buechley, Eric Paulos, Daniela Rosner,and Amanda Williams.

2009

Ubiquitous Content Symposium, Media Design Department,
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Presented a talk on the practice of physical computing at ITP, reviewing the origins,current state, and future directions. Participated in a panel discussion of physicalinteraction design with Professors Shigeru Kobayashi, Naohito Okude, and Masa
Inakage.

2009

Third International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction
Cambridge, England
Presented the opening keynote talk on an ecology of tangible interaction. Focus was on
the environmental impacts of tangible interaction design and the possible benefits ofopen source approaches to the design of devices and technologies.

2008

Interaction Design Association, NYC Chapter.
Sustainable Interactions panel. New York, NY
I was a panelist for a public discussion about how interaction designers can practice ina more sustainable and socially conscious way. The panel was moderated by Robert
Fabricant, creative director at Frog Design, and featured Allan Chochinov, founder ofCore77 design blog; Jennifer Van de Meer, O2NYC; and Sean White, researcher atColumbia University.

2008

Ignite NYC, New York City,I was one of 16 speakers at the inaugural Ignite NYC event. Ignite is an event in which
each speaker gets 20 slides and five minutes to present an idea. Speakers include
professionals from a variety of industries. I presented Physical Computing's Greatest
Hits (or Misses)
2008

Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts and Cinema,
Blacksburg, VA
Presented a lecture on physical computing, performance, and the arts as part of thedepartment's speaker series. Lecture was open to the whole university.

2008

Nokia-UCLA workshop on Mobile In-Sight
Nauvo, Finland
I was one of a dozen invited researchers to a joint workshop run by UCLA and Nokia on
future applications for mobile technologies. The workshop examined trends intechnology development, and proposed possible future applications, particularly for
retired mobile devices.

2008

School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University
Interaction Design Prototyping Laboratory
Malmö, Sweden,
The School of Arts and Communication (K3) and the interaction design studio 1Scale1
run 7 one-day workshops in open software and hardware for designers and artists inMalmö every summer in Malmö, Sweden. I was invited to present a workshop based on
my book ​Making Things Talk.

2008

O’Reilly Foo Camp, Sebastapol, CA
Foo camp is an informal workshop of 250 Friends Of O'Reilly Publishing, people who are
doing interesting work in fields such as web services, data visualization and search,
open source programming, computer security, hardware hacking, GPS, and all mannerof emerging technologies. Guests are asked to share their work in progress, show off thetools and methods, and tackle challenging problems together. I was invited to be acamper in 2008, and participated in several discussions, shared current projects I wasworking on, and gathered ideas and potential collaborators for future work.

2008

Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, Bergen, Norway,
The Bergen Center for Electronic Arts (BEK), is a non-profit organization Bergen,
Norway. BEK combines artistic practice and scientific research and supports electronic
artists from Norway as well as international artists. I was invited to BEK to advise on the
research of artist-in-residence HC Gilje, and to give a presentation on physicalcomputing in the arts.

2007 - 2008

Fritzing Planning Symposium, FH University Potsdam,
Potsdam, Germany

Presented talks on the practice of physical computing, reviewing the origins, current
state, and future directions. Participated in planning sessions to design Fritzing, an open
source tool for design circuit boards.
2007

9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Innsbruck, Austria
Co-organizer of a workshop, ​Ubiquitous Sustainability:Technologies for Green Values​,
which explored the ways in which research within the Ubicomp community intersects
with values and practices linked to environmental sustainability.

2007

Turbulence.org
Programmable Media: Open Platforms for Creativity and Collaboration
New York, NY
I was a presenter and roundtable participant in this public session, hosted by
Turbulence.org at the Pace Digital Gallery in New York. The evening explored thecreation of original software to create tools and services for creative and social use, andthe creation of original work using the tools available within open platforms to build
community and raise awareness.

2007

Xavier University Department of Arts Community Partners
New Orleans, LA
In January 2007, ITP partnered with Xavier University’s Department of Art in New
Orleans in creating a digital storytelling workshop for both Xavier students and the
Xavier’s community partners, exploring the theme of “home.” This partnership took placethrough a series of one-week intensive exchange programs. This was led by Prof.
Marianne Petit at ITP. In October 2007 a team of ITP faculty and community partners
traveled to NoLA to host a workshop session with Xavier University's Department of Arts
Community Partners. I joined Prof. Petit and two of our resident researchers to present
work about physical computing at this workshop.

2005

Industrial Designers' Society of America
Re-Action: Rethinking Design for the Real World
Washington, DC
Panel speaker for Tomorrow's Housewares section. Panel co-chaired by Rebecca
Trump and Lillian Shieh.

2005

Collaborative Artefacts | Interactive Furniture
Workshop on Interactive Furniture
Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland
Participated in three-day workshop of designers and researchers developing interactive
furniture concepts, run by the CRAFT research group from the Ecole PolytechniqueFèdèrale de Lausanne. Presented the work of several ITP students and faculty members
as part of the workshop's proceedings.
2004, 2005

Harvard University
Dept. of Visual and Environmental Studies
Guest speaker for Digital Expression class, taught by Jeffrey Huang and Muriel
Waldvogel.

2004

MIT, CS Artificial Intellligence Lab
Guest speaker for HCI Seminar Series. Presented recent projects in PhysicalComputing, Social Software, and assistive Technologies from ITP.

2002

IV Salon y Coloquio de Arte Digital
Havana, Cuba
One-week presentation on digital art featuring artists and academics from Cuba, Northand South America, Australia, and Europe. Presented a talk on physical computing, andexhibited Not your Mother's Dollhouse, a series of digitally-controlled mechanicaldioramas, developed in collaboration with M.R. Petit.

2000

Siggraph-NYC Invisible Computing
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY
Half-day panel discussion. Presented personal projects as part of Dan O'Sullivan's groupat ITP. Other participants included Steve Feiner (Columbia University), Bill Gaver (Royal
College of Art), Hiroshi Ishii (MIT), Bill Buxton (Chief Scientist, Alias). The goal of theconferences was to build a physical computing community and industry in New York.

1997

Interval Research
Palo Alto, CA
Presentation of personal work to Interval Research staff as part of installation of myBreath​ installation (developed with Romy Achituv) at Interval.

AWARDS
2015
Co-recipient of the Tisch School of the Arts David Payne-Carter Award for
Excellence in Teaching. This is the fifth time since 2002 that the students of ITP havenominated me for this award.
2015
Arduino was collected for the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art,
New York, NY.

2012
Recipient of a Silver Folio: Eddie award for editorial excellence, best single
article in the Business-to-Business >> Technology/Computing/Telecom category for an article
co-authored with Catarina Mota, A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Fabrication in ​Strategy +Business Magazine​.
GRANT AWARDS
2017
University Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant with Professor Marina
Zurkow and Adjunct Associate Professor Stefani Bardin s for the class “Biodesigning the Futureof Food”.
2013
National Science Foundation grant for Collaborative Research project
Ethoinformatics: Developing Data Services and a Standard "Etho-Grammar" for Behavioral
Research. P​ roject was executed in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin andWashington University St. Louis.
2009-2010
University Research Challenge Fund, New York University (co-PI with Professor
Tom Igoe). “Wired” monkeys: Developing physical computing products for wildlife biology.
$17,466. 2009-2010 Curricular Development Challenge Fund, New York University (co-PI withProfessor Tom Igoe). Wildlife observation and sensing: Interactive telecommunications in thenatural world. $6,655.
2013
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute Lean Launchpad Educators Program. Along with
Adjunct Associate Professor Jennifer Van Der Meer, I was awarded travel and conference funds
to attend the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Association (NCIIA) workshop on Lean
Launchpad, at Stanford University.
2012
University Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant with Adjunct Associate
Professor Dustyn Roberts for the class “Biomechanics for Interactive Design”.
2009
University Research Challenge Fund Grant with Associate Professor Anthony Di
Fiore for “Wired” Monkeys: Developing Physical Computing Products for Wildlife Biology. The
project explored new methods for tracking new world primates in the Amazon as part of Prof. Di
Fiore’s ongoing research.
2009
University Curricular Development Challenge Fund grant with Associate
Professor Anthony Di Fiore for the class “Wildlife Observation and Sensing: Interactive
Telecommunications in the Natural World”
2009
Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s Discretionary Fund grant for travel to present twoworkshops at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference in San Jose in March 2009.

2008
Sustainability Fund Grant with Adjunct Associate Professor Jeff Feddersen for
Integrated Renewable Energy Generation, Storage, and Monitoring Pilot Project.

COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONSCollaborators and Co-Authors​: L. Allen (Vision Education & Media), R. Antonsen (UIO Oslo), T.
Arnall (AHO, Oslo), S. Artut (Interaction lab, Sabanci University, Istanbul Turkey), M. Banzi(Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID Copenhagen; Arduino LLC), S. Bardin (NYU
Food Studies), D. Bianciardi (Audio, Video & Controls, LLC), R. Bohne (RWTH Aachen,
Germany), J. Borchers (RWTH Aachen, Germany), C. Bregler, (NYU Computer Science), L.
Buechley (MIT Media Lab), K. Chiou (Washington University), D. Coleman
D. Cuartielles (K3, Malmö; Arduino LLC), A. Di Fiore (University of Texas at Austin), D.
Dougherty (O'Reilly Media), R.L. Dubois (NYU/Poly), J. Feddersen (ITP, NYU and Audio, Video& Controls, LLC), J. Feddersen (ITP, NYU), C. Fleet (New York Public LIbrary), M. Foth
(Queensland University of Technology), M. Frauenfelder (Make Magazine), B. Fry (Fathom
Design, Boston), B. Hartmann (UC Berkeley, EECS), L.E. Holmquist (Mobile Life Center,
Stockholm University and SICS, Stockholm, Sweden), A. Hurst (Ability Project, NYU), M.
Inakage (Keio Media Design, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan), B. Jepson (O'Reilly Media), C.
Kearney-Volpe (Ability Project, NYU), A. Knörig (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam,
Germany), S. Kobayashi (IAMAS, Kyoto, Japan), M. Kuniavsky (ThingM, LLC), B. Light (ITP,
NYU), H. Martin (CIID, Copenhagen), G. Martino (Arduino LLC), S. Maschi (CIID, Copenhagen),
J. Melican (Intel Corp), D. Mellis (MIT Media Lab; Arduino LLC), J. A. Miele (Smith-Kettlewell
Eye Research Institute), M. Naimark (Interactive Media, USC), B. Noveck (New York Law
School), D. O'Sullivan (ITP, NYU), E. Paulos (CMU Computer Science), M. Petit (ITP, NYU), J.
Phillips-Conroy (Washington University), L. Race (ITP, NYU; Ability Project, NYU), L. Race (ITP,
NYU; Ability Project, NYU), C. Ratti (MIT Sensable City Lab), C. Reas (UCLA, Design|MediaArts), A. Rose (CIID, Copenhagen), K. Salen (GameLab Institute of Play; Parsons School of
Design), C. Satchell (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia), E. Singer (Independent Music & Arts
Programmer), R. Wettach (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany), M. Zurkow (ITP,
NYU)