Dr Kenny K. N. Chow directs the Interaction Design Lab, Master of Design in Interaction Design and Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Media at the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Join us on March 23rd (Tues) for an engaging discussion on "Design & Technology - Dive Deep into the Heart of Interactive Media & Animation"
MARCH 23RD: FRANCE & HK DIGITAL DESIGN DAY @POLYU
Dr Kenny K. N. Chow will be participating in a panel discussion on "Design & Technology - Dive Deep into the Heart of Interactive Media & Animation" on March 23rd (Tues) as part of the FRANCE & HK DIGITAL DESIGN DAY @POLYU. Tune in to the discussion from 5:45 – 7:15 pm (HK time).
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Speaker Profile
Dr Kenny K. N. Chow, Associate Professor, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kenny K. N. Chow is an Associate Professor in the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, directing the Interaction Design Lab, Master of Design in Interaction Design and Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Media.
Chow received a Ph.D. in Digital Media from Georgia Institute of Technology U.S.A., an M.F.A. from the City University of Hong Kong, an M.Sc. and a B.Sc. from the University of Hong Kong.
He is the author of Animation, Embodiment, and Digital Media: Human Experience of Technological Liveliness published by Palgrave Macmillan. It integrates embodied cognition ideas from cognitive science with interpretative approaches to digital media, discussing how today’s animated interface phenomena transform the ways we think, feel, and play.
He has papers published in International Journal of Design, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Digital Creativity, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, Interacting with Computers, Information Design Journal, Leonardo, Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, as well as conference proceedings including Persuasive Technology, Creativity and Cognition, Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, International Design and Emotion Conference, International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference, and others. He also has book chapters in Language and the Creative Mind (The University of Chicago Press) and Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives (University Press of Mississippi and Hong Kong University Press).
Chow was Program Chair (together Teresa Cerratto-Pargman and William Odom) of the 2018 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, which received 645 submissions for Papers and Notes, Pictorials, Workshops, Provocations and Work-in-Progress, Doctoral Consortium Submissions, and Demos. The proceedings included 117 papers/notes/pictorials in 28 sessions plus a companion volume.
Before joining the academia, Chow has had extensive work experience in film, animation, broadcast, and multimedia productions.