Yulia Silina
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About Yulia


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Yulia fuses analogue and digital practices through her extensive knowledge of human-centered design, IoT technologies, cognitive science and traditional textile and silversmithing techniques. Her aim is to advance the multidisciplinary field of wearable devices with an emphasis on human experience and development of meaningful artifacts.

Yulia was a maker from a young age and began her explorations in computer science in the early 90-es. During her fruitful international career as a commercial designer and independent artisan, Yulia became interested in what happens when traditional artifacts begin to merge with wearable technology. Throughout her career, she has been passionate about facilitating multidisciplinary collaborations and sharing and translating knowledge across disciplines.

In her PhD at Queen Mary University of London, Yulia is currently developing computational jewelry, expanding the interaction vocabulary of social wearables and exploring their role in mediating human relationships. 

Awards & Grants

2014 - Present
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council > Queen Mary Doctoral Training Centre. 
Grant for full scholarship & stipend for PhD research

2018 - 2019
​Innovate UK Research and Innovation
Grant for developing a human-centered wearable devices 

2017
Horizon 2020 > Wear-sustain
Grant for enhancing sustainability and data privacy in wearable devices

2010
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The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers
Design Award for Craftsmanship. 

Memberships

Makerversity
London Hack Space
South London Maker Space
Craft Central Network of Designer Makers 
The Society of Botanical Artists
The Silver Society

Work

See: www.linkedin.com/in/yuliasilina/

Education 

2014 - Present 
PhD Research in Wearable tech & Computer-mediated Relationships
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, MAT
Queen Mary University of London, UK

2014 - 2015
Diploma in Jewelry
Morley College, UK

2013 - 2014 
Msc Media & Art Technology
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, MAT
Queen Mary University of London, UK
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2012 - 2014
Diploma in Botanical Illustration
The Society of Botanical Artists, UK

2006 - 2016
Explorations in Silversmithing, Textiles & Applied Arts 
Central Saint Martins/ CitiLit / Cass /
Morley College / West Dean College, UK
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2005 - 2006
Diploma in Millinery Foundation
Kensington and Chelsea College, UK

1995 - 1999 
BA, Interior Architecture & Design 
MICA Maryland Institute College of Art, US

1991 – 1993
Applied Math & Computer Science
Saint Petersburg University, Russia

Recent Publications

​Love is all you need: user preferences of strategies for mediating intimate relationships through technology
Y Silina, A Apetroaia, A Hsu. 2018
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction
doi 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.28

Infusing meaning into social wearables: lessons from sentimental jewelry
Y Silina, A Hsu. 2018
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction
doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.72

​​Designing social wearables for mediation of intimate relationships 
Y Silina. 2016
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2957265.2963111

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New Directions in Jewelry: a Close Look at Emerging Trends & Developments in Jewelry-like Wearable Devices. 
Yulia Silina, Hamed Haddadi. 2015 ISWC.
ACM doi 10.1145/802083.2808410 

The Distant Heart: Mediating Long-Distance Relationships through Connected Computational Jewelry. 
Yulia Silina, Hamed Haddadi. 2015.
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arXiv:1505.00489
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