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 & Grants2014 - 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 The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers Design Award for Craftsmanship. Memberships |
WorkEducation2014 - 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 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 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 PublicationsLove 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 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. arXiv:1505.00489 |
