Bio

I am an assistant professor in computer science at the University of Nottingham, and a human-computer interaction researcher, specialised in embodied interaction, music interaction, human-robot interaction and human-AI interaction. I have expertise with HCI methods, such as design ethnography, co-design, and soma design, which I apply to interaction design. I often use electronics and embedded computing platforms such as Bela to develop my prototypes, using sensors and actuators and a range of fabrication techniques.

Selected publications:

Juan Martinez Avila, Adrian Hazzard, Chris Greenhalgh, Steve Benford, and Andrew McPherson. 2023. The Stretchy Strap: Supporting Encumbered Interaction with Guitars. Journal of New Music Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2023.2274832

Juan Pablo Martinez Avila, João Tragtenberg, Filipe Calegario, Ximena  Alarcon, Laddy Patricia Cadavid Hinojosa, Isabela Corintha, Teodoro  Dannemann, Javier Jaimovich, Adnan Marquez-Borbon, Martin Matus Lerner,  Miguel Ortiz, Juan Ramos & Hugo Solís García. 2022. Being (A)part of NIME: Embracing Latin American Perspectives. NIME 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.b7a7ba4f
[🏅 Honourable Mention] 

Juan Martinez Avila, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Pavel Karpashevich, Charles Windlin, Niklas Valenti, Kristina Höök, Andrew McPherson, and Steve Benford. 2020. Soma Design for NIME. In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2020), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4813491

Juan Pablo Martinez Avila, Chris Greenhalgh, Adrian Hazzard, Steve Benford, Alan Chamberlain. 2019. Encumbered Interaction: A Study of Musicians Preparing to Perform. In 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4-9, 2019, Glagsow, Scotland, UK. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Paper 476, 13 pages. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300706

[🏅 Honourable Mention]