👋🏽 hi, i’m jad
i’m a software engineer, roboticist, & designer based in seattle
jad bendarkawi is a technologist currently developing @ microsoft 365 copilot hub. he’s excited about building interactive digital and spatial experiences. jad’s research interests include human-robot co-creativity, physical / embodied ai, and ai-mediated learning.

The Swarm Garden

RESEARCHSWARM ROBOTICSINTERACTIVE DESIGN

Exploring human-swarm interaction and co-creativity through a self-adaptive, nature-inspired, robotic architectural display.

Manuscript under review.

ConversAR

RESEARCHEDUCATION TECHNOLOGYHUMAN-AI INTERACTIONHCI

Embodied LLM-powered group conversations in augmented reality for second language learners.

Presented @ ACM CHI 2025 LBW.

coming soon

RESEARCHLLM

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blooming*

PROJECTION MAPPINGINTERACTIVE DESIGN

Projection mapping installation.