molly jane nicholas
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences |
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University of California Berkeley |
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Berkeley, CA 94720 |
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contact information |
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Twitter: @fakepaperclips |
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keywords |
Human-Computer Interaction, Performance Studies, New Media, Creativity Support Tools |
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education |
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Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Designated Emphasis in New Media University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Advisor: Eric Paulos (EECS) |
2016 - Present |
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Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Cognitive Science University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
2011 - 2014 |
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Professional Certificate, Clown Conservatory San Francisco Circus Center, San Francisco, CA |
2007 - 2009 |
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research experience |
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Graduate Student Researcher Hybrid Ecologies Lab • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Advisor: Eric Paulos Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department |
2016 - Present |
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Research Intern Microsoft Research • Seattle, WA, USA Advisors: Ken Hinckley, Nicolai Marquardt |
2021 |
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Research Intern Microsoft Research • Seattle, WA, USA Advisors: Ken Hinckley, Mar Gonzalez-Franco |
2020 |
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Research Intern Snap, Inc. • Santa Monica, CA, USA Advisors: Rajan Vaish, Brian Smith |
2019 |
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Research Assistant and Lab Manager CogEvoDevo Lab • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Advisors: Lucia Jacobs, Mikel Delgado Berkeley Psychology Department |
2010 - 2012 |
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Research Assistant Human Sleep Science Lab • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Advisor: Matt Walker | Mentor Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski Berkeley Psychology Department |
2010 |
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selected professional experience |
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Stage Manager Lunatique Fantastique • Berkeley, CA |
2017 |
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Engineer Qualcomm, Inc. - Research and Development • San Diego, CA |
2014 – 2016 |
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Engineer Intern Qualcomm, Inc. - Research and Development • San Diego, CA |
2013 |
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Puppeteer Bay Area Children’s Theatre • Berkeley, CA |
2011 |
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volunteer positions |
Inventioneer Invention Lab, CITRIS, UC Berkeley • Berkeley, CA |
2017-Present |
Inventioneer Invention Lab, CITRIS, UC Berkeley • Berkeley, CA |
2014 |
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Geek In Residence FabLab • San Diego, CA |
2015 - 2016 |
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awards and fellowships |
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fellowships |
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018 “Wearable Interfaces Inspired by Performance Studies” |
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ARCS Scholar, Jane Fuller Gillespie Memorial Scholar, 2014 |
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Snap Research Fellow, 2019. Awarded based on "the relevance and quality of their research, their technical and communication skills, and their understanding of how research initiatives can inspire future innovation at Snap." |
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research awards |
Best Paper ACM CHI'17, Illumination Aesthetics. |
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outstanding reviews |
1 recognition for Creativity & Cognition 2022 |
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1 recognition for CSCW 2022 |
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2 recognitions for CHI 2022 |
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1 recognition for UIST 2021 |
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1 recogniiton for DIS 2021 |
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1 recognition for IMWUT 2021 |
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2 recognitions for CSCW 2021 |
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1 recognition for DIS 2020 |
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teaching awards |
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (Spring 2022) |
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publications |
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10 published papers, 5 under review |
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under review |
Molly Jane Nicholas, Eric Paulos. (DIS 22) |
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Sarah Sterman*, Molly Jane Nicholas*, Janaki Vivrekar, Jessie Mindel, and Eric Paulos. *both authors contributed equally. (DIS 22) |
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Molly Jane Nicholas*, Sarah Sterman*, and Eric Paulos. *both authors contributed equally. (C&C 22) |
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Molly Jane Nicholas, David Ledo, Nicolai Marquardt, Michel Pahud, Nathalie Henry Riche, Hugo Romat, Christopher Collins, Rohan Kadekodi, Badrish Chandramouli, Ken Hinckley (DIS 22) |
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Payod Panda, Molly Jane Nicholas*, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Kori Inkpen, Eyal Ofek, Ross Cutler, Ken Hinckley, Jaron Lanier. (CHIWORK 22) |
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Payod Panda, Molly Jane Nicholas, David Nguyen, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Michel Pahud, Jaron Lanier, Ken Hinckley, Sean Rintel, Eyal Ofek. (DIS 22) |
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published |
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Sarah Sterman, Molly Jane Nicholas, Eric Paulos. Towards Creative Version Control In Proc. of CSCW '22, ACM Press (2022). |
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Ye Yuan, Nathalie Riche, Nicolai Marquardt, Molly Jane Nicholas, Teddy Seyed, Hugo Romat, Bongshin Lee, Michel Pahud, Jonathan Goldstein, Rojin Vishkaie, Christian Holz, Ken Hinckley. Understanding Multi-Device Usage Paterns - Device Configurations, Fragmented Workflows In Proc. of CHI '22, ACM Press (2022) |
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Molly Jane Nicholas, Brian Smith, Rajan Vaish. 2021. Friendscope - Exploring In-the-Moment Experience Sharingon Camera Glasses via a Shared Camera In Proc. of CSCW '22, ACM Press (2022). |
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Nicolai Marquardt, Nathalie Henry Riche, Christian Holz, Hugo Romat, Michel Pahud, Frederik Brudy, David Ledo, Chunjong Park, Molly Jane Nicholas, Teddy Seyed, Eyal Ofek, Bongshin Lee, William A. S. Buxton, Ken Hinckley. 2021. AirConstellations - In-Air Device Formations for Cross-Device Interaction via Multiple Spatially-Aware Armatures In Proc. of UIST '21, ACM Press (2021). |
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Molly Jane Nicholas, Stephanie Claudino Daffara, and Eric Paulos. 2021. Expanding the Design Space for Technology-Mediated Theatre Experiences. In Proc. of DIS '21, ACM Press (2021). |
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César Torres, Molly Jane Nicholas, Sangyeon Lee, and Eric Paulos. 2019. A Conversation with Actuators: An Exploratory Environment for Hybrid Materials. In Proc. of TEI '19, ACM Press (2019). [25% acceptance] |
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César Torres, Sarah Sterman, Molly Jane Nicholas, Richard Lin, Eric Pai, and Eric Paulos. 2018. Guardians of Practice: A Contextual Inquiry of Failure-Mitigation Strategies within Creative Practices. In Proc. of DIS '18, ACM Press (2018). [23% acceptance] |
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Christine Dierk, Molly Jane Nicholas, and Eric Paulos. 2018. AlterWear: Battery-Free Wearable Displays for Opportunistic Interactions. In Proc. of CHI '18, ACM Press (2018) |
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Christine Dierk, Sarah Sterman, Molly Jane Nicholas, and Eric Paulos. 2018. HäirIÖ: Human Hair as Interactive Material. In Proc. of TEI '18, ACM Press (2018). |
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César Torres, Jasper O'Leary, Molly Jane Nicholas, and Eric Paulos. 2017. Illumination Aesthetics: Light as a Creative Material within Computational Design. In Proc. of CHI '17, ACM Press (2017) [<1% Best Paper Award, 25% acceptance] BEST PAPER AWARD |
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reports and blogs |
“From STEM to STEAM: Young artists can become engineers, too”. Molly Jane Nicholas, Qualcomm, Inc. 4 May 2016. |
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“Grace Hopper conference celebrates women in computing“. Molly Jane Nicholas, Qualcomm, Inc., 23 October 2015. |
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(Workshop) Molly Jane Nicholas, Sarah Sterman, and Eric Paulos. CHI 2018. Between Technology and Nature: Blurring Boundaries in Outdoor HCI. |
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invited talks |
Artivive: Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. Invited Speaker, December 2019 |
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Artivive: Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. Invited Speaker, November 2019 |
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Artivive: Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. Invited Speaker, October 2019 |
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“Wearable Computing: What the future holds”. Invited Speaker, ARCS Symposium, May 2018 |
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Panelist, Maker Faire '17. |
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Panelist, "Applying to the NSF", Department presentation, Oct 2018, |
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in the press |
“HäirIÖ: An Interactive Extension of the Self“. Kristina Panos, Hackaday, 29 March 2018 |
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“These interactive hair extensions can communicate over Bluetooth“. Arduino Team, Arduino, 20 March 2018 |
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“HäirIÖ Turns Hair Extensions into an Interactive Medium”. Jeremy S. Cook, Hackster.io, 19 March 2018 |
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“NeoPixels for Fauxhawks and Other Hair Fun WearableWednesday". Leslie Birch, Adafruit, 28 October 2015. |
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teaching |
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Jan 2022 |
Graduate Student Instructor (CS61a), Undergraduate level intro to CS, structure and interpretation of computer programs, UC Berkeley [800 students, 65 in my section]. |
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Jan 2020 |
Graduate Student Instructor (Critical Making), Graduate-level course, UC Berkeley [28 students]. |
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Nov 2019 |
Workshop lead (Authoring Augmented Reality), Faculty and Staff continuing education, UC Berkeley [7 participants]. |
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Oct 2019 |
Workshop lead (Authoring Augmented Reality), Faculty and Staff continuing education, UC Berkeley [4 participants]. |
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Oct 2016 |
Workshop lead (Crafting electronics), Athena Awards community workshop, UC Berkeley [40 participants]. |
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Jan 2016 |
Workshop lead (Sewable Circuits Workshop), Qualcomm QWCC Conference, Qualcomm, [80 participants]. |
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Jan 2016 |
Workshop lead (Circuit Stickers), Tech talk speaker (CS and EE), Latina Giving Circle, Qualcomm [40 participants]. |
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Jan 2016 |
Workshop lead (Sewable Circuits), Qualcomm DECA Conference, Qualcomm [50 students]. |
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Oct 2015 |
Event lead (Qbadge event), Speaker, Qualcomm HardWEAR Shindig, Grace Hopper [50 participants]. |
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Oct 2015 |
Speaker (You++ [Resume Critique]), Student Opportunity Lab, Grace Hopper [125 participants]. |
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Aug 2015 |
Panelist (Women in CS), Hackathon mentor, EmpowHERment Conference, Qualcomm [50 participants]. |
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mentorship |
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HCI Research |
Jessie Mindel (BCNM Research Fellow, 1 year) |
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HCI Research |
Arianna Ninh (BCNM Research Fellow, 2 years) |
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GPS |
Three scholars. |
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LAGSES Fellowship |
Three scholars. |
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Equal Access to Application Assistance (EAAA) Program |
Three scholars. |
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service |
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reviews |
74 reviews total as of 2022 |
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special recognition for outstanding reviews (10 total as of 2022) |
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student volunteer |
CHI '18, C&C/DIS '19 |
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institutional service |
Graduate admissions panel, College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA |
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Officer, Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE) 2018-2019, UC Berkeley, CA |
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Organizer, Semester Reading Parties. Increased participation from 8 to over 30, from four different departments across campus. |
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HCI Faculty Search Committee, School of Information '18, CS '18 |
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