I am a second year graduate student in the Object-Based Media group. I am working on the Smart Architectural Surfaces project, which aims to imbue architectural elements (such as wall tiles) with intelligence using distributed methods which allow groups of autonomous agents to interact with each other. My interests are in computer vision and the visual arts, along with machine learning, and computer graphics.

In my thesis work, I aim to create responsive, interactive spaces using a decentralized collection of heterogeneous, intelligent units. These units will include the elements of the Smart Architectural Surfaces Project (the wall tiles), mobile sensing robots, handheld computers, and traditional laptop and desktop computers. Users will address the space using brightly colored styrofoam balls, which will serve as pointing devices. Users will be able to use gestures to communicate intent to the system.

I am currently searching for the "killer app". Any application you'd like to see on a wall -- let me know. Ideas include a model builder and viewer, paint, and a sort of office wall where notes can be transmitted to the wall and displayed and moved around.