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Overview

Mira Dontcheva is affiliated with Adobe Systems in the United States, contributing to research in the fields of Computer Science and Social Sciences. Their work intersects multiple subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Communication, and Management Information Systems.

The scientist's recent publications focus notably on topics such as Digital Games and Media, Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media, FinTech, Crowdfunding, and Digital Finance, Multimedia Communication and Technology, Digital Communication and Language, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, and Persona Design and Applications.

Mira Dontcheva has authored several papers, including:

  • StreamSketch (2021), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • PodReels: Human-AI Co-Creation of Video Podcast Teasers (2024), presented at Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • Yarn: Adding Meaning to Shared Personal Data through Structured Storytelling (2020), published by Canada Human-Computer Communications Society
  • CrowdFolio (2021), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • PodReels: Human-AI Co-Creation of Video Podcast Teasers (2023), available on arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaboration has played a role in their research, with frequent coauthors including Dingzeyu Li and Lydia B. Chilton, each having coauthored two papers with Dontcheva, as well as contributions alongside Zhicong Lu, Rubaiat Habib Kazi, and Li-Yi Wei.

The venues where Dontcheva's work has been published reflect a focus on human-computer interaction and interactive systems, with repeated contributions to the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Canada Human-Computer Communications Society, and arXiv preprints.

Their multidisciplinary research addresses the interaction between humans and technology, applying methods and insights from social sciences and computer science domains, emphasizing areas such as multimedia communication, digital finance, and innovative approaches to storytelling and data representation.

Best Publications

  • Interactive digital photomontage

    Aseem Agarwala;Mira Dontcheva;Maneesh Agrawala;Steven Drucker

  • Two studies of opportunistic programming: interleaving web foraging, learning, and writing code

    Joel Brandt;Philip J. Guo;Joel Lewenstein;Mira Dontcheva

  • Example-centric programming: integrating web search into the development environment

    Joel Brandt;Mira Dontcheva;Marcos Weskamp;Scott R. Klemmer

  • DataTone: Managing Ambiguity in Natural Language Interfaces for Data Visualization

    Tong Gao;Mira Dontcheva;Eytan Adar;Zhicheng Liu

  • Layered acting for character animation

    Mira Dontcheva;Gary Yngve;Zoran Popović

  • Generating photo manipulation tutorials by demonstration

    Floraine Grabler;Maneesh Agrawala;Wilmot Li;Mira Dontcheva

  • Pause-and-play: automatically linking screencast video tutorials with applications

    Suporn Pongnumkul;Mira Dontcheva;Wilmot Li;Jue Wang

  • Data Illustrator: Augmenting Vector Design Tools with Lazy Data Binding for Expressive Visualization Authoring

    Zhicheng Liu;John Thompson;Alan Wilson;Mira Dontcheva

  • MatrixWave: Visual Comparison of Event Sequence Data

    Jian Zhao;Zhicheng Liu;Mira Dontcheva;Aaron Hertzmann

  • MixT: automatic generation of step-by-step mixed media tutorials

    Pei-Yu Chi;Sally Ahn;Amanda Ren;Mira Dontcheva

  • Patterns and Sequences: Interactive Exploration of Clickstreams to Understand Common Visitor Paths

    Zhicheng Liu;Yang Wang;Mira Dontcheva;Matthew Hoffman

  • Discovery-based games for learning software

    Tao Dong;Mira Dontcheva;Diana Joseph;Karrie Karahalios

  • Data-Driven Guides: Supporting Expressive Design for Information Graphics

    Nam Wook Kim;Eston Schweickart;Zhicheng Liu;Mira Dontcheva

  • Summarizing personal web browsing sessions

    Mira Dontcheva;Steven M. Drucker;Geraldine Wade;David Salesin

  • MixT: automatic generation of step-by-step mixed media tutorials

    Pei-Yu Chi;Sally Ahn;Amanda Ren;Björn Hartmann

  • Combining crowdsourcing and learning to improve engagement and performance

    Mira Dontcheva;Robert R. Morris;Joel R. Brandt;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Affective computational priming and creativity

    Sheena Lewis;Mira Dontcheva;Elizabeth Gerber

  • PixelTone: a multimodal interface for image editing

    Gierad P. Laput;Mira Dontcheva;Gregg Wilensky;Walter Chang

  • How to Resolve IP Aliases

    Neil Spring;Mira Dontcheva;Maya Rodrig;David Wetherall

  • No Code Required: Giving Users Tools to Transform the Web

    Allen Cypher;Mira Dontcheva;Tessa Lau;Jeffrey Nichols

  • DemoCut: generating concise instructional videos for physical demonstrations

    Pei-Yu Chi;Joyce Liu;Jason Linder;Mira Dontcheva

  • A Framework for content-adaptive photo manipulation macros: Application to face, landscape, and global manipulations

    Floraine Berthouzoz;Wilmot Li;Mira Dontcheva;Maneesh Agrawala

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Drucker
Steven M. Drucker Microsoft (United States)
Wilmot Li
Wilmot Li Adobe Systems (United States)
David Salesin
David Salesin Google (United States)
Michael F. Cohen
Michael F. Cohen Facebook (United States)
Aaron Hertzmann
Aaron Hertzmann Adobe Systems (United States)
Scott R. Klemmer
Scott R. Klemmer University of California, San Diego
Eytan Adar
Eytan Adar University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maneesh Agrawala
Maneesh Agrawala Stanford University
Aseem Agarwala
Aseem Agarwala Adobe Systems (United States)
Elizabeth M. Gerber
Elizabeth M. Gerber Northwestern University

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