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samia menon

Iā€™m Samia Menon - an engineer + researcher based in NYC, interested in the ways technology can be used to support meaningful storytelling, expression, and understanding. Currently, I am a SWE @ Squarespace and conduct research at the Computational Design Lab @ Columbia University.

In my free time, I am also interested in ecology, illustration, archaeology and data visualization.

selected projects šŸ“Œ

šŸŽ­ MoodSmith: Enabling Mood-Consistent Multimedia for AI-Generated Advocacy Campaigns
Samia Menon, Sitong Wang, Lydia Chilton
ICCC 2024
[Paper] [More Info]

šŸ³ Carbon Catchers AR
Created in collaboration with the Science Visualization Group at the American Museum of Natural History + Brown Institute Experience Lead + Technologist
[EarthFest 2024] [Press] [More Info]

šŸ“½ļø ReelFramer: Human-AI Co-Creation for News-to-Video Translation
Sitong Wang, Samia Menon, Tao Long, Keren Henderson, Dingzeyu Li, Kevin Crowston, Mark Hansen, Jeffrey Nickerson, Lydia Chilton
CHI 2024
[Paper] [Video] [Press]

šŸ“± Visualizing Virality
Samia Menon and Sahil Patel

Algorithmic Amplification and Society Symposium 2023
[Website] [About] [Presentation]