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As an experienced technologist and designer, I work in the crossroads of critical theory, linguistics, AI, and emerging technology.  

I don't believe in the simplicity of a problem statement. Most challenges in design have to be met with more than design thinking.  They must be met with critical thought, cultural understanding, and systemic approaches, as well as a willingness to learn. While empathy is the ultimate goal with users, respect must be the foundational principle for a design practice that creates impactful and lasting  solutions.

I am currently based in Seattle and work as a research scientist for the Machine Learning for Language group at the Center for Data Science at New York University. If you'd like to talk about research collaborations, potential freelance work, or just a conversation, reach out on my contact page.

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Mira

Meeting your goals with your digital self

Deck, Playbook

Get to Know Me

Inclusion and trust in smart home assistants

Medium article, Deck

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Virtual Engineer

AI at work

Case Study

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Meaningless gods and post human companions

Talk given at Colloque IA Fiction (Paris, June 2021)

Video

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Mental models for AI ethics tools

Shortcomings in interfaces for technical libraries for ML ethics

Paper, Deck

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BBQ Lite

One of many collaborators on a best of class bias-detection dataset for QA models

Paper

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Contextual Normalcy

Redefining mental health through community and AI

Research

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Information as Storyteller

Creating new audio experiences from Cold War sources

Overview

Image by Alina Grubnyak

Encoding Ourselves

Proposed 2022 research on data and the self

Proposal

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Gear Swap

An app for all gear heads

Medium article

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Maestra

Centering the "at-risk" student in design

Case Study

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Rich Context

Building interfaces for understanding data

Case Study

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LearnDesk

IxDA 2022 Student Charette  entry to design equitable outcomes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students

Presentation Deck

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RunwayML 

Heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthrough on RunwayML

Medium article

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(re)imagine

imagining and reimagining post-anthropocene futures

Case Study

Full Thesis

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IBM Data Science Community

Creating relevant and engaging content for a 20,000+ global community

Medium blog

Sunlink

Virtual reality exploration into climate futures - AWE XR Climate Challenge Finalist 

Video overview

Spatial.io link

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Siento

Strengthening community-based mental well-being for firefighters and paramedics

IAC 2024 Poster Presentation

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Saving the Salish Sea

Game for 6-12 graders to learn about mitigating climate change in the Salish Sea bioregion

Game directory

Anthropocene Spectres of the Salish Sea

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Texas German Dialect Project

Language documentation project for heritage speakers of German in the Texas Hill Country (2002)

Website

©2024 luxzia aka jana thompson

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email me at jana@luxzia.ai

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