JANA THOMPSON

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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.
Other AI
Get to Know Me
Inclusion and trust in smart home assistants

Virtual Engineer
AI at work
Conversational AI

Meaningless gods and post human companions
Talk given at Colloque IA Fiction (Paris, June 2021)


BBQ Lite
One of many collaborators on a best of class bias-detection dataset for QA models
Product Design

Gear Swap
An app for all gear heads

Maestra
Centering the "at-risk" student in design

Rich Context
Building interfaces for understanding data
Other

Data Ethics Workshops
Helping multiple organizations and teams understand the. ethical side of data practices
(Coming soon)

RunwayML
Heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthrough on RunwayML

(re)imagine
Content Design

IBM Data Science Community
Creating relevant and engaging content for a 20,000+ global community

AWS + Accenture
Content strategy for a global partnership
(Coming soon)

Geek Austin
Building engagement for SXSWi
(Coming soon)