I am currently exploring various future-facing topics on a DIY sabbatical. Most recently, I was working as research scientist at Meta Reality Labs on neural interfaces, from July 2019 until I quit in December 2022.
Research
I graduated with a PhD in May 2015 from the Dynamic Graphics Project in the University of Toronto’s Computer Science Department. My supervisor was Ravin Balakrishnan (Computer Science). My committee was composed of Daniel Wigdor (Computer Science), Derek Reilly (Computer Science) and Bruce Barton (Drama).
PhD thesis: pdf (49 MB, 148 pages)
IMPROV REMIX – Video Manipulation Using Whole-Body Interaction To Extend Improvised Theatre
Publications





Emma Candy Award Winner 2013
Video on YouTube


System Video (19.1 MB)
Presentation (53.2 MB)

10-Year Lasting Impact Award at UIST 2021

Book Chapters
Reilly, D., Chevalier, F. and Freeman, D. 2014. Blending Art Events and HCI Research. In Interactive Experience in the Digital Age, Candy, L., Ferguson, S., Ed. Springer Books.
Professional Activities
Professional Service
Bowers, J., Taylor, R., Hook, J., Freeman, D., Bramley, C. and Newell, C. 2014. HCI: Human-Computer Improvisation. Workshop at Designing Interactive Systems 2014.
Anonymous Review for ACM CHI 2010-2014, as well as ACM ITS and UIST for some of those years. Reviewer for IJHCS.
Internships
Microsoft Research Cambridge in Computer-Mediated Living. Jan. 2011 – Apr. 2011
HP Labs India with the IMAGIN project. May. 2010 – Aug. 2010
Microsoft Research Redmond in Adaptive Systems and Interaction. Jan. 2009 – Apr. 2009
Teaching
Courses I have been a lecturer for:
CSC148: Introduction to Computer Science, Summer 2011
Courses I have been a Teaching Assistant for
At the University of Toronto:
- CSC 108, 180: Introduction to Computer Programming (Python)
- CSC 165: Mathematical Expression and Reasoning
- CSC 318: The Design of Interactive Computational Media
- SCI 199: Social Networks and Graph Theory
At Queen’s University:
- APSC 171/172: Engineering Calculus
- APSC 174: Engineering Linear Algebra
You can see my unpublished research project page here.
2 responses to “Academic”
[…] have spent a lot of time in academia, and the last four years at commercial startups, including running a few myself. This gives me a […]
[…] Academic […]