Browsing Media Arts and Sciences - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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The I/O bulb and the luminous room
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)We introduce a new device called the I/O Bulb, an evolution of the common lightbulb capable of emitting structured light and performing simultaneous optical capture. This basic notion is extended to suggest an architecture ... -
Identity construction environments : the design of computational tools for exploring a sense of self and moral values
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)We live in a society where concepts of self, community and what is right and wrong are constantly changing. This makes it particularly challenging for young people to construct a sense of self and to identify and develop ... -
Impression formation in the information age : a study and design for online dating
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)43% of American adults are single and many are looking for new social and romantic connections. At the same time, the Internet offers services to both research and contact other individuals. As a result, proactive computer ... -
Improvisational interaction : a framework for structural exploration of media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Whenever we use computers to interact with media, our experience is that of direct control, and the goal of our interactions is either artifact-production (the editor paradigm) or passive exploration (the browser paradigm). ... -
Inertial measurement via dynamics of trapped particles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)We describe theoretical and practical aspects of the particle trap as an inertial sensor. The insight motivating this approach is that a trapped particle acts like a mass on a spring, but the restoring forces are provided ... -
The influences of the just-in-time social cloud on real world decisions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)People have intertemporal biases towards choices that result in immediate gratification versus delayed rewards. The social context can accentuate or downplay preferences towards virtues or vices when making choices in the ... -
Information access and retieval with semantic background knowledge
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Inhabiting the virtual city : the design of social environments for electronic communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Inside the conductor's jacket : analysis, interpretation and musical synthesis of expressive gesture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)We present the design and implementation of the Conductor's Jacket, a unique wearable device that measures physiological and gestural signals, together with the Gesture Construction, a musical software system that interprets ... -
Intelligent antenna sharing in cooperative diversity wireless networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Cooperative diversity has been recently proposed as a way to form virtual antenna arrays that provide dramatic gains in slow fading wireless environments. However, most of the proposed solutions require simultaneous relay ... -
Intelligent cameral control for graphical environments
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Interaction with embodied media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The graphical user interface has become the de facto metaphor for the majority of our diverse activities using computers, yet the desktop environment provides a one size fits all user interface. This dissertation argues ... -
Interactively skimming recorded speech
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Interconnected musical networks : bringing expression and thoughtfulness to collaborative group playing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)(cont.) In order to addressee the latter challenge I have decided to employ the digital network--a promising candidate for bringing a unique added value to the musical experience of collaborative group playing. I have ... -
InterTwinkles : online tools for non-hierarchical, consensus-oriented decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Non-hierarchical, participatory, consensus-based decision making has seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. The traditional techniques of formal consensus, however, are limited to face-to-face meetings, which can ... -
Isis, Cabbage and Viper : new tools and strategies for designing responsive media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Responsive media are media that can sense and react intelligently to factors like presentation conditions or equipment, audience identity or profile, direct interaction, history or anticipation of involvement, and so on. ... -
Learning discriminative models with incomplete data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Many practical problems in pattern recognition require making inferences using multiple modalities, e.g. sensor data from video, audio, physiological changes etc. Often in real-world scenarios there can be incompleteness ... -
Learning the meaning of music
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Expression as complex and personal as music is not adequately represented by the signal alone. We define and model meaning in music as the mapping between the acoustic signal and its contextual interpretation - the 'community ... -
Lens x block : World as construction kit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Purpose and meaning of the physical world can be re-assigned and re-made by individuals as they go rather than being pre-fixed by people who came before them. But this mindset is more rare than it should be if we want an ... -
Lensing Machines : representing perspective in machine learning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Generative models are venerated as full probabilistic models that randomly generate observable data given a set of latent variables that cannot be directly observed. They can be used to simulate values for variables in the ...
