I have collaborated with my husband (and fellow PhD student) Josh Tanenbaum on a number of ventures over the years.

Most recently, in October 2009, we entered the UIST Student Innovation Contest to design a novel application for a pressure-sensitive keyboard developed by the Microsoft Research Applied Sciences group. You can see the details of our entry here: Laban Gestures for Expressive Keyboarding. There is also a demo video here.

In May 2009, we took first place in the UC-Santa Barbara Bluesky Innovations Competition on “Social Computing in 2020″, for our entry SENSe (Socialization, Exploration, Negotiation, and Security)

In our spare time, we indulge in amateur filmmaking, with a specialization in costuming and prop making.  At the moment, we are particularly enamored of the Steampunk movement.

Along with some other SIAT students, we entered the Port Moody 2008 Quick Flick Challenge, where competitors produced a 5 minute film in 48 hours based on an “inspiration package”.  Our entry, titled “Takeout for Two“, took first place.

We also entered the 2008 Vancouver Film Race, where competitors produced a 5 minute film in 24 hours, but we did not take home any prizes with our entry, “The Collector“.