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rows	left right <h1>molly jane nicholas</h1> left right <h6 class="min-spacing" style="font-size:15px;">Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences</h6> left right <h6 class="min-spacing" style="font-size:15px;">University of California Berkeley</h6> left right <h4 class="min-spacing" style="font-size:15px;">Berkeley, CA 94720</h4> left right <br> left right contact information <a href="&#109;&#097;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:&#109;&#111;&#108;&#101;&#99;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#064;&#101;&#101;&#99;&#115;&#046;&#098;&#101;&#114;&#107;&#101;&#108;&#101;&#121;&#046;&#101;&#100;&#117;">molecule [at] eecs [dot] berkeley [dot] edu</a> left right <a href="https://molecule.github.io/">https://molecule.github.io/</a> left right <a href="github.com/molecule/">github.com/molecule/</a> left right <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user%3DUs4u1VQAAAAJ%26hl%3Den&sa=D&ust=1541611539885000">Google Scholar Profile</a> left right Twitter&#58; <a href="https://twitter.com/i/moments/953613429935259649" target="_blank" title="twitter">@fakepaperclips</a> left right <br><br> left right keywords <p class="cv-standard">Human-Computer Interaction, Performance Studies, New Media, Creativity Support Tools</p> left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">education</h2> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science </p> <p class="cv-standard">Designated Emphasis in <a href="http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/academic/designated-emphasis-program/">New Media</a></p> <p class="cv-italics">University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisor&#58; Eric Paulos (EECS)</p> <p class="cv-date">2016 - Present</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Cognitive Science</p> <p class="cv-italics">University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2011 - 2014</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Professional Certificate, Clown Conservatory</p> <p class="cv-italics">San Francisco Circus Center, San Francisco, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2007 - 2009</p> left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">research experience</h2> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Graduate Student Researcher</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="http://www.hybrid-ecologies.org/">Hybrid Ecologies Lab</a> • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisor&#58; <a href="http://www.paulos.net/">Eric Paulos</a></p> <p class="cv-italics">Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department</p> <p class="cv-date">2016 - Present</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Research Intern</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/epic/">Microsoft Research</a> • Seattle, WA, USA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisors&#58; <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/kenh/">Ken Hinckley</a>, <a href="http://www.nicolaimarquardt.com/">Nicolai Marquardt</a></p> <p class="cv-date">2021</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Research Intern</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/epic/">Microsoft Research</a> • Seattle, WA, USA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisors&#58; <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/kenh/">Ken Hinckley</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/margon/">Mar Gonzalez-Franco</a></p> <p class="cv-date">2020</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Research Intern</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="https://www.snap.com/en-US/">Snap, Inc.</a> • Santa Monica, CA, USA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisors&#58; <a href="http://www.rajanvaish.com/index.html">Rajan Vaish</a>, <a href="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~brian/">Brian Smith</a></p> <p class="cv-date">2019</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Research Assistant and Lab Manager</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="http://jacobs.berkeley.edu/">CogEvoDevo Lab</a> • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisors&#58; <a href="https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/lucia-f-jacobs">Lucia Jacobs</a>, <a href="http://catsandsquirrels.com/aboutme/">Mikel Delgado</a></p> <p class="cv-italics">Berkeley Psychology Department</p> <p class="cv-date">2010 - 2012</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Research Assistant</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="https://www.humansleepscience.com/">Human Sleep Science Lab</a> • UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-standard">Advisor&#58; <a href="https://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/matthew-p-walker">Matt Walker</a> | Mentor <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-goldstein-piekarski-637322a3/">Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski</a></p> <p class="cv-italics">Berkeley Psychology Department</p> <p class="cv-date">2010</p> left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">selected professional experience</h2> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Stage Manager</p> <p class="cv-standard"><a href="http://www.lunfan.com/">Lunatique Fantastique</a> • Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2017</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Engineer</p> <p class="cv-standard">Qualcomm, Inc. - Research and Development • San Diego, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2014 – 2016</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Engineer Intern</p> <p class="cv-standard">Qualcomm, Inc. - Research and Development • San Diego, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2013</p> left right <br> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Puppeteer</p> <p class="cv-standard">Bay Area Children’s Theatre • Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2011</p> left right <br> left right far-right volunteer positions <p class="cv-bold">Inventioneer</p> <p class="cv-standard">Invention Lab, CITRIS, UC Berkeley • Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2017-Present</p> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Inventioneer</p> <p class="cv-standard">Invention Lab, CITRIS, UC Berkeley • Berkeley, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2014</p> left right far-right <p class="cv-bold">Geek In Residence</p> <p class="cv-standard">FabLab • San Diego, CA</p> <p class="cv-date">2015 - 2016</p> left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">awards and fellowships</h2> left right fellowships <b>NSF Graduate Research Fellow</b>, 2018 “Wearable Interfaces Inspired by Performance Studies” left right <b>ARCS Scholar</b>, <a href="https://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/honors-awards/arcs-student-celebration/">Jane Fuller Gillespie Memorial Scholar</a>, 2014 left right <b>Snap Research Fellow</b>, 2019. <a href="http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/2956/molly-nicholas-receives-snap-fellowship">Awarded</a> based on "the relevance and quality of their research, their technical and communication skills, and their understanding of how research initiatives can inspire future innovation at Snap." left right research awards <b>Best Paper</b> ACM CHI'17, <a href="https://molecule.github.io/project/illumination-aesthetics/">Illumination Aesthetics</a>. left right outstanding reviews 1 recognition for Creativity & Cognition 2022 left right 1 recognition for CSCW 2022 left right 2 recognitions for CHI 2022 left right 1 recognition for UIST 2021 left right 1 recogniiton for DIS 2021 left right 1 recognition for IMWUT 2021 left right 2 recognitions for CSCW 2021 left right 1 recognition for DIS 2020 left right teaching awards Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (Spring 2022) left right <h2 style="text-align:left">publications</h2> left right <p class="cv-italics">10 published papers, 5 under review</p> left right under review <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Eric Paulos. (DIS 22) left right Sarah Sterman*, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas*</b>, Janaki Vivrekar, Jessie Mindel, and Eric Paulos. *both authors contributed equally. (DIS 22) left right <b>Molly Jane Nicholas*</b>, Sarah Sterman*, and Eric Paulos. *both authors contributed equally. (C&C 22) left right <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, David Ledo, Nicolai Marquardt, Michel Pahud, Nathalie Henry Riche, Hugo Romat, Christopher Collins, Rohan Kadekodi, Badrish Chandramouli, Ken Hinckley (DIS 22) left right Payod Panda, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas*</b>, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Kori Inkpen, Eyal Ofek, Ross Cutler, Ken Hinckley, Jaron Lanier. (CHIWORK 22) left right Payod Panda, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, David Nguyen, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Michel Pahud, Jaron Lanier, Ken Hinckley, Sean Rintel, Eyal Ofek. (DIS 22) left right <br> left right published left right <img src="/src/img/2022-cscw-cvcs.png" style="width:90px"/> Sarah Sterman, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Eric Paulos. <a href="">Towards Creative Version Control</a> In Proc. of CSCW '22, ACM Press (2022). left right <img src="/src/img/2022-chi-fragmented-workflows.png" style="width:90px"/> Ye Yuan, Nathalie Riche, Nicolai Marquardt, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Teddy Seyed, Hugo Romat, Bongshin Lee, Michel Pahud, Jonathan Goldstein, Rojin Vishkaie, Christian Holz, Ken Hinckley. <a href="/src/papers/2022-chi-fragmented-workflows.pdf">Understanding Multi-Device Usage Paterns - Device Configurations, Fragmented Workflows</a> In Proc. of CHI '22, ACM Press (2022) left right <img src="/src/img/2022-cscw-friendscope.jpg" style="width:90px"/> <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Brian Smith, Rajan Vaish. 2021. <a href="/src/papers/2022-cscw-friendscope.pdf">Friendscope - Exploring In-the-Moment Experience Sharingon Camera Glasses via a Shared Camera</a> In Proc. of CSCW '22, ACM Press (2022). left right <img src="/src/img/2021-uist-air-constellations.png" style="width:90px"/> Nicolai Marquardt, Nathalie Henry Riche, Christian Holz, Hugo Romat, Michel Pahud, Frederik Brudy, David Ledo, Chunjong Park, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Teddy Seyed, Eyal Ofek, Bongshin Lee, William A. S. Buxton, Ken Hinckley. 2021. <a href="/src/papers/2021-uist-air-constellations.pdf">AirConstellations - In-Air Device Formations for Cross-Device Interaction via Multiple Spatially-Aware Armatures</a> In Proc. of UIST '21, ACM Press (2021). left right <img src="/src/img/2021-dis-theatre.png" style="width:90px"/> <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Stephanie Claudino Daffara, and Eric Paulos. 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462123">Expanding the Design Space for Technology-Mediated Theatre Experiences.</a> In Proc. of DIS '21, ACM Press (2021). left right <img src="/src/img/cwa-gif.gif" style="width:90px"/> César Torres, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Sangyeon Lee, and Eric Paulos. 2019. A Conversation with Actuators&#58; An Exploratory Environment for Hybrid Materials. In Proc. of TEI '19, ACM Press (2019). <p class="cv-light">[25% acceptance]</p> left right <img src="/src/img/guardians-kiln-gods.jpg" style="width:90px"/> César Torres, Sarah Sterman, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, Richard Lin, Eric Pai, and Eric Paulos. 2018. <a href="http://www.hybrid-ecologies.org/projects/25-guardians-of-practice">Guardians of Practice&#58; A Contextual Inquiry of Failure-Mitigation Strategies within Creative Practices.</a> In Proc. of DIS '18, ACM Press (2018). <p class="cv-light">[23% acceptance]</p> left right <img src="/src/img/alterwear-square-gif.gif" style="width:90px"/> Christine Dierk, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, and Eric Paulos. 2018. <a href="http://www.hybrid-ecologies.org/projects/24-alterwear">AlterWear&#58; Battery-Free Wearable Displays for Opportunistic Interactions.</a> In Proc. of CHI '18, ACM Press (2018) left right <img src="/src/img/hairio-thumbnail.JPG" style="width:90px"/> Christine Dierk, Sarah Sterman, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas</b>, and Eric Paulos. 2018. <a href="">HäirIÖ&#58; Human Hair as Interactive Material.</a> In Proc. of TEI '18, ACM Press (2018). left right <img src="/src/img/ia-thumbnail.jpg" style="width:90px"/> César Torres, Jasper O'Leary, <b>Molly Jane Nicholas,</b> and Eric Paulos. 2017. <a href="http://www.hybrid-ecologies.org/projects/20-illumination-aesthetics">Illumination Aesthetics&#58; Light as a Creative Material within Computational Design.</a> In Proc. of CHI '17, ACM Press (2017) <p class="cv-light">[<1% Best Paper Award, 25% acceptance]</p> <p class="cv-bold">BEST PAPER AWARD</p> left right <br> left right reports and blogs <a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2016/05/04/stem-steam-young-artists-can-become-engineers-too">“From STEM to STEAM&#58; Young artists can become engineers, too”</a>. Molly Jane Nicholas, Qualcomm, Inc. 4 May 2016. left right <a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2015/10/23/grace-hopper-conference-celebrates-women-computing">“Grace Hopper conference celebrates women in computing“</a>. Molly Jane Nicholas, Qualcomm, Inc., 23 October 2015. left right (Workshop) Molly Jane Nicholas, Sarah Sterman, and Eric Paulos. CHI 2018. <a href="http://hcioutdoors.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nicholas-blurring-boundaries.pdf">Between Technology and Nature&#58; Blurring Boundaries in Outdoor HCI.</a> left right invited talks Artivive&#58; Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. <b>Invited Speaker</b>, December 2019 left right Artivive&#58; Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. <b>Invited Speaker</b>, November 2019 left right Artivive&#58; Incorporating Augmented Reality into the arts. <b>Invited Speaker</b>, October 2019 left right “Wearable Computing&#58; What the future holds”. <b>Invited Speaker</b>, ARCS Symposium, May 2018 left right <b>Panelist</b>, Maker Faire '17. left right <b>Panelist</b>, "Applying to the NSF", Department presentation, Oct 2018, left right in the press <a href="https://hackaday.com/2018/03/29/hairio-an-interactive-extension-of-the-self/">“HäirIÖ&#58; An Interactive Extension of the Self“</a>. Kristina Panos, <b>Hackaday</b>, 29 March 2018 left right <a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2018/03/20/these-interactive-hair-extensions-can-communicate-over-bluetooth/?utm_content=buffer0fd5e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">“These interactive hair extensions can communicate over Bluetooth“</a>. Arduino Team, <b>Arduino</b>, 20 March 2018 left right <a href="https://blog.hackster.io/hair-turned-into-an-interactive-medium-with-hairio-3c27cbcd4c23">“HäirIÖ Turns Hair Extensions into an Interactive Medium”</a>. Jeremy S. Cook, <b>Hackster.io</b>, 19 March 2018 left right <a href="https://blog.adafruit.com/2015/10/28/neopixels-for-fauxhawks-and-other-hair-fun-wearablewednesday/">“NeoPixels for Fauxhawks and Other Hair Fun WearableWednesday"</a>. Leslie Birch, <b>Adafruit</b>, 28 October 2015. left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">teaching</h2> left right Jan 2022 <b>Graduate Student Instructor (CS61a)</b>, Undergraduate level intro to CS, structure and interpretation of computer programs, UC Berkeley [800 students, 65 in my section]. left right Jan 2020 <b>Graduate Student Instructor (Critical Making)</b>, Graduate-level course, UC Berkeley [28 students]. left right Nov 2019 <b>Workshop lead (Authoring Augmented Reality)</b>, Faculty and Staff continuing education, UC Berkeley [7 participants]. left right Oct 2019 <b>Workshop lead (Authoring Augmented Reality)</b>, Faculty and Staff continuing education, UC Berkeley [4 participants]. left right Oct 2016 <b>Workshop lead (Crafting electronics)</b>, Athena Awards community workshop, UC Berkeley [40 participants]. left right Jan 2016 <b>Workshop lead (Sewable Circuits Workshop)</b>, Qualcomm QWCC Conference, Qualcomm, [80 participants]. left right Jan 2016 <b>Workshop lead (Circuit Stickers), Tech talk speaker (CS and EE)</b>, Latina Giving Circle, Qualcomm [40 participants]. left right Jan 2016 <b>Workshop lead (Sewable Circuits)</b>, Qualcomm DECA Conference, Qualcomm [50 students]. left right Oct 2015 <b>Event lead (Qbadge event), Speaker</b>, Qualcomm HardWEAR Shindig, Grace Hopper [50 participants]. left right Oct 2015 <b>Speaker (You++ [Resume Critique])</b>, Student Opportunity Lab, Grace Hopper [125 participants]. left right Aug 2015 <b>Panelist (Women in CS), Hackathon mentor</b>, EmpowHERment Conference, Qualcomm [50 participants]. left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">mentorship</h2> left right HCI Research Jessie Mindel (BCNM Research Fellow, 1 year) left right HCI Research Arianna Ninh (BCNM Research Fellow, 2 years) left right GPS Three scholars. left right LAGSES Fellowship Three scholars. left right Equal Access to Application Assistance (EAAA) Program Three scholars. left right <br> left right <h2 style="text-align:left">service</h2> left right reviews 74 reviews total as of 2022 left right <b>special recognition for outstanding reviews</b> (10 total as of 2022) left right <br> left right student volunteer CHI '18, C&C/DIS '19 left right institutional service <b>Graduate admissions panel</b>, College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA left right <b>Officer</b>, Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE) 2018-2019, UC Berkeley, CA left right <b>Organizer</b>, Semester Reading Parties. Increased participation from 8 to over 30, from four different departments across campus. left right <b>HCI Faculty Search Committee</b>, School of Information '18, CS '18 left right <br>

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