samia menon

Iā€™m Samia Menon - an engineer + researcher based in NYC, interested in the ways technology can be used to support meaningful storytelling, expression, and understanding. Currently, I am a SWE @ Squarespace and conduct research at the Computational Design Lab @ Columbia University.

In my free time, I am also interested in ecology, illustration, archaeology and data visualization.

hello! šŸŒ»


selected projects šŸ“Œ

MoodSmith: Enabling Mood-Consistent Multimedia for AI-Generated Advocacy Campaigns
Samia Menon, Sitong Wang, Lydia Chilton
ICCC 2024
[Paper] [More Info]

Carbon Catchers AR
Created in collaboration with the Science Visualization Group at the American Museum of Natural History + Brown Institute Experience Lead + Technologist
[EarthFest 2024] [Press] [More Info]

ReelFramer: Human-AI Co-Creation for News-to-Video Translation
Sitong Wang, Samia Menon, Tao Long, Keren Henderson, Dingzeyu Li, Kevin Crowston,
Mark Hansen, Jeffrey Nickerson, Lydia Chilton

CHI 2024
[Paper] [Video] [Press]

Visualizing Virality
Samia Menon and Sahil Patel

Algorithmic Amplification and Society Symposium 2023
[Website] [About] [Presentation]

recent updates šŸ“…

[Oct. 2024] āœ‰ļø Attended the M3AAWG Conference, representing the Squarespace Campaigns Team

[Jun. 2024] šŸŽ­ Presented MoodSmith at the 15th Conference on Computational Creativity

[May. 2024] šŸŽ„ Reelframer was presented by Sitong Wang at CHI 2024

[Apr. 2024] šŸ³ Facilitated the release of Carbon Catchers at the American Museum of Natural History