Biographical sketches of authors
Glorianna Davenport
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: gid@media.mit.edu).
Ms. Davenport is the director of the Interactive Cinema Group at the MIT Media Laboratory. Trained as a documentary filmmaker, she has achieved international recognition for her work in the new media forms. Her research explores fundamental issues related to the collaborative co-construction of digital media experiences, where the task of narration is split among authors, consumers, and computer mediators. Ms. Davenport's recent work focuses on the creation of customizable, personalizable storyteller systems that dynamically serve and adapt to a widely dispersed society of audience. She has taught, lectured, and published internationally on the subjects of interactive multimedia and story construction. More information can be found at http://www.media.mit.edu/~gid.
Stefan Agamanolis
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (personal Website: http://www.agamanolis.com).
Mr. Agamanolis is a Ph.D. degree candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory and a research assistant in the Object-Based Media Group. He has worked on a wide variety of research projects involving telepresence and telecollaboration, hyperlinked video, interactive storytelling, responsive environments, ambient media, and intelligent authoring tools for multimedia applications. Before coming to MIT, Mr. Agamanolis studied computer science, philosophy, and film at Oberlin College. Additional information is available at http://www.media.mit.edu/~stefan.
Barbara Barry
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: barbara@media.mit.edu).
Ms. Barry is a second-year master's degree student and research assistant in the Interactive Cinema Group at the MIT Media Lab. Her master's degree research focuses on mobile devices as construction tools for image-based storytelling and artistic expression. Her research includes sensor-driven video environments and interactive storytelling workshops for adolescents and teens. She received a B.F.A. degree from Massachusetts College of Art in 1996 with a focus on painting and performance art. Additional information about her research is listed at http://www.media.mit.edu/~gid.
Brian Bradley
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: beb@media.mit.edu).
Mr. Bradley received a bachelor of science degree from MIT in 1989 and is currently completing requirements for a Master of Science degree in the Media Arts and Sciences program. Information about his research is at http://www.media.mit.edu/~beb.
Kevin Brooks
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: brooks@media.mit.edu).
Dr. Brooks received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the Interactive Cinema Group of the MIT Media Lab after receiving his B.S. degree from Drexel University and an M.A. degree from Stanford University. His thesis project on metalinear narrative structures and theories included the creation of a writer's tool, Agent Stories, designed for creating and managing metalinear cinematic narrative databases. Dr. Brooks is currently a senior staff researcher in the Human Interface Labs of Motorola, Inc. More information about his research at MIT can be found at http://www.media.mit.edu/~brooks.
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