Ailie Fraser

Ailie is a Senior Research Engineer at Adobe working in Human-Computer Interaction. Her research focuses on storytelling and interactive experiences for video and audio creation. She aims to support peoples’ creativity by designing intuitive workflows that leverage the power of generative AI and media understanding. Before joining Adobe, Ailie completed her PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego, and her BSc in Math, Computer Science, & Music from the University of Toronto.

Details about Ailie’s previous projects and publications can be found on her website.

Human Computer Interaction

Publications

April 13, 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)

VidTune: Creating Video Soundtracks with Generative Music and Video-Based Thumbnails

Mina Huh, Ailie Fraser, Dingzeyu Li, Mira Dontcheva, Bryan Wang

July 4, 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 2025)

“It’s more of a vibe I’m going for”: Designing Text-to-Music Generation Interfaces for Video Creators

Noor Hammad, Ailie Fraser, Erik Harpstead, Jessica Hammer, Mira Dontcheva

October 20, 2020 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)

ReMap: Lowering the Barrier to Help-Seeking with Multimodal Search

Ailie Fraser, Julia M. Markel, N. James Basa, Mira Dontcheva, Scott Klemmer

April 23, 2020 ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (SIGCHI)

Temporal Segmentation of Creative Live Streams

Ailie Fraser, Joy Kim, Hijung Valentina Shin, Joel Brandt, Mira Dontcheva

June 24, 2019 ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C)

Sharing the Studio: How Creative Livestreaming can Inspire, Educate, and Engage

C. Ailie Fraser, Joy Kim, Alison Thornsberry, Scott Klemmer, Mira Dontcheva

May 6, 2019 ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (SIGCHI)

RePlay: Contextually Presenting Learning Videos Across Software Applications

C. Ailie Fraser, Tricia J. Ngoon, Mira Dontcheva, Scott Klemmer

Honorable Mention

April 16, 2018 Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (SIGCHI)

Interactive Guidance Techniques for Improving Creative Feedback

Tricia J. Ngoon, C. Ailie Fraser, Ariel S. Weingarten, Mira Dontcheva, Scott Klemmer

Honorable Mention

June 6, 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS)

DiscoverySpace: Suggesting Actions in Complex Software

C. Ailie Fraser, Mira Dontcheva, Holger Winnemöller, Sheryl Ehrlich, Scott Klemmer

News

When the Music Fits: VidTune Helps Video Creators Find the Right Soundtrack

The experimental technology VidTune generates multiple music tracks from a text prompt and produces visual "contextual thumbnails" for each one, letting creators compare options at a glance.

April 9, 2026

Researcher Spotlight: Ailie Fraser brings a creative mind to new human-computer interactions

Research Engineer Ailie Fraser, a three-time Adobe Research intern turned full-time employee, shared about how her interests come together in her work, what it's like to collaborate on cross-functional teams, and more. Check out the story to learn more.

July 19, 2023

Nurturing the Next Generation of Computer Scientists: The Adobe Research Fellowship

Adobe Research is a home for the intellectually curious. The team annually awards the Adobe Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding PhD students anywhere in the world carrying out exceptional research in areas of computer science important to Adobe.

October 15, 2020