Mackenzie Leake

Research Scientist

San Francisco

Mackenzie Leake is a Research Scientist at Adobe. Her research focuses on building computational design tools for various creative domains, including textiles and video. Previously she was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT CSAIL and received a PhD in computer science at Stanford University. More information about her research can be found on her website.

Publications

ScrapMap: Interactive Color Layout for Scrap Quilting

Leake, M., Daly, R. (Oct. 13, 2024)

ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)

WasteBanned: Supporting Zero Waste Fashion Design with Linked Edits

Zhang, R., Mueller, S., Bernstein, G., Schulz, A., Leake, M. (Oct. 13, 2024)

ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)

How do video content creation goals impact which concepts people prioritize for generating B-roll imagery?

Huey, H., Leake, M., Aneja, D., Fisher, M., Fan, J. (Jun. 23, 2024)

ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition

ChunkyEdit: Text-first Video Interview Editing Via Chunking

Leake, M., Li, W. (May. 11, 2024)

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

Generating Audio-Visual Slideshows from Text Articles Using Word Concreteness

Leake, M., Kim, J., Shin, H., Agrawala, M. (Apr. 20, 2020)

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

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