Mira Dontcheva

Mira Dontcheva is a Senior Principal Scientist at Adobe Research, leading HCI research at the intersection of video interaction and AI agents. She leads the STORIE Lab, which studies storytelling and interactive experiences with generative AI, and builds tools that make video and audio creation easier and more accessible. She joined Adobe Research in 2008; her earlier work included search and in-product tutorials, and she later worked with the Behance team on creative livestreaming. Her work includes the voice-based image-editing project PixelTone and research on multimodal interaction, creative tools, and video creation. Adobe Research profile

• Current | Adobe Research | Senior Principal Scientist
  • Leads the STORIE Lab and research on storytelling, generative AI, and video/audio creation tools.
• Joined in 2008·Adobe Research·Research roles
  • Earlier work improved search features and in-product tutorials; an Adobe interview identified her then as Principal Scientist and Research Manager.
  • Worked with the Behance team on creative livestreaming and on the PixelTone voice-based image-editing project. Adobe interview

• January 2008·University of Washington·PhD in Computer Science
  • Dissertation on interaction techniques for collecting and organizing personal web content.
• 2003·University of Washington·MS in Computer Science
• 2000·University of Michigan, Ann Arbor·B.S.E. in Computer Engineering

• Primary sources: Adobe Research profile, Adobe interview (April 21, 2020), and University of Washington dissertation and vita.
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