Former UCLA REMAP Team Members

Dominic is a multi-disciplinary visual artist. He is interested in the entertainment industry and looks forward to developing the aesthetics for film and video games. Dominic contributed to the REMAP team as an illustrator and played a role in developing one of the skins for the 'Skyline Traces' project. His other contributions in REMAP include the 'Named Data Networking' project and the 'Recoding Innovation' documentary team. Website: http://domfoong.carbonmade.com/ … [Read more...] about Dominic Foong

Artist-Researcher. Eitan holds both a PhD in Computer Science and MFA in Design and Media Arts from UCLA. Mendelowitz explores the cultural implications of the algorithmic creation of meaning. His process blends performance, generative literature, gameplay, installation and visual arts with embodied interaction, physical interfaces and artificial intelligence to create works situated at the intersections of computer science and the arts. His work articulates the expressive potential of … [Read more...] about Eitan Mendelowitz

Community Outreach Organizer. Elizabeth facilitates community outreach and communications for IMLab and contributes to the conceptualization of several projects including LASHP Trails and FLOW. She has a background in performance and movement and is interested in how the moving body has the capacity to reorient subjectivity. Elizabeth holds an undergraduate degree in Studio Art and Critical Theory from Wesleyan University. … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Sonenberg

As a student in TFT’s new Non Fiction/New Media concentration, Jackie began her internship with REMAP at the end of 2013, joining the team as it developed the LA State Historic Park Welcome Pavilion project. For REMAP, she conducted research and assisted multiple installation processes. Her thesis was an online interactive documentary about a blighted LA neighborhood. … [Read more...] about Jackie Watson

Over the past 6 years, James has worked with Fabian Wagmister, Jeff Burke and the REMAP team on community oriented multi-media projects and events in Los Angeles and oversees, and co-produced 50+ cultural events at his home base: Chiparaki. James is currently co-producing the first phase of a permanent visual installation in a brand new subway station in the re-developing community of Parque Patricios in Buenos Aires, entitled Memoria Barrial. Everyday about 15,000 people pass through this … [Read more...] about James Dellemonico

Jasleen loves everything software. At REMAP, he is the developer of the Android application called Skyline Traces. He recently graduated with a master's degree in Computer Science from UCLA. He received his bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he was recipient of the SIA/ NOL scholarship. He has worked on a variety of projects: a cluster-based Workflow Management System, a Physics Simulation package and an application for … [Read more...] about Jasleen Singh

While a student at both Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) and the National University of Singapore, Jessica was a multiple-term intern with REMAP. She assisted in IMLab’s publicity efforts and participated in the development of plans for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. With other interns, she coordinated the production of the Interpretive Technology Concepts pamphlet for the Park. She was also a web and graphic designer for the NSF-funded documentary Recoding Innovation. Singapore's Media … [Read more...] about Jessica Tan

Katie is an assistant professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a senior research fellow at the University of Maryland’s Information Policy & Access Center. Her research explores ethics and policy for the design of information collections, systems and technologies. She currently leads a project that investigates the values and policy implications of Named Data Networking, a new approach to Internet architecture. She previously … [Read more...] about Katie Shilton

Graduate Student Researcher. Manasi is currently pursuing a Master's in Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Her interests in machine learning, dance and drama drew her to work with REMAP. She earned an undergraduate degree (Computer Engineering) from the University of Pune, India. … [Read more...] about Manasi Deshmukh

Artist. Ren is an alien who hangs out with REMAP occasionally to deposit arty stuff. A Singapore-based artist, Ren has contributed concept art and designs to several REMAP projects, including: IMLab, Eco-Interns, Interactive Digital Mural, and Recoding Innovation. Holding a BFA in Digital Animation from the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University, Ren currently lives online and sleeps in Singapore. Her website: pupuren.com. … [Read more...] about Ren Rong

During the summer of 2011, Cheng Yi contributed to UCLA REMAP by participating in the creation of REMAP's logo. He also assisted Fabian Wagmister in the shooting and editing of interview videos for REMAPPING L.A.. Cheng Yi was also involved in the pre-production phase of Recoding Innovation, a NSF funded documentary which REMAP worked alongside Eyes of the World Media Group to produce. While he was mainly responsible for the motion graphics title sequence draft as well as the identity of the … [Read more...] about Scott Lim Cheng-Yi

Lead Researcher, IMLab. As a recent graduate of UCLA's Masters in Urban and Regional Planning program, Taylor is interested in how the built environment can become more flexible and participatory. He has worked with REMAP intermittently for several years, but was brought on full-time in late 2013 to focus on REMAP's innovative partnership with the Los Angeles State Historic Park (LASHP): the Interpretive Media Laboratory (IMLab). Taylor serves as IMLab's lead researcher and manages the … [Read more...] about Taylor Fitz-Gibbon

As an intern, Tyler's work at REMAP focused around the development of the interactive Welcome Pavilion for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. A transplant from New York City and TFT student, he concentrated on new media and nonfiction storytelling, and also produced several short-form narrative works, including documentaries. Some of Tyler's work as an artist at that time centered on developing a unique method of documentation in order to examine the process of learning an instrument. (He was … [Read more...] about Tyler Schwartz

Vanessa is a director of photography and camera operator residing in Los Angeles, California. Since graduating in 2004 with a M.F.A. in cinematography, Vanessa has worked steadily on documentary and reality television shows. In the past year, Vanessa was the Director of Photography for NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and and worked on the feature documentary "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop." Complementing her documentary work, Vanessa has shot commercials, many short films and 2 independent feature films, … [Read more...] about Vanessa Holtgrewe

Vids is a senior researcher in user experience at the Nokia Research Center Hollywood. His research interests are in exploring how mobile and emerging technologies can be applied in playful interactive experiences that encourage social interactions and creative expression. He has collaborated as an author, designer or software developer on experiences and artworks that combine live performance, interactive narratives, and user generated content and live data from the environment. Some of his … [Read more...] about Vids Samanta

Zening is a computer science student who left her hometown and came to Los Angeles to start her internship with REMAP. For the first time in her life, she is working with talented artists on a project that has much more social and cultural value than anything she has participated in before. … [Read more...] about Zening Qu

Graduate Student Researcher.  Zhehao is developing applications for REMAP and its partners. He is focusing primarily on Named Data Networking, but has also contributed to a number of other projects, including Grace Plains, Bodies for a Global Brain, and Faces. His research interests include computer networking, computer systems and architecture, and algorithms. He is also interested in reading, thinking and learning various random things. Zhehao received his undergraduate degree in 2014. … [Read more...] about Zhehao Wang