Lenny Martinez

PhD Candidate at ISIR.

CV

Education

PhD Candidate in Human-Computer Interaction, 2024–present
Sorbonne Université, ISIR, France
Thesis (working title): “Representational Agency in Documentary and Personal Photography with Generative AI”
Advisors: Baptiste Caramiaux (Sorbonne Université) and Sarah Fdili Alaoui (University of the Arts, London)

MSc. in Design for Interaction, 2023
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands
Thesis: “Design Guidelines for Human-Agent Collaboration in a Painting Context: Authority, Autonomy, and Delegation”
Committee: Nazlı Cila (Chair); Marco Rozendaal

MSc. in Photography, 2019
Syracuse University, The Newhouse School of Public Communications, USA
No formal thesis. Presented three projects on data-driven and visual storytelling
Committee: Mike Davis (Chair); Jodi Upton; Alberto Cairo

BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Research and Professional Experience

Doctoral Researcher, ISIR, Sorbonne University, 2024–present
ACIDE Team, HCI Group

Research Assistant, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, 2022–2023
Supervised by: Maria Luce Lupetti, Dave Murray-Rust, and Senthil Chandrasegaran

Lecturer, University of Miami, 2019–2021
School of Communication, Departments of Interactive Media and of Journalism and Media Management

Teaching

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Service

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Awards & Fellowships