Mikhaila Friske
Unstable Design Lab
Information Science

Mikhaila Friske is a PhDstudent studying information science in the College of Media, Communicationand Information. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in 2017. Advised by Laura Devendorf, Mikhaila researches smart textiles and textile design software in the Unstable Design Lab. Mikhaila's interests includeexploring the cross-section between handcraft and technology; and technologies that empower underrepresented groups.

Projects

Publications

Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez,Lily M Gabriel,Mikhaila Friske,Shanel Wu,Sasha De Koninck,Laura Devendorf, andMirela Alistar. 2023. "". In:Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing &the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing (UbiComp/ISWC '23 Adjunct).(October 08, 2023).

Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Maxene Graze,Laura Devendorf, Audrey Desjardins, Visda Goudarzi,Mikhaila Friske, and Brian C. Keegan. 2022. "". In:CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. (Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28, 2023).

Mikhaila Friske,Jordan Wirfs-Brock, andLaura Devendorf.2020. Entangling the Roles of Maker and Interpreter in Interpersonal Data Narratives: Explorations in Yarn and Sound. InProceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’20). (Virtual–July 6-20, 2020).[Best Paper Honorable Mention Award].DOI:

Mikhaila Friske,Shanel WuandLaura Devendorf.2019. AdaCAD: Crafting Software For Smart Textiles Design. InProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 345, 13 pages. DOI:(Glagow, UK – May 4-9, 2019)Best Paper Honorable Mention.