Ali Mazalek is an assistant professor in the Digital Media program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she directs the Synaesthetic Media Lab at the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center. Her research interests include the design of hybrid physical-digital spaces and tangible interaction technologies for media arts and entertainment. Mazalek has a PhD from the MIT Media Laboratory's Tangible Media and Media Fabrics groups, where she was a Samsung and MediaLabEurope fellow. Contact her at mazalek@gatech.edu.