🇻🇪🇨🇦 Principal Research Scientist @Autodesk. Formerly @MSFTResearch intern @Ucalgary Computer Science PhD. @davledo@hci.social
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2014
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Have you seen Atelier from @ADSKResearch? It's a system built on top of @ComfyUI that encapsulates complex workflows into intuitive interfaces for thinking and making with AI visuals, all running locally using open source models!
This work was led by @upcycledwords
Super cool project!! Keep up the awesome work!
This is super cool!
super excited to share this “liquid photos” iOS app concept I’ve been working on! future user interfaces will feel a lot different than today
created at @AXL_Labs
David Ledo retweeted
I gave this talk at CHI and didn’t want the slides to disappear into the void, so I made them into a tiny HTML site :’)
Protosampling as blurring the line between gathering visual inspiration (sampling) and making with it (prototyping)
@esenktutuncu presented PlayWrite, work done at @ADSKResearch under @qianzhou_ and in collaboration with @kopfnuss, George Fitzmaurice and @f_rasera. #CHI2026
PlayWrite is a playful mixed reality experience for interactive storytelling augmented with generative AI.
David Ledo retweeted
Have you seen Atelier from @ADSKResearch? It's a system built on top of @ComfyUI that encapsulates complex workflows into intuitive interfaces for thinking and making with AI visuals, all running locally using open source models!
This work was led by @upcycledwords
@upcycledwords did incredible work to make this project a reality!
This work was also possible because we have great people helping us drive media and entertainment research at @ADSKResearch, especially @f_rasera, George Fitzmaurice, @kopfnuss, @mattspremulli and Hilmar Koch.
@upcycledwords was my intern last year, and just presented Atelier, a canvas for thinking and making visuals powered by novel interfaces using local generative AI. This was informed by creativity theory, and emphasizes process first.
@ADSKResearch at #CHI2026
This work was done in collaboration with @f_rasera and George Fitzmaurice.
Check out the overview video here!
youtu.be/o-yqA0FpkB8?si=IJeC…
Our paper has tons of details behind the design and implementation of the system.
research.autodesk.com/public…
@ErzhenHu presents PreVizWhiz, a system for previsualization with rough 3D scenes that become restyled and reanimated with AI preserving actor likeness.
@kopfnuss was the primary mentor, working with me, @f_rasera and George Fitzmaurice.
@ADSKResearch at #CHI2026
GroundLink is work by Warren Park, working with @kopfnuss and co. at @ADSKResearch to support coordination and common ground for virtual production tasks!
#CHI2026 @acm_chi
Link to their paper and video below!
David Ledo retweeted
What if working with generative media didn't separate
collecting inspiration from making things,
but collapsed them into one activity?
I'll be sharing the concept of Protosampling at #CHI2026, about what happens when sampling and prototyping become so closely coupled.