Milka Trajkova

Milka Trajkova is a Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. She holds a Ph.D. in Informatics from Indiana University, with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction. Her work bridges her background as a professional ballet dancer with AI research, aiming to design non-invasive tools for optimizing human movement in performance, learning, and creativity. She is part of the Expressive Machinery Lab and has contributed to projects like LuminAI, an AI dance partner, and co-creative public art installations using holographic technologies. Her research emphasizes democratizing access to movement education through AI-driven feedback systems.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Informatics, Indiana University (2021)
• Bachelor’s in Information Systems and Management, South East European University (Skopje, Macedonia)

Research Interests: Dance Technology, Human-Centered AI, Embodied Interaction, AI in Education, and Movement Assessment. She explores how AI can enhance dance training, rehabilitation, and creative collaboration through tools like real-time pose classification (e.g., StreamPoseML) and co-creative systems (e.g., LuminAI).

Awards and Recognition: None explicitly listed.

Grants and Advising: While no grants or students are listed, her work has been supported through institutional and collaborative projects at Georgia Tech and Indiana University. She collaborates on lab initiatives and public engagement programs.

Labs and Teams: Expressive Machinery Lab at Georgia Tech, focusing on creative technologies and human-AI collaboration.