David Ayman Shamma is a research scientist in the Internet Experiences group at Yahoo! Research. His research interests include digital expression, creativity frameworks, interaction design and media sharing as well as community-centric multimedia (including music, images, videos, artworks, and performances). His research focuses on understanding creativity as well as building new creative models and tools.

Using models of creativity from his research, Ayman creates media art installations which have been reviewed by The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and Chicago Magazine and exhibited internationally, including Second City Chicago, SIGGRAPH ETECH, Chicago Improv Festival, Wired NextFest and NextMusic.

Ayman holds a B.S. and a M.S. from the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition at The University of West Florida and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Intelligent Information Laboratory at Northwestern University. He has taught courses at the Medill School of Journalism as well as in Computer Science and Studio Art departments. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., he was a visiting research scientist for the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames Research Center.