MATTHEW STOKES
ROLE: STAFF DESIGNER, LEAD
FOCUS: SYSTEMS DESIGN, INTELLIGENCE & AMBIENT COMPUTING
COMPANY: GOOGLE
LINKEDIN: MATTSTOKES
CAMBRIDGE, MA
2025

DESIGNING THE HUMAN INTERFACE LAYER FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS. HOW HUMANS SUPERVISE, CORRECT, AND COLLABORATE WITH AI MAKING REAL-TIME DECISIONS. INTERESTED IN APPLYING THESE CAPABILITIES TO DEFENSE AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

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BACKGROUND

MS and BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Human-Computer Interaction and Information Technology. Started at Google Zurich in 2012, designing conversational interfaces and smart displays. Led Duplex on the web, using ML to automate web browsing for everyday tasks. Before that, shaped Google Maps personal context features and the original Google Trips.

Now at Google Cambridge, focusing on Android System UI and intelligence. The work spans screen context, input methods, and text/image understanding. Less about individual apps, more about making the entire system aware and adaptive. Prototyping with AI coding tools to rapidly validate technical feasibility of design concepts.

13
Years at Google
7
Product Launches
5
Patents
02

Selected Work

Android AI Features
2019-Present
Android / System Intelligence
Pixel & Android Intelligence

Leading design and integration of intelligence across Android OS. Screen context, input methods, text and image understanding.

Duplex on the Web
2018-2019
Google Assistant / ML Automation
Duplex on the Web

Assistant-mediated fulfillment through automated web browsing.

Android Notification Summaries
2024-2025
Android / Gemini Nano
Notification Summaries

On-device AI summarization of messaging threads.

Google Home Hub Smart Display
2016-2018
Google Assistant / Hardware
Smart Displays

First Google Assistant smart displays.

Google Trips 2015-2016 Travel / Mobile
Google Trips App Interface

Personalized travel guide from Gmail. Automatic trip detection and organization with offline access.

Maps Personal Context 2014-2016 Google Maps
Google Maps Timeline

Timeline and personalized recommendations. Your location history as a browsable, searchable personal archive.

Travel Hotels 2012-2014 Google Travel
Google Hotel Finder Map Interface

First mobile web hotels experience. Map-centric search with real-time pricing and availability.

Vodafone 360 2008-2012 Vodafone
Vodafone 360 People

Cross-platform address book with social integration. Unified contacts across devices and networks.

03

Additional Research

Project Year Domain
Spyglass 2025 Intelligence

Real-time Bayesian inference engine for signals intelligence logging. Camera-first interface for field operators with probabilistic entity tracking and automated brief generation.

Apple Health Integration 2025 iOS / Health

Claude skill for comprehensive health data import and analysis. Pattern recognition across training and recovery.

Ground 2025 iOS / Motion

Inferring intent from motion. Pushup counter that bridges sensor data and semantic meaning through pattern recognition.

The Latent Graph 2025 Theory

Your actions form a probabilistic graph you're mostly unaware of. How behavioral patterns emerge from observation and enable prediction.

Density Timing 2025 Theory

Information density isn't static—it's choreographed. The right detail at the wrong time is noise. The interface that breathes.

Context Transfer 2025 Theory

Your devices sync state. But they should translate context. When you switch modalities, the interface must translate intent, not replicate pixels.

04

Patents

US20240232272A1 · Google LLC · 2024
Analyzing Web Pages to Facilitate Automatic Navigation
Designed the interaction model for voice-commanded web browsing. Users speak intent, watch the AI navigate, and confirm actions—maintaining control while offloading tedious multi-step tasks.
Pending
US12498838B2 · Google LLC · 2024
Contextual Triggering of Assistive Functions
Designed interaction model for screen context understanding. System analyzes on-screen content to surface relevant actions and suggestions without explicit user queries.
Granted
USD878395S1 · Google LLC · 2020
Display Screen with Graphical User Interface
Led interaction design for Google's first Assistant smart display. Created the glanceable information hierarchy and touch/voice interaction patterns for ambient home computing.
Design
US8909650B2 · Vodafone Holding GmbH · 2014
Ordering Data Items Pertaining to Contacts According to Relevance
Co-invented relevance scoring algorithm for predictive contact ordering. System learns individual communication patterns to surface the right contacts at the right time.
Granted
US20080281832A1 · 2008
System and Method for Processing RSS Feeds
Designed unified reading experience across multiple content sources. Early work in presenting heterogeneous information streams as a coherent, scannable interface.
Filed