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Remotely developing authoring systems for sustainable AR/VR. Preservation and conservation of pre-existing AR artworks. Making the world safe for virtual objects of wonder and those that love them. Magic Mirror Maker. Developing VR/AR projects in Unity/Vuforia for Oculus, Vive, Eye Tracking, Gestural Control, etcWebGL, WebVR, WebXR, Three.JS, A-Frame, ReactJS, React Native, TensorFlow.JS,TypeScript, Electron, Apache Cordova, Node.JS, Blender 3d, Rift, Vive, Cardboard, etc

Data analytics for virtual worlds. Mobile devices to HMD. AWS, Python, Node.JS Rekognition. AWS Lambda, Greeengrass Lambda architecture big data pipelines of user behavioral data. Head tracking, eye tracking, brain tracking, Tensorflow, scikit learn, etc

I was doing remote consulting, programming, designing, data wrangling, etc for hire. VR/AR/AI/HCI/BCI/etc are my specialties. Projects you're passionate about, Things That Matter, Useful Things, Wonderful Things, Terrible Things (because terror is the root of beauty), etc got priority treatment. RTMP audio streaming for Oldweb.today

"Ghost Ensemble seeks to create experiential music. We see the greatest music as a transcendent bridge between worlds — such music is naturally experienced sensually and intuitively rather than intellectually. It is fulfilling because it moves beyond informing, entertaining, or “interesting” our minds and creates a complete experience. Thus, rather than focusing on a particular time period or genre, we look toward the essence of the music’s effect." http://ghostensemble.org/I play various (mostly percussion) instruments (bells, drums, singing bowls, ting sha, kangling, amplified rocks, water filled bowls, tam tam, bell plate, etc) electronics and voice, provide amplification and technology expertise and have composed pieces for members of the ensemble. We have performed at Spectrum NYC, SEM ensemble's Willow Place Auditorium, Queens New Music Festival, Eyebeam, for the book release of Pauline Oliveros' Text Scores Brooklyn Conservatory of Music as part of the Permutations Concert Series, caves hidden inside Inwood Hill Park as part of Make Music NY, on wall street as part of the mayor's office public music program, in a church as part of the East Bank concert series and more.https://indexical.bandcamp.com/album/lightbulb-ensemble-ghost-ensemble-live-at-pioneer-workshttps://indexical.bandcamp.com/album/listening-through-2016https://soundcloud.com/ghost-ensemble

Developed 3d Virtual Telepresence systems, consulted on motion capture and 3d printing projects, guest lecturer for graduate augmented reality classes on computer vision topics, duct taping things to other things to get prototypes working *now* to refine concepts with actual experience instead of conjecture.

New York, Ny, Us

1000% increase in official enrollment in the Emerging Media Technologies Program while I was DirectorRan StudioBlue-An interdisciplinary laboratory for faculty research that provided students with opportunities to participate in real researchCreated video designs for Entertainment Technology Department productionsChaired College wide Technology CommitteeServed on Living Laboratory multi year Title V grantServed on Making Connections: Engaging the Humanities at a College of Technology a multi year NEH grantExhibited and published work internationally including in books by Springer Verlag, ISEA, ELO, etcArtist in Resident at Wavelab 2014 chosen from a pool of international artistisLaunched a human factors VR/Electrophysiology lab with the Psychology department

I was the video systems designer/programmer/gadget maker/etc for Deke Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary-"Inspired by the literary concept of the unreliable narrator and the medieval bestiary, which gave every living thing a spiritual purpose, The Unreliable Bestiary will be an ark of stories about animals, our relationships with them, and the worlds they inhabit. In addition to a set of books and a website, the project will present a performance for each letter of the alphabet – the letter representing a particular animal or habitat. Or idea"​This project elected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 and supported by a Gugenheim Foundation fellowship and a Creative Capital grant. http://www.unreliablebestiary.org/

Champaign, Il, Us

Curated exhibitions of virtual art objects for the CANVAS virtual reality system.Curated exhibitions of technological art for the Intermedia Gallery.Provided technical services for exhibitions of international technological artists throughout the museum.Supported traveling exhibitions of technological and video art throughout the country.

Champaign, Il, Us

Collaborated with a team of computer scientists, artists, musicians, human computer interaction researchers,data visualization and machine learning experts on a variety of projects including exhibitions, performances and the development of software infrastructure for the mWorlds distributed virtual worlds project.

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

Supported and developed software for the CaveWriting VR workshop that is still in use for classes, presented demos to visitors, supported classes in the digital humanities such as the Digital Pinnochio course from Italian Studies that made use of the CAVE

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

Technical support for computer systems for entire music department. General technical needs as well as assisting in research needs of specific faculty. Provided support for computer music and multimedia program classes, recording studios and live events.

Champaign, Il, Us

Developed music information expert systems for Mathematica and what later became Wolfram Alpha

Champaign, Il, Us

Developed algorithmic composition systems for Wolfram Tones Project to create unique personalized ringtones using cellular automata.

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

Taught multimedia programming courses in both front end and server side web development using Javascript, PHP and MySQL for upper division courses.

Carbondale, Il, Us

Conducted experiments with and trained faculty in the use of motion tracking systems, virtual reality hardware and other systems in the New Media Lab.

Master Of Arts- Terminal Degree, Computer Music And Multimedia Composition

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Emerging Media Technologies

Interactive Multimedia Mfa Program

Dual Bachelor'S Degrees, The Worlds Largest Russian Minor, Anthropology - Philosophy - Russian