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Toronto, On, Ca

Treviso, Veneto, Italy

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

-Supporting the artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer as a member of the R&D team.-Developing software and hardware solutions for artworks ranging from small art objects to major installations.-Oversaw the exhibition 'Translation Island,' shown in the Manar Abu Dhabi art festival, for one month.-Working with TouchDesigner, Python, Arduino, OpenFrameworks, Electron, and more.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Assisted in day-to-day operations of the lab, including maintenance and operation of lab equipment. These include 3D printers, laser cutters, projectors, robotic arms, and XR equipment.-Ran multiple workshops on motion capture, including a general workshop, one targeted to undergraduate Performance students, and one for Masters of Interior Design students.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Assisted in day-to-day operations of the lab, including maintenance and operation of lab equipment. These include 3D printers, laser cutters, projectors, robotic arms, and XR equipment.-Developed a custom TouchDesigner component to receive Rokoko motion capture information over UDP and parse / clean the data to make it usable.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Assisted School of Performance professor Michael F. Bergmann on a project exploring Human-AI co-performance, conducted through the Technological Research in Performance Lab (TRiPL).-Created a Python application that allowed for a real-time, spoken conversation between human and AI using Whisper, the OpenAI API, and speech synthesis

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Teaching Assistant for RTA 321: Intro to Tangible Media.-Graded, gave feedback, and supported students with physical computing, including circuit design and Arduino programming.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Worked on a simulation tool in Unreal Engine 5 using C++ to test and visualize choreography between water-based drones using the same processes as our live performances.-Planned and developed communication / networking protocols.-Created a Python server that managed communications between our drones' ESP32 chips and an external control software.-Developed I2C connections between component parts.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Worked with a cohort of interns to create a prototype to serve as an example of how small businesses can enter the Metaverse.-Developed UI with React, and a back-end using Node.js, a MongoDB database, and Socket.io for real time multi-user connections.-Implemented the multi-user functionality in the 3D environment using Three.js.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Assisted in day-to-day operations of the lab, including maintenance and operation of lab equipment. These include 3D printers, laser cutters, projectors, robotic arms, and XR equipment.-Designed and developed an interactive projection-mapping project displayed in DesignTO 2022. Technologies involved were TouchDesigner, OpenVR, Node.js, a KUKA robot arm, and front-end web development.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Part of a SSHRC-funded research project led by David Bouchard, Dr. Cintia Cristia, and Michael F. Bergmann through the RTA School of Media and the School of Performance.-Designed and developed an augmented reality application to support digital delivery of orchestral music through the use of spatial and visualized audio.-Developed using Unity [C#].-The app, as well as an accompanying short-paper I co-authored, were presented at the EVA London 2022 conference.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Planned the technical aspects for a future generative installation.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Supported ongoing research project through the design and development of an AR HoloLens application that supports training for medical workers through the manipulation of medical models.-Developed with Unreal Engine [Blueprints].