shm garanganao almeda
is looking for summer internships ;-)
About
Projects
hi there!
Shm is...
looking for internship opportunities to pursue their interest in content metadata, provenance, and novel creativity support systems for sustainable Human-AI Co-Creativity.
contact
βοΈ email :
firstname (dot) lastname (at) berkeley.edu
πΌ instagram:
@ shm.uh
π¦ twitter:
@ shmu_h
π office hours:
by appointment
CV
portfolio
pronouns
they/them/theirs
siya οΏ½
3rd-person personal pronoun in Tagalog, Ilonggo, and Bisaya. Filipino languages are naturally genderneutral; gendered language and binary norms are colonial influences.
he/him/his
shm garanganao almeda οΏ½
pronounced:
shim
guh
rang
guhnow all
may
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currently...
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SF Bay Area artist & computer scientist
4th-year PhD in EECS Program at UC Berkeley, advised Bjoern Hartmann.
Human Computer Interaction researcher at the intersection of art + technology
previously...
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a child
Class of 2020 @ The College of New Jersey, Computer Science + Fine Art
Adobe Research Fellow, Computational Artistry Intern with Jose Echevaria and Stephen DiVerdi - 2019
the train guy at UIST 2023
interests
researching:
The impact of emergent technologies on creative communities
Designing systems for sustainable human-machine co-creativity
Creativity support tools & networks
Amplifying historically marginalized voices
generally:
bugs π
bunnies π
ecosystems π
painting π
characters βοΈ
v-tubers βΆοΈ
public transportation π
true crime π©Έ
therapy β¨
naps π€
favorite colors:
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orange β
lime β
taupe-mauve β
navy β
teaching
Select 1 of my 6 semesters of teaching below to view details.
CS160 - Summer 2021
CS160 - Spring 2022
CS160 - Summer 2022
CS160 - Spring 2023
DESINV23 - Summer 2023
DESINV202 - Fall 2023
Select a course to learn more.
DreamSheets
Prompting for Discovery: Flexible Sense-Making for AI Art-Making with Dreamsheets
Shm Garanganao Almeda, J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira, Kyu Won Kim, Pradeep Mani Rathnam, Bjoern Hartmann
π Full Paper Currently Under Review
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π arxiv preprint
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About
How can generative artists use Text-to-Image models to reliably achieve desirable results? To study this, we developed DreamSheets, a design probe Text-To-Image βsandboxβ in a spreadsheet. We observed novice and expert artists use it to define and develop their own creative workflows.Β
NFT Art World
The Influence of Decentralized Systems on the Development of Novel Online Creative Communities and Cooperative Practices
Shm Garanganao Almeda, Bjoern Hartmann
π Paper (PDF)
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π ACM DL
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βΆοΈ Video
About
Interviews with 16 creatives utilizing NFTs reveal a vast NFT Art World: cooperative networks developing novel creative practices, interactions, and communities with unique artistic subcultures.
bPigment
Parametric RGB color mixing system for digital painting that enables a novel color-mixing experience, advised by Jose Echevarria & Stephen Diverdi
π Patent
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βΆοΈ Video
About
Techniques for parametric color mixing in a digital painting application. A methodology implementing techniques including generating a Bezier curve extending from a first point to a second point in a 3-Dimensional space.
oligoFriend
Synthesis Cost-Optimal Targeted Mutant Protein Libraries
- Dimitris Papamichail, Madeline Febinger, Shm Almeda, Georgios Papamichail
π Paper (PDF)
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π APBC 2023
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πΌ Poster
About
Algorithms that optimize oligonucleotide chain design to minimize the cost of synthesizing proteins, towards more effective protein variant library design.
SignReader
Accessible American Sign Language Recognition with the Leap Motion Controller, advised by Andrea Salgian
π ACM DL |
πΌ Poster
About
Communities that use visual languages to communicate are underrepresented by translation and language learning tools. Utilized the Python and C++ with the LeapMotion infrared hand-tracking controller to recognize and translate ASL fingerspelling.
