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Brent BaileyBrent Bailey is a creative technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is interested in games and models (algorithmic and otherwise), and finding ways to use technology for joy and liberation. His work focuses on creative code and critical/ethical data & AI, if such a thing is even possible.1991-presentWV > PDX > NYCbrent L bailey [at] gmail dot com // https://bront.rodeo
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Current
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EyebeamTech Fellow2022-presentNew York, NYAssisting with Eyebeam's digital programs and launch of a new digital space. Researching open-source alternatives to surveillance tech.
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Past
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Volvox LabsCreative Technologist2021New York, NYPrototyping digital experiences with GANs.
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CUNY Hunter Film & MediaAdjunct Assistant Professor2021New York, NYTaught creative web development with JavaScript in Hunter College's Emerging Media program.
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Stephanie Dinkins StudioCreative Technologist2021New York, NYWorked on artistic applications of transformer models.
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MIT Center for Arts, Science and TechnologyTechnical Consultant/Web Developer2020-2021New York, NYTechnical consultant for the Generative Unfoldings art exhibit. Provided technical feedback and assistance to artists and designed and developed digital gallery space for the exhibit.
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Code.orgAI Ethics and Curation2020-2021New York, NYCompiled real-world datasets for K-12 machine learning curriculum. Generated toy datasets with Python. Helped design curriculum around data collection, modeling, and ethics.
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Consumer Reports and NYC Media LabResearch Fellow2020New York, NYPart of a team of three selected for a grant as part of the Consumer Privacy Challenge. Designed and prototyped a computer vision app to detect Internet of Things devices and educate users about their data and privacy practices. With Matthew Ross and Arnab Chakravarty.
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New York UniversityGraduate Researcher, ml5 project2019-2020New York, NYWorked with Ayodamola Okunseinde and Nikita Huggins on the Black Corpus project.
Built Karma/Jasmine test suite for in-browser machine learning library.
Researched browser-based applications of deep convolutional text-to-speech models.
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Education
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New York UniversityMaster of Professional Studies, Interactive Telecommunications2018-2020New York, NYRed Burns scholarship recipient. Green Grant recipient for construction of solar power research station. Completed graduate thesis, a speculative softare suite focused on the relationships among AI, data, and the self: Echoes. Technologies used: Tensorflow, deep convolutional text-to-speech, web scraping, GPT-2, and a lot more. Graduate assistant: Code! 1 and 2. Graduate researcher for ml5.js project.
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Middlebury Institute of International Studies2018Monterey, CAThree-month Arabic language immersion program. Certified as an intermediate-level MSA speaker.
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Reed CollegeBachelor of Arts, Philosophy2010-2014Portland, ORManager of the Student Union. Selected as a tutor for academic achievement in Formal Logic. Studied abroad at Paris IV - Sorbonne. Completed thesis on metaphysics of object persistence: "Parts, Properties, and Persistence: How Objects Persist In A Relativistic Setting".
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Talks//Workshops//Writing
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Adjacent MagazineA Robot Didn't Write This Article: AI Art and the New Assembly Line2021
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Mozilla FestivalData, Big and Small: How the Datasets that Power AI Are Made2021RemoteWith Arnab Chakravarty.
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NarrascopeSpace, Time, Rules and Rooms: How Games Create Narrative Out of Space2020Remote
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Electronic Literature ConferenceMachines Are Poets Too2020Remote
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Tech For Social Good DayWeb Scraping For Better Datasets2020New York, NY
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ITP Thesis WeekEchoes2020Remote
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ITP CampIntro To Physical Computing2019New York, NYWith James Hosken.
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ITP CampGitHub For Artists2019New York, NYWith Matthew Ross.
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Exhibited Works
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Electronic Literature ConferenceA Propper Narrative2020RemoteJuried exhibition. Hypertext fiction built with Inform 7.
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ITP Winter ShowStay In Bed Simulator2019New York, NYUnity, Arduino, mattress.
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ITP Spring ShowMirror2019New York, NYWith Adi Dahiya. Tensorflow, Processing, Raspberry Pi, wood, reflective plastic.
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Volunteer Work
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Brooklyn Eviction Defense2020-presentNew York, NYWeb development, scraping, organizing.
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Skills
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TechnicalJavaScript, React, Python, Unity/C#, *NIX, C++, system administration, databases, HTML/CSS, web scraping, Jupyter Notebooks, ML/AI, web development, text generation, fabrication, physical computing, electronics
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Non-TechnicalData/code ethics, systems design, game design & development, writing, teaching, public speaking, French, Arabic, consulting, extremely rusty metaphysics
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