research
this section is under construction. ideas are presently being moved around rather than written down; some are still too new to name, others too familiar to trust. what eventually settles here will do so after a period of necessary disorder.
selected projects
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text readability classifier
experiments in readability assessment using cnns, distilbert, naive bayes, and t-sne.
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variational autoencoders for map generation
generating fantasy maps for writers who would rather not draw coastlines by hand.
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image clustering
clustering brutalist buildings and oversized cats to soften architectural severity.
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feminist chatbot
xela — a gender-neutral chatbot for discovering diverse books, built around the pia standards framework.
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audio-reactive stylegan
experiments in offbeat music videos using lucid sonic dreams and demucs.
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generating audio with lstms
experimental game music for indie developers with limited budgets.
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compositional pattern producing networks
asking cppns to generate album artwork.
msc dissertation
timbre transfer, autistic stimming, and assistive sound design
my dissertation explored how timbre-transfer models might be repurposed not for musical novelty, but for self-regulation; specifically to support autistic stimming practices rather than suppress them.