Catalogue · Selected Works & Provenance
Skylar Hoffman
Software engineer — AI & machine learning
skylar.j.hoffman@gmail.com github.com/sky121 linkedin.com/in/skylar-hoffman-58755015a San Francisco Bay Area
Provenance
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M.Eng · Computer Science
Cornell University
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B.S. · Computer Science
UC Irvine
Media
Python C++ C SQL JavaScript / React HTML & CSS
The artist works chiefly in AI / machine learning and intelligent systems.
Selected Works
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Moogle Maps
Reinforcement learning · Python · Minecraft
An agent taught to cross complex terrain, learning its footing one fall at a time until the landscape became a path.
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Lyffe Style
Neural style transfer · Chrome extension · HackUCI
A browser extension that repaints the photographs of the web in the brushwork of another image, conceived at HackUCI.
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The Musick Space
Low-latency real-time audio · Web
A room for playing music together across the internet — real-time audio collaboration on the web, tuned for low latency.
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Syrup
eBay auto-bidding queue · Best Use of MongoDB, Caltech HackTech
A patient machine that queues and places eBay bids at the right moment; awarded Best Use of MongoDB at Caltech HackTech.
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SkyProject
React world-weather atlas · Google Maps + weather APIs
A React atlas of the world’s weather, drawing its skies live from Google Maps and weather APIs.
Residencies & Commissions
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Lavamind
Ported Gazillionaire, Zapitalism & Profitania to Steam.
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Sun Basket
An IGTV cooking series shot and edited during an internship.
Further Reading
- The full résumé — complete provenance, on Google Docs
- The exhibition — the works themselves, hung in the gallery