Kyle Buza

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* About *

I'm a recent graduate of the Physical Language Workshop at the MIT Media Lab, led by John Maeda. I'm currently interested in developing technologies that can harness the social potential of the web for more creative endeavors on the desktop.

Additional information can be found on my MIT page and blog.

* Education *

SM in media arts and sciences, MIT. Cambridge, MA, June 2008.
M.Eng. in computer science, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 2000.
BA in chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 1998.
BA in biology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 1998.

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* Selected Projects *

Feedabot (Link)
2009

Automated rendering of web feeds.

SimLinz (Link)
2008 -2009

Combining pencil and paper-based gestural interactions to navigate historical and statistical data about the city of Linz, Austria. Developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, SimLinz is currently an interactive exhibition at the Ars Electronica center.

g-stalt (Link)
2008 -2009

A gesture-based system for navigating large information spaces naturally, quickly, and seamlessly.

CVOCV (Link)
2009 - present

A CoreVideo-based OpenCV experimentation environment.

E15:Web (Link)
2008 - 2009

E15:Web is an experiment in integration, expression, and minimalism. As an integrated component of the E15 application, E15:Web allows users to submit images and code directly from E15, as well as directly execute submitted code snippets from other users. Content on E15:Web is unfinished by nature, and serves only to inspire E15 users to create, and ultimately inspire others.

E15 (Link)
2007 - 2009

E15 is an ongoing group project in the Physical Language Workshop. It is a three-dimensional OpenGL-based web environment, focused on enabling rich visualizations based on existing web content, as well as providing novel ways to distribute, share, and interact with these visualizations.

E15:oGFx (Link)
2007 - 2009

E15:oGFx is a tool for the generation and exploration of organic 3D forms originating from 2D animations.

OpenCode (Link)
2006 - 2008

OpenCode is a web-based programming environment that leverages the user community to foster creative development and teach graphics-based programming to non-programmers.

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* Professional Experience *

Partner
Jun 2008 - present

BuzaMoto Industries, Cambridge, MA
Collaborative design studio with Takashi Okamoto, specializing in multidisciplinary intersections of visual design and technology powered by the Web. (Link)

Contractor
2008 - 2009

Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, AUSTRIA
Artist/Programmer for Futurelab-commissioned installations. (Link)

Software Architect
Jun 2008 - Nov 2008

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
Tangible Media Group (Link)
Advisor: Hiroshi Ishii

Research Assistant
2006 -2008

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
Physical Language Workshop (Link)
Advisor: John Maeda

Software Engineer
2003 - 2006

Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA
Embedded Java Virtual Machine Group
Advanced feature design and implementation for both the CLDC and CDC virtual machines, which are targeted at cellular telephones and PDAs. JIT compiler optimization, performance analysis, and romization techniques.

Software Engineer
2002 - 2003

Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA
Mobile Java Beans Group
Lead platform engineer for project MobileJavaBeans, an end-to-end architecture for the configuration of device capabilities and deployment of data services on mobile devices.

Software Engineer
2000 - 2002

Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA
Java Games Group
Member of a small team focused on the design and investigation of novel Java technologies, including games, 3D browsing interfaces, and UI design tools.

Research Assistant
1998-1999

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PREDATOR Database Research Group
Designed and researched OODB database capabilities of Windows CE-based mobile devices.
Advisor: Praveen Seshadri

Software Engineer
1999

The Information Highway Group, Barcelona, SPAIN
Fully responsible for designing and implementing a mail server and client-based email management system.

Research Assistant
1997 - 1998

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Investigated the hypochromic effect in an amide-linked oligonucleotide analog of RNA. Results presented in an honors seminar for undergraduate chemistry research.

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* Talks & Teaching Experience *

IUI '09
February 2009

Paper Presentation
Presented Code Sharing on the Web - Two Approaches at the Visual Interfaces to the Social and Semantic Web workshop (VISSW) at IUI09, Sanibel Island, FL. (Paper Link)

Hallmark, Inc.
August 2008

Presentation
E15: A platform designed to create shareable, dynamic, 3D data visualizations.

Fusion Arts Workshop
July 2008

Workshop
Presented E15 as part of John Caserta's workshop entitled "Serendipity in the Digital Library", at the Rhode Island School of Design. (Link)

AIGA Design Educators Conference
April 2008

Panelist: Algorithmic design session
Presented OpenCode, Sharing Code on the Web. (Link)

International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
March 2008

Demo session
E15: A platform designed to create shareable, dynamic, 3D data visualizations. (Link)

MIT
October 2007

Grad Arts Forum
Presented previous work building video game console emulators into Max/MSP and the "aesthetic of broken" that can be created through their manipulation.

FlashForward
September 2007

Keynote Presentation with John Maeda
E15: A platform designed to create shareable, dynamic, 3D data visualizations. (Link)

Upgrade!
November 2006

Panel discussion
A panel discussion about new platforms for collaboration, creativity and distribution. (Link)

Teaching Assistant
2006

MAS 110: Fundamentals of Computational Media Design
Lectured, wrote quizzes, and graded problem sets.
Prof. John Maeda (MIT, Fall 2006)

MCAT Course Instructor
2005 - 2006

Led an MCAT preparation course offered by Kaplan, Inc. Taught physics, chemistry, and writing skills to a set of Kaplan students.

Bent 2006
April 2006

Workshop
Virtual circuit bending: Designing bend-able Max/MSP/Jitter emulation externals.

JavaOne Conference
May 2006

Technical session
Writing optimized applications for high performance Java ME runtimes.(Link)

SunLabs Conference
May 2006

Technical session
Advanced features of the CLDC virtual machine.

JavaOne Conference
June 2005

Technical session
Multi-tasking VMs - More performance, less memory.(Link)

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* Awards & Publications *

Cum Laude, distinction in all subjects. Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 1998.
First place, MIT iPhone programming competition. Cambridge MA, January 2008.
Philippe Bonnet, Kyle Buza, Zhiyuan Chen, Victor Cheng, Randolph Chung, Takako M. Hickey, Ryan Kennedy, Daniel Mahashin, Tobias Mayr, Ivan Oprencak, Praveen Seshadri, Hubert Siu: The Cornell Jaguar System: Adding Mobility to PREDATOR. SIGMOD Conference 1999: 580-581
Kyle Buza, Takashi Okamoto: Code Sharing on the Web: Two Approaches. Workshop on Visual Interfaces to the Social and the Semantic Web (VISSW2009)