Wandering
About
Former author of “the algorithm” at Instagram. Programming on the right side of the brain.
Projects
Tech lead at launch
Hack project
Led project and wrote initial implementation.
Launch team - ranking
Changed the "popular" feed to a personalized "explore" feed to discover new content.
Hack project
Intern project
Side Projects
Footwear for the new world -- voxel shoes available as NFTs for comfortable traverses in the metaverse.
AI that generates messed up interpretations of The Simpsons.
Artificial intelligence that makes up, defines and uses fake English words.
Speaking
Writing
Features
Work Experience
Engineer #16 at Instagram and first related to machine learning. I was tech lead for Instagram's feed ranking, explore ranking and stories ranking products. I also supported Instagram's video efforts and started Instagram's New York City engineering office (1/3rd of the company).
I worked on Kindle data products, such as features like Popular Highlights and book end actions.
Education
Artificial Intelligence
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Pure Mathematics