Cindy Bishop
R&D At MIT RAISE at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolCindy Bishop is an R&D engineer at MIT RAISE with 11 years of experience designing accessible AI and XR experiences that empower non-coders and kids to create. She blends art and code—bringing a background in interactive media, VR/AR, and AI-driven storytelling from roles at MIT Media Lab, MIT Open Doc Lab, and the National Film Board of Canada. Cindy has led engineering teams and built production PERN/Hasura stacks for AI-assisted journalism, while also prototyping novel anonymity and CV features using FaceAPI.js and MediaPipe. Her work spans immersive festival and gallery installations worldwide and technical leadership on Sundance-selected projects, demonstrating fluency across Unity, WebGL/Three.js, Python, and cloud AI services. Based in Boston, she combines MFA-trained creative practice with deep systems experience dating back to enterprise software at RSA and GEOTRUST. A maker comfortable on stage and in the codebase, she specializes in translating experimental research into usable tools and playful public-facing experiences.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Westminster SchoolsB.A. Cognitive Science Computer Science, B.A. Cognitive Science Computer Science at Vassar CollegeMaster of Fine Arts (MFA) Dynamic/Interactive Media, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Dynamic/Interactive Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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Github Skills (199)
threejs10
python10
emotion-recognition10
bots10
material-ui10
pipeline-framework10
pitch10
svg10
3d10
stream-processing10
rest-api10
flask10
streaming10
calculator10
face10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cindyloo/Cognitive-Speech-TTS
Jul 2019 - Nov 2024
Microsoft Text-to-Speech API sample code in several languages, part of Cognitive Services.
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 comments in 5 years 4 months
apiopenxmlazure-cognitive-servicesspeech-to-textspeech-api
mitmedialab/MediaCloud-Image-Tests
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:12 commits, 31 pushes in 29 days
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