Joel Simon
Senior Open-Endedness Scientist at Morphogen
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Simon is a Senior Open-Endedness Scientist and founder with 13 years of experience at the intersection of computer science, biology, and design, now based in Berkeley. Trained in computer science and fine art at Carnegie Mellon, he has applied that hybrid background to bioinformatics at Rockefeller University and to generative design tools through Morphogen and the popular image-breeding project ganbreeder. He builds full-stack systems that blend creative UX with ML-driven content generation—implementing features like image mixing, lineage tracing, and mobile-first interfaces. At Lila Sciences he researches open-endedness and human/agent collaboration for scientific and creative discovery alongside Kenneth Stanley. Beyond software, Joel’s practice spans sculpture, furniture and game design, which informs his unusually tactile approach to algorithmic creativity.
13 years of coding experience
Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
web-development10
api-design10
image-processing10
postgresql9
machine-learning9
flask-ask7
python7
flask7
react5
html5
css5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
joel-simon/ganbreeder
Nov 2018 - Feb 2020
Breed and share images using biggan
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 3 PRs, 42 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily focused on the development of the front-end and back-end components of the image breeding application. They implemented features for image mixing, generation, and display, including creating a "mix" page and integrating image child generation. The user also worked on UI/UX improvements, mobile responsiveness, and the addition of a starring/favoriting system, including related API endpoints. Additionally, they added code for lineage tracing of the images.
breedbigganshare
joel-simon/evoDesign
Dec 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:66 commits, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
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