Sam Posner
Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Posner is a research-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience building creative, interdisciplinary technologies at the intersection of media, autonomy, and free software. Based at MIT Media Lab since 2018, he develops experimental systems and tooling that bridge computer vision, Android consulting, and systems administration for artistic and research projects. His background spans hands-on roles in startups and studios, from embedded and Android work to computer vision consulting, reflecting a practical fluency across stacks and deployment environments. Passionate about software freedom and resilient infrastructure, he combines academic training in Media Arts & Sciences (MIT) and Media Studies (Pomona) with an instinct for prototyping unconventional interactions. Not immediately obvious: he moves comfortably between research labs and client-facing freelance gigs, making him adept at translating exploratory ideas into production-ready artifacts.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Media Arts and Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Media Arts and Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts - BA, Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Media Studies at Pomona College
Github Skills (87)
btrfs10
ubuntu10
partition10
efi10
luks10
debian9
distro9
code-injection9
tushare9
disk-image9
nyc9
squashfs9
robust9
cubing9
encryption9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
neohippie/neohippie.github.io
Apr 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
OpenTechStrategies/SComCat
Oct 2022 - Jul 2024
Clone of the archived antleaf/SComCat repository.
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
archived
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