Tommy Bruzzese
Software Engineer For AI Research at Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolTommy Bruzzese is a software engineer for AI research with six years of cross-disciplinary experience bridging 3D vision, HCI, and applied AI, currently leading LLM development and a React platform for autism-focused interventions at Stanford Medicine. A PhD student (on leave) at EPFL with MS and BS degrees from Stanford, he blends rigorous research—spanning neuroscience, conversational agents, and digital humanities—with product engineering for companies like Tesla, Apple, and Expo. He has hands-on full-stack experience shipping React and GraphQL systems and has contributed to widely used open-source documentation for the Expo framework. As a long-time leader of Stanford’s FashionX, he uniquely combines technical ML and AR/3D skills with creative direction for runway productions and fashion-data research. Known for turning academic insight into usable products, he mentors students and runs cross-functional projects that sit at the intersection of AI, design, and social impact.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Boston College High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Communication, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Communication at EPFLMaster of Science - MS Computer Science (AI concentration), Master of Science - MS Computer Science (AI concentration) at Stanford University
English, French
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Github Skills (12)
app-framework10
expo10
documentation10
react9
react-native9
javascript9
react-native-component9
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
ruby6
control-flow6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
expo/expo
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
An open-source framework for making universal native apps with React. Expo runs on Android, iOS, and the web.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 22 PRs in 29 days
Contributions summary:Tommy primarily contributed to the documentation of the Expo framework. Their work involved updating and refining schema documentation, including the `app.json` configuration and its properties. They also updated the documentation with instructions on how to sync schemas and added details related to ExpoKit and bare workflow configurations. The user also made CSS and header updates related to documentation.
ios-androidiosmobileweexframework7
tommybru/galaxy-defender-3000
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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