Leandra

Award-winning Independent AI Researcher


Former Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and co-founder of Vidcode, an award-winning creative coding platform reaching over 10 million learners globally.

Projects

Vector Embeddings for Resource-Efficient Retinal Screening (2024)

A novel approach using compressed vector embeddings to make AI-powered retinal diagnosis more accessible in resource-limited healthcare settings

3D Scene Editing with AI: Combining Neural Radiance Fields & Diffusion Models (2023)

An exploration of text-guided NeRF scene editing using modified diffusion models to maintain geometric consistency while enabling creative transformations.

Apt (2022)

The first standalone Accessible Pregnancy Test for people with vision impairments (in active development)

Dharma Questions & Answers (2022)

In partnership with Harvard Data to Actionable Knowledge Lab, Unsupervised machine learning to increase the usability and accessibility of Dharma recordings

Explorations in Sri Lanka (2022)

Activating a makerspace and more at Dinacon

Helio (2021)

Handmade clock inspired by space exploration

inHale (2021)

Telepresence for virtual yoga class

Arcade Jam (2019)

Event in Shenzhen, China

Writing

Hackathon Finalist Spotlight: AI Agents for Disaster Response

October 21, 2024

Using Replicate APIs in Vercel Without Timeouts: A Guide to Polling

July 24, 2024

Launch: Generative AI for Industrial Designers

July 5, 2024

2023 Year in Review

December 29, 2023

How to Build an AI Agent With the OpenAI Assistants API

November 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence as a Creative Collaborator

July 26, 2022

2021 Year in Review

December 30, 2021