Mitch Chaiet - Creative Technologist

I'm a senior creative technologist with experience across every aspect of creative technology, including:Generative AI
Custom Model Training/Fine Tuning
3D/AR/VR/XR
Rapid and Physical Prototyping, Arduino/Raspberry Pi
Unity, Unreal Engine, Virtual Production
Film and Video Production
Physical Installations
AWS Administration/Architecture

EEG + Python + Touchdesigner

Brain Wave Visualizer

Using TouchDesigner, I built a visually pleasing EEG visualizer used to display and annotate recorded brain wave data with Accenture Research.

Stable DIffusion + Python + A/V Direction

Future Voices

I built a custom generative AI pipeline for aging videos of influencers (Auto1111, FFMPEG, Python), provided visual fx, editing, custom sound design, and DevOps support for a COP28 climate change awareness campaign in partnership with Accenture Song and We Don't Have Time, a climate change activism non-profit.

Coverage:

Touchdesigner + Gen AI + Depth Camera

Interactive LED Walls

I build and maintain multiple permanent and temporary interactive installations in Accenture's offices and high end client experiential spaces, like our client conferences. They are built in TouchDesigner and infused with body tracking, depth sensing, and generative AI elements. I am holistically responsible for creative direction, technical buildouts, vendor management, and overall support.

UNITY + META PRESENCE PLATFORM + QUEST PRO

WatsonXR

As part of Meta's beta creators program, I've been lucky to attend multiple hackathons working with unannounced technology they've built. We used Meta's Presence Platform (then unannounced) to build a proof of concept application for evidence collection and management at crime scenes using mixed reality.

UNREAL ENGINE + DISGUISE + HTC MARS VIVE

Virtual Production for Triller

As an environment artist and creative technologist on set, I was involved with the creation of various photorealistic backgrounds in Unreal Engine 5 that connected to physical props using the HTC Mars Vive tracking system,

OBJECT DETECTION + AWS + WEB

Sourcerer

My open-source intelligence research led me to build multiple mixed method tools for tracking images across the web, including this Chrome Extension called Sourcer.

Feature Detection + Web

Meme Monitor

As part of my research position at the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center, I created a web app to visualize the spread of imagery over time as a mosaic from various web sources.

Python + Maltego + Tineye

Maltego Reverse Image Search

As part of my undergraduate thesis, I developed a custom Maltego transform and the associated video tutorials for analyzing reverse image search data using Tineye.

FUSION360 + 3D Printing

Guitennis Racket

I engineer and build custom 3D-printed, four string slide guitars built out of vintage tennis rackets.

ABLETON + ARDUINO + FASTLED

Rainbow Piano

I have built numerous RGB enabled, audio reactive instruments for musicians including this LED-enabled MIDI keyboard.

ABLETON + ARDUINO + ELECTROLUMINESCENCE

Luminescent Push

As part of personal modifications to my Ableton Push musical instrument, I created an audio-reactive electroluminescent case for the internal electronics.

ABLETON + ARDUINO + FUSION 360

Elevator Button Drum Machine

My early explorations into music tech led me to build a drum machine utilizing elevator buttons and a custom-engineered case I designed, with hand wiring using an Arduino Uno.

RIVE Interface animation

Music Machine 9000

I used Rive to create this fun, interactive music widget to explore animations, interactions, and interface design using the platform. Try clicking the pads in the bottom right!

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HARVARD MISINFORMATION REVIEW

The weaponization of web archives: Data craft and COVID-19 publics

We present two interconnected studies of data craft that leverage archived web resources to intentionally evade automated content moderation efforts and further propagate health misinformation from platforms attempting to combat.

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Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Forensic Analysis of Memetic Image Propagation: Introducing the SMOC BRISQUEt Method

This paper introduces a mixed-methods approach for forensically reconstructing the propagation of visual media via networked digital devices. The authors present case studies drawn from political misinformation around the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

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Speaker

ARDUINO DAY 2023

I was a featured speaker at Arduino Day 2023, discussing my journey towards becoming a creative technologist.

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Maltego M3C 2022

I spoke at Maltego's M3C conference in 2022 regarding open source intelligence and my research into the spread of imagery during disinformation campaigns.

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MEME MOVIE MARKETING

I spoke at Infinity Festival 2019 about how memes can be used to market feature films.