### I'm Rodolfo Ocampo, a PhD student in co-creative human-AI interaction
- My research is based at the Creative Technologies Research Lab at UNSW, Sydney, working under the supervision of Oliver Bown, Kazjon Grace and Toby Walsh.
- Our project is an ARC-funded collaboration between The University of New South Wales and The University of Sydney, exploring the potential for new modes of iterative interaction between humans and AI to enable more effective co-creativity.
### About me
- Originally from Mexico 🇲🇽, I came to Australia 🦘 after receiving a scholarship to study a master's in responsible AI with [Genevieve Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_Bell). Before that I worked at Google and a few tech startups.
- During university 🎓, I founded a data science lab for social good that trained students on data science by working on real-world projects for social good along NGO's in Mexico. 🌍📊
- I am passionate about using technology in creative ways to make people's lives better 🌍❤️🔥
- I am also a passionate tennis player. 🎾
[[Read more about my personal story →]]
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## Research
1. **A Framework for Dialogue-Based Human-AI Creative Collaboration.** Ocampo, Rodolfo, Bown, Oliver, & Grace, Kazjon. (2022). In *Proceedings of the CHI 2022 Workshop on Generative AI and HCI*. New Orleans, USA. ([paper](https://generativeaiandhci.github.io/2022))
2. **Using GPT-3 to Achieve Semantically Relevant Data Sonification for an Art Installation.** Ocampo, Rodolfo, Bown, Oliver, Wright, Brendan, Shave, Justin, & Pegram, Caroline. (2023). In *Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 12th International Conference*. Brno, Czech Republic. ([paper](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-29956-8_14))
3. **The Human-Built Environment-Natural Environment Relation-An Immersive Multisensory Exploration with 'System of a Sound'.** Ocampo, Rodolfo, Bown, Oliver, Wright, Brendan, & Shave, Justin. (2023). In *Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces*. Sydney, Australia. ([paper](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3581754.3584119))
4. **Integrating generative AI into creative workflows: Dealing with consistency, scene control, and refinement in a professional image generation case study.** Ocampo Blanco, Rodolfo, & Bown, Oliver. (2024). In *Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC)*. Jönköping, Sweden. ([paper](https://computationalcreativity.net/iccc24/papers/ICCC24_paper_199.pdf))
5. **Interpretative Data Sonification: using LLMs to interpret data and generate continuous soundscapes at the Sydney Opera House.** Ocampo, Rodolfo, Bown, Oliver, Wright, Brendan, Shave, Justin, & Pegram, Caroline. (2024). In *Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2024)*. Porto, Portugal: ESMAE. ([paper](https://smcnetwork.org/smc2024/papers/SMC2024_paper_id243.pdf))
6. **Coffee So Good, You'll Want to Slap Your Barista: Evaluating Co-Creative Interaction with AI Systems Through Dialogic Actions.** Bown, Oliver R., Grace, Kazjon, Ocampo, Rodolfo, & Ibarrola, Francisco. (in press). *Minds and Machines* *Journal*.
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## Digital Garden
In the spirit of open thinking, I share an on-going collection of networked notes that form the basis of my research.
They are imperfect and somewhat unstructured, but by navigating it you can see the seeds of my thinking.
Explore them on the navigator to the left.
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## Experience
#### [Humans + AI Studio](https://humansplusai.studio/)
***Founder, Human-AI interaction designer and AI application development*** | Australia | Nov 2022 - Current
- Developed AI projects for clients including Sydney Opera House, Blackbird VC, Wharton Business School, ANU School of Cybernetics, Milan Design Week, Australian Financial Review, among others
#### CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
***Software engineer for Healthy Country AI project*** | Australia | Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
- Developed AI-enabled environmental management tools for indigenous rangers
- Created novel invasive species management algorithm and AI literacy course
- Technologies: Python, LLM's, Flask, JS, HTML, Azure, PowerBI
#### Google
***Advanced Measurement Product Specialist*** | Mexico City | May 2017 - February 2020
- Deployed and increased adoption of ML-enabled advanced advertising measurement solutions
- Worked with major clients in Latin America, including Amazon and Uber
#### Descifra Geointelligence
***Software Engineer, Machine Learning GIS*** | Mexico City | January 2016 - April 2017
- Co-developed geo-spatial predictive ML web platform for retailers in VC-backed startup
- Used Javascript and Carto GIS; clients included Fedex and Telefonica
#### Datalab ITAM
***Founder**, **President*** | Mexico City | January 2017 - December 2019
- I co-founded a lab at university that trained students on data science by working with NGO's in real world data science for social good problems in Mexico
- The lab still operates under student leadership. It has trained more that 300 students and has worked with more than 15 organisations in Mexico
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## Education
1. **PhD, Human-AI co-creative interaction, *UNSW School of Art and Design* (Scholarship funded by the Australian Research Council)
***Thesis: A dialogic interaction model for human-AI creative collaboration*.**
I focus on exploring how to design co-creative AI tools that are steerable, meaningfully understand user intentions, are able to iterate and augment the human creative process
2. **Master in Applied Cybernetics** - 3Ai, Australian National University - Received a full scholarship to participate in an experimental master's exploring how to deploy AI-enabled systems at scale responsibly. My projects focused on creative technology and technology for ecological management
3. **Bachelor in Computer Engineering** - I studied a few semesters of economics before switching to computer science. I co-founded a data science lab for social good that trained students on data science by working on real-world projects for social good along NGO's in Mexico.
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## [Project portfolio](https://rodolfoocampo.cargo.site/)
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## Media
Some of my talks, interviews and articles written by me or covering my work.
### [Talk on the Creative Possibilities of AI at Sunrise Festival](https://chat.openai.com/#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDvtzk0QWU) - Sunrise Festival
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### [Interview with the World Intellectual Property Organization on Creative AI](https://theconversation.com/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944)
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### [I used to work at Google, and now I'm an AI researcher: Here's why slowing down AI development is wise](https://theconversation.com/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944) - _The Conversation_
### [Indigenous rangers to use "SpaceCows" program to protect sacred sites and rock art from feral herds](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/15/indigenous-rangers-to-use-spacecows-program-to-protect-sacred-sites-and-rock-art-from-feral-herds) - _The Guardian_
### [How will AI change our understanding of Art](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/ai-art/14141476?utm_campaign=abc_listen&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_listen) - ABC Radio, The Art Show
### [AI Art is Everywhere Right Now – Even Experts Don't Know What it Will Mean](https://theconversation.com/ai-art-is-everywhere-right-now-even-experts-dont-know-what-it-will-mean-189800) - _The Conversation_
### [This Man Does Not Exist](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fthe-oz%2Finternet%2Fthis-man-does-not-exist%2Fnews-story%2Fbff7ed91626562be57f248dafcc92128&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append) - _The Australian_
## Socials
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/minds_and_machines/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/rodolfoocampo)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocampob/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/_RodolfoOcampo)
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