afreen
bhumgara

[product, software, strategy]

authenticity, creativity, resilience

Some of my work using CS for generative art

I love making generative art using code -- the idea that something beautiful can emerge from a few lines of math. Here are some examples.

Morphogenesis -- a reaction-diffusion system inspired by Alan Turing's 1952 paper on biological pattern formation. Thousands of particles trace paths through layered noise fields, producing emergent organic structures that echo coral growth, neural branching, and fluid dynamics.

Cosmic Nebula -- layered noise fields with radial symmetry produce structures reminiscent of stellar nurseries. Particles orbit and drift through gravitational-like attractors, painting trails of light.

Evolutionary Creatures -- procedurally generated organisms using evolutionary algorithms. Each creature evolves unique traits through simulated natural selection, mutation, and crossover.

Strange Attractor -- a visualization of the Lorenz system, the chaotic dynamical system that gave rise to the "butterfly effect." Three coupled differential equations produce an endlessly non-repeating trajectory through phase space.

Voronoi Tessellation -- a living Voronoi diagram where seed points drift through space, continuously re-partitioning the plane into organic cellular structures. Found in nature from giraffe patterns to soap bubbles to cell biology.

Interference Patterns -- inspired by quantum wave-particle duality. Multiple point sources emit circular wavefronts that interfere constructively and destructively, creating mesmerizing moiré patterns that shift and evolve over time.

I created tools for you to generate art!

Try it out here


Click on the button icons/ brushes and paint the canvas

Projects

Face Tracking Recognition

Face Tracking & Masks

face-tracking / movement-tracking / landmarks

JavaScript chat bot?

Consciousness House
(a chat bot)

vue / tracery / chancery

Bling Buddy Design Prototype

Bling Buddy (design prototype)

human-centered product design / prototyping/ engineering

hand-tracking using machine learning

Hand Tracking using ML

hand-tracking / ML / prediction

evolutionary algorithms?

Alien Multiverse
(a game)

evolutionary algos / p5js / generators

particle swarms JavaScript?

Particle Swarms & Optimization

generative methods / swarms / p5js

design prototype?

Is your password breached?
(a CLI tool)

k-anonymous privacy / Have I Been Pwnd? / password breaches

JavaScript p5js game?

Solar System
(a game)

generators / JavaScript / p5js

Generative art paint tools JavaScript?

A paint tool & personalized brushes

interactivity / JavaScript / art

Data Visualization Vue JavaScript?

Data Visualization

vue / JavaScript / p5js

Machine learning differential privacy?

Implementing privacy attacks using machine learning

ML / differential privacy / Python

animated gifs JavaScript?

Animations/ GIFs

generative methods / JavaScript / art

JavaScript game?

Ocean Space
(a game)

generators / JavaScript / p5js

can music help you run faster?

Can Spotify help you run faster?

machine learning / analytics

cog neuroscience

Cognitive neuroscience paired with AI

neural networks / human cognition

deep face recognition

Deep Face Recognition

advanced computer vision / pattern recognition

design prototype?

Evaluating Patterns of Data Breaches

data privacy / data breaches / data visualization

Differential privacy machine learning models?

Building privacy-preserving ML models

black-box attacks / membership attacks / differential privacy

texture image analysis

Texture Image Analysis & Classification

image processing / feature extraction

design prototype?

Learning System
(design prototyping)

user research / design prototyping/ learning scienes

propel '22

Creating learning spaces that matter

learning sciences/ inclusive learning / multimodal interfaces

Neural style transfer AI/ML project

Neural Style Transfer Lab

AI/ML / neural networks / real-time style transfer

Upcoming

Got something cool in mind? Hit me up!


About

Hi, I'm Afreen -- a first-generation international student from India with a relentless curiosity for computer science, AI/ML, and creative technology. I hold an MS in Computer Science with a minor in Engineering Management from Northwestern University, studied Design Innovation at MIT, and earned my BS in Computer Science from Pune University, where I graduated top of my class.

I'm currently a Senior Product Manager, Autonomy Workflows & Visualization at Aurora, a self-driving vehicle technology company. Previously, I was Technical Product Manager - User Experience at Verkada, leading product across their cloud-connected physical security platform. I founded a non-profit building tech-assisted training programs for women and under-resourced communities, serve as an IEEE peer reviewer in computing and engineering, and was recognized with the Peter and Adrienne Barris Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at Northwestern CS.

I love making generative art with code, painting on canvas, and experimenting with pottery and ceramics. I enjoy traveling to offbeat destinations, camping, occasionally surfing, and I always have a thick book going. I'm endlessly fascinated by the intersection of art and algorithms -- the idea that something beautiful can emerge from a few lines of math.

product strategy & design

AI & machine learning

software engineering

UX design & research

Afreen Bhumgara Afreen Bhumgara