Billy Ho


Billy Ho(he/him) is a Creative Technologist and Designer who works at the intersection of Art, Research, and Commercial Technology. His works aim to evoke Introspection and Empathy for both humans and machines.

Billy holds a BFA in Industrial Design from Shih Chien University and an MFA Design and technology from Parsons School of Design. Click here︎︎︎ to view Résumé.






I make fun stuffs with and about computers.




Billy Ho

is currently working on/with

a sad robot︎︎︎,


to express his beliefs in

empathic machines,


carrying out by his passion in

artifical intelligence, 

and

poetic computation.




-> chooseimage0125@gmail.com


ChooseImage is the alias Billy Ho adopted when his spotify asked him to set his playlist cover.      


Experiences / Awards

Quantum Art: Creative Expression of the Infamously Counter Intuitive ︎︎︎ - IBM, Mircoscope Gallery ︎︎︎
-> Exhibited and presented Quantum Tetris with artists from IBM and The New School. 
New York City, 2023

OUTFRONT MEDIA - XLabs ︎︎︎
Freelance Senior Creative Technologist
-> Design, prototype, and maintain live content displayed in OUTFRONT's OOH displays across New York's MTA stations.
New York City, 2022

Echoes — A Parsons Design and Technology Exhibition 2022 at The New School ︎︎︎
UX Designer -> Delivered final website UX prototypes for Parsons MFADT's thesis showcase.
New York City, 2022

Adobe College + Sonos Creative Jam ︎︎︎
Finalist
New York City, 2022

Won the Most Creative use of Quantum Technology in Visual Arts Award ︎︎︎ @ the IBM Quantum Jam 2021 for our entry, Quantum Tetris ︎︎︎. See a video of our winning entry here ︎︎︎.
New York City, 2021

The New School ︎︎︎
Dean's Scholarship
New York City, 2019-2022

Shih Chien University
Graphic Designer / Counselor Designed booklets and promotional materials for BrainStorming / SCID experience workshop. Taipei City, 2016


Volunteering

It’s my pleasure / SCID Graduation Exhibition Visual identity committe member | Participated in visual identity prototyping.
Taipei city, 2018

Shih Chien University
Video Producer
Promotional video production for year-end exhibition.
Taipei City, 2017

Education



Skills

Practices:

Speculative Design | Design Fiction | Design Thinking | User-Centered Design 


Interaction:

Adobe Creative Suite | Arduino | Figma | Openframeworks | Processing | Pure Data | Touchdesigner | Unity C# | Unity AR, VR

Web development:

HTML | CSS | Front-End | p5.js | d3.js | three.js | Javascript | ml5.js | node.js | React.js

Machine Learning:

OpenAI-GPT3 | Python | RunwayML | sklearn | Tensorflow

3D:

Autodesk Alias | Autodesk Fusion 360 | Blender | Keyshot | Rhino Grasshopper


Certificate:

IBM Quantum Practitioner