Samir Ghosh is a California-based interface designer and creative coder specializing in virtual reality. As a PhD student at the Social Emotional Technology Lab at UC Santa Cruz, he researches collaborative VR tools for scientific sensemaking, exploring how groups engage with complex data for topics such as wildfire mitigation and marine science. Outside of research, he leads the Creative Code Collective and collaborates on interactive art installations and experimental media.
Previously, he was the Assistant Director of the Ahmanson Lab at the University of Southern California, where he contributed to impactful AR/VR projects in the humanities with institutions such as the Library of Congress, The Vatican, the California Science Center, and The Huntington.
He brings experience from both industry and arts: As a coding assistant to Behnaz Farahi, he created software for wearable technology fashion pieces, notably Bodyscape. As an intern at Intel, he worked in the maintenance of massive server farms and supercomputers.
During his undergraduate years, he led Corpus Callosum, a tech+arts collective, scaling it to over 100 members and building systems that sustain its productions to this day. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in computational linguistics and cognitive science from the University of Southern California.
In his free time, he practices capoeira and other movement arts— exploring rhythm, community, and embodied cognition as foundational aspects of human interaction.