Xavier is a Toronto-based algorithm designer, entrepreneur educator and artist. He has designed neural networks and other algorithms for apps like Minuum and Dango, and now works in AI research at Element AI. He also organizes the annual GenArtHackParty where artists and developers learn creative coding techniques and build generative artworks . With a background in computer graphics and computer vision, he has recently been exploring the aesthetics that neural networks are newly allowing us to create.