Doug Fritz
Principal Engineer @ Google DeepMind
A lifelong builder seeking understanding through the art of making, currently focused on engineering the frameworks that help us steer AI toward humanity's greatest challenges in Science.
The Divergent Foundation
The Art
BFA Fine Art
Oil Painting, Bronze Sculpture, Interactive ArtThe Science
BS Computer Science
Logic, Algorithms, Systems, RobotsSynthesis: Code as a medium for visual expression and visualization.
Early Interfaces & Data
From Data to Perception. Building tools to help people "see" complex data.
The Canvas of the Web
High-Fidelity Expression. Pushing browser boundaries with WebGL.
Infrastructure of Intelligence
Democratizing Machine Learning. Visual environments for data scientists.
The Interpretability Frontier
Visualizing the "Alien" Mind. Tools for Safety & Research.
AIX: AI Experience
Prototyping the Future. Creating human-AI experiences and demos.
AI for Science
Accelerating scientific discovery. Biology, Physics, and Materials Science.
Solving intelligence to advance science and benefit humanity.
Experience & Education
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Principal Engineer, AI for Science
Google DeepMindLeading Engineering efforts for AI for Science. Accelerating scientific discovery through artificial intelligence.
- Scaling AI systems for scientific breakthrough
- Bridge between research and engineering
- Science visualization and workflows
- Prototyping in new science domains
AIX: AI Experience Lead
Google DeepMindLed the AIX team focused on prototyping and human-AI experiences. Creating prototypes for major AI demonstrations.
- Prototypes: Project Astra, Music AI Sandbox
- Tools: Vibe Coding in AI Studio Build
- Gemini Launch: Demonstrations and interactive experiences
Head of Visualization
DeepMindBuilt and led the Visualization team. Created critical tooling for research, safety, and interpretability.
- Internal Visualization tooling
- Interpretability
- Evaluation Platforms
- Early Gemini human feedback and interaction systems
Machine Intelligence Tooling
GooglePrototyping and tooling for machine intelligence (TensorFlow, On-device ML).
- TensorFlow Graph Visualizer (Best Paper at VAST)
- TensorBoard early development and design
- Colab Webcomponents integration
- Facetracking annotation tools for dataset creation
- DeepDream and VR experiments
Creative Engineer
Google Creative LabGoogle Data Arts Team. Developed experimental content, libraries, and websites to drive the web forward.
- Chrome Experiments API design
- Unnumbered Sparks (TED sculpture)
- Just A Reflektor (Emmy award-winning interactive video)
- This Exquisite Forest (Tate Modern)
- WebGL Globe & Bookcase
Research Assistant
MIT Media LabFluid Interfaces Group under Pattie Maes. Focused on personal data, visualization, AI, and interfaces.
- NIPS Co-authored paper on topic modeling
- Created new technique for gaze tracking
- Developed NLP visualization techniques
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- PhD in Media Arts and Sciences (Drop out)
- Master of Science (2008-2010)
Carnegie Mellon University
- BS in Computer Science (2003-2007)
- BFA in Fine Art (2003-2007)
Skills
Awards
- Emmy - Data Arts Team
- FWA - Site of the Month/Day
- IEEE VAST Best Paper
- US Patents
- University & College Honors