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Computer scientist& artist.
Hi, I'm Pallas-Athena Cain - a creative technologist combining computer science and artistic practice to make work that considers human-machine relationships and posthuman feminisms. By day I build websites at Bull Moose Marketing; the rest of the time I build robots, art, and odd little tools.
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Things I've built

01 · May 2025
Am.I.: A Robotic Replacement Unrealized
My senior thesis - a robotic skull that holds Socratic dialogues about humanity, powered by LLMs, Arduino, and 3D printing.
★ Best Poster Award at FLAIRS-38
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02 · 2023 - 2025
AquaGator: Underwater Water-Quality Robotics
An autonomous underwater robot that live-monitors water quality in Northwest Pennsylvania lakes. Published at FLAIRS-37.
★ Published at FLAIRS-37
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03 · 2024 - 2025
ExecExam
Open-source Python tool that grades executable exams and gives students AI-powered feedback on failing tests. Poster at PyCon 2025.
★ Speed talk at the PyCon 2025 Education Summit
View project04 · 2024 - 2025
Code with Chompers
A computing outreach program bringing programming, robotics, and computational thinking to K-6 students.
★ Presented at OCWiC 2025
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