Profile

Christopher Symonds

I am a Principal member of the technical staff at a national lab. My research is focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to model, simulate, and study Interactive systems.

Here I like to share the things I build, thoughts I have, and gems I find. Opinions are my own.

You can now leave me anonymous feedback!

About Me

I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the foot of the Sandia Mountains. I have a twin brother who shares many of my interests and certainly my humor. We found our way into the arts early on in life. I originally graduated with a degree in film production and spent the first decade of my career life in the film industry.

We were very lucky to have many amazing experiences in the film industry, both behind the camera and in front of the camera. One of the most incredible opportunities we had was appearing as Two-Head, a member of Davey Jones's pirate crew in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Chris and Mike in Pirates of the Caribbean costumes

This is what developers look like after a hackathon.

I worked on so many wonderful movies and TV shows, and met so many talented people. If you're curious, you can check out some of those here.

CG Version of Chris and Mike as Pirates

We spent weeks learning how to walk as a three-legged monster and then they put us on a rocking ship...

Somewhere along the way I discovered programming and I was so enamored by it, I decided to go back to school and get a masters in computer science. I still work with scripts, but now do a different kind of modeling. I still work with amazingly talented people. However, I am not done exploring and I hope to share what I explore next with you on this website. Thanks for stopping by!