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Matt Franchi

academic things (and short writings).

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Projects

Made @ FARLAB

Fingerprinting New York City's Scaffolding Problem with Longitudinal Dashcam Data

We use 29 million dashcam images from August 2023 to January 2024 to build a longitudinal model of NYC sidewalk sheds. Press coverage in The Economist.
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Scaffolding distibution in the Upper West Side, Manhattan

Writings

Happenings

Doctoral Student

I am a second-year Computer Science PhD Student at Cornell University. I study at Cornell's New York City campus, Cornell Tech. Before that, I was an undergraduate student at Clemson University, where I completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (during the pandemic, unfortunately).

My research interests include computational social science, particularly in issues pertaining to societal inequity; fashion & design; applied computer vision; and human-AI interaction, especially generative-AI-based applications.

Musician, Pianist

I play classical and neoclassical piano music, and write my own 'peaceful piano' compositions since 2020. My compositions are available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music. Streaming services are listed in order of personal preference. I am beginning to score sheet music for my compositions, which can be found here, free to access and download.

Model

I am a model signed with HOMME MGMT, a boutique mother agency based in NYC. For modeling inquiries, please reach out to kevin@hommemgmt.com.

Writer

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Contact me

mattfranchi@cs.cornell.edu

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Matt Franchi
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