Short Biography

Tristan Joseph S. Plaus is a Computer Science student specializing in Software Engineering at Far Eastern University – Institute of Technology. He is passionate about artificial intelligence, software engineering, and full-stack development, with experience building production-grade applications and AI-driven systems. As the Lead Programmer of his undergraduate thesis, MoodPlay, he developed an end-to-end computer vision pipeline for semantic video colorization using technologies such as PyTorch, Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, SAM 2, and CoTracker. He has also developed projects including an AI email assistant and a real-time, hand-controlled ASCII video converter. With experience in system architecture, REST APIs, databases, and modern web technologies, Tristan aims to create scalable software solutions that address real-world problems.