01 / Independent productOngoing development
Midniht
A reading life that feels like yours.
A personal book library built around the books you own, the stories you love, and your individual taste. Discovery begins with your shelves.
Data scientist · Educator · Bend, Oregon
Greg
T. Chism
Building AI-native classrooms and shared computing infrastructure that give more people room to learn, experiment, and create.
Deschutes River · Central OregonMove your cursor to find the patterns beneath.
A watercolor forest fades in as the river flows into view. The cursor reveals a mathematical landscape exploring branching and flow, not measured geographic data. Use Reveal the patterns to view the full illustration without a mouse.
The thread through it all
Good questions cross boundaries.
So does my work.
From studying social insects to teaching data science and building independent software, I’m interested in how systems work—and how we can make them work better for people.
Meet GregSelected work / 2026
Ideas in the world.
02 / Open infrastructureIn development
EduCloud
More room to teach. More ways to build.
A modular approach to educational computing. Cairn, its classroom component, brings coding assignments, submissions, and autograding into the wider ecosystem.
03 / Teaching in publicPresentation collection
Talks & workshops
Ideas are better when we work through them.
Interactive talks and workshops on building with AI, accessible educational computing, and the natural systems that shape how I think.
04 / Education & trainingEducation & training leadership
MESA
Help people put new possibilities to work.
Leading education and training for MESA, the Multidisciplinary Environment for Scientific Advancement, which connects researchers with CyVerse data, applications, and AI tools.
A practice, not a single discipline
Different scales.
The same curiosity.
01 / Consulting ↗
Make the data useful.
Data systems and thoughtful AI strategy for universities, health systems, and mission-driven organizations. Through Three Canyon Consulting.
02 / Research & teaching ↗Make the ideas accessible.
Reproducible research, graduate teaching at the University of Arizona, and workshops that give people room to experiment.
03 / Community technology ↗Make it serve people.
Building a member-governed civic commons for Central Oregon through Steppe. Explore the live site and its founding beta.
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