{"id":127339,"date":"2026-07-24T14:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/?p=127339"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:35:32","slug":"nikolai-kozak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/nikolai-kozak\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikolai Kozak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RESIDENT RESEARCHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127340\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5.png 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nikolai Kozak is a Chilean\/Argentine fabricator and programmer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kozak originally trained as a filmmaker and actor, which led to a career as a creative director in Europe and the Middle East. A self-taught programmer, he eventually pivoted to work as a software architect for startups in South America. Kozak undertook a fabrication specialization as part of his professional nautical training, attending the International Yacht Restoration School and earning certifications in composites manufacturing and traditional&nbsp;boatbuilding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is interested in experimental manufacturing methodologies, hardware fabrication, and programming language design. He continues to develop Frothy, a language he designed&nbsp;to make hardware system programming more intuitive and immediate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESIDENT RESEARCHER Nikolai Kozak is a Chilean\/Argentine fabricator and programmer.&nbsp; Kozak originally trained as a filmmaker and actor, which led to a career as a creative director in Europe and the Middle East. A self-taught programmer, he eventually pivoted to work as a software architect for startups in South America. Kozak undertook a fabrication specialization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":127340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,20],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-127339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-resident-researchers","tag-resident-researcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127341,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127339\/revisions\/127341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}