about
Serena is a research project that became a product. The team is small. The thesis is simple: affect deserves transparency.
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering, Bournemouth University, 2025. Author of both Serena papers. Designed and implemented the symbolic affective core, the 7D lifespan model, and the white-box trace pipeline. Works under Beyond the Box, GlassMind Division.
Supervised the original Serena dissertation at Bournemouth University. Provided the academic frame for symbolic affective architectures and review of the 12D emotion vector method.
Beyond the Box is the studio that ships transparent intelligence. The GlassMind Division operates the white-box research thread: Serena, Palimpsa, and adjacent symbolic-first systems.