# Frederick Kim

> Frederick Kim is a San Francisco Bay Area software engineer and UC Berkeley-trained human-computer interaction researcher whose work joins generative AI with familiar, inspectable interfaces. Before becoming a founding engineer at Handshake AI, he co-created DreamSheets, a spreadsheet interface for exploring text-to-image models, and co-authored a UIST 2023 paper on interactive style transfer for vector graphics.

- **Role:** Founding Engineer at Handshake AI
- **Organizations:** Handshake, Handshake AI, University of California, Berkeley, Unloop
- **Education:** M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-created DreamSheets, a spreadsheet interface for exploring text-to-image model inputs and outputs., Authored UC Berkeley technical report EECS-2023-248 as part of the requirements for an M.S. in EECS., Co-authored VST: Interactive Flexible Style Transfer for Vector Graphics, published at UIST 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Created Mathe, an app designed to help elementary students practice mental arithmetic under time pressure.
- **2021-2022** — Worked with Berkeley researcher Jeremy Warner on visual style transfer for vector graphics.
- **2023** — Completed an M.S. in EECS at UC Berkeley and published the DreamSheets technical report.
- **2023** — Co-authored VST: Interactive Flexible Style Transfer for Vector Graphics, presented at UIST 2023.
- **Current** — Works at Handshake as a founding engineer for Handshake AI.

## Achievements

- Co-created DreamSheets, a spreadsheet interface for exploring text-to-image model inputs and outputs.
- Authored UC Berkeley technical report EECS-2023-248 as part of the requirements for an M.S. in EECS.
- Co-authored VST: Interactive Flexible Style Transfer for Vector Graphics, published at UIST 2023.
- Built most of the Ruby on Rails back end and internal tooling for Unloop's Blueprints project, according to a public professional recommendation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — His public professional profile lists him at Handshake; supplied professional data identifies his current role as founding engineer at Handshake AI.
- **2023-12** — UC Berkeley published DreamSheets as technical report UCB/EECS-2023-248.
- **2023-10** — VST: Interactive Flexible Style Transfer for Vector Graphics appeared at UIST 2023.

## Links

- Website: https://joinhandshake.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwk

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Last updated: 2026-09-26