# Tom Auger (taugr)

> Coding, researching, and teaching with AI

Site: https://tau.gr/

Tom Auger is Lead AI Engineer at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies. His technical interests are in AI and cyber security, and he runs workshops teaching AI to teens around the world.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://tau.gr/): Coding, researching, and teaching with AI
- [About](https://tau.gr/about/): About Tom Auger, Lead AI Engineer at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies.
- [Essays](https://tau.gr/essays/): Essays and experiments.
- [Projects](https://tau.gr/projects/): A selection of products, tools, and research.
- [Teaching](https://tau.gr/teaching/): AI workshops and learning labs.
- [Speaking](https://tau.gr/speaking/): Public talks, panels, and appearances.
- [RSS](https://tau.gr/rss.xml): RSS feed for essays.

## Profiles

- [github](https://github.com/taugr)
- [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/taugr)
- [x](https://x.com/tomaugr)

## Essays

- [Set up Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS on your WireGuard VPN server](https://tau.gr/essays/set-up-cloudflared-ubuntu-wireguard/) (2019-03-03): Once you've set up a WireGuard VPN server, you'll also want to protect your DNS requests. One method of achieving this is to set up a DNS over HTTPS resolver on your VPN server and route your DNS traffic over the VPN...
- [Set up a WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu and connect from Mac and Android](https://tau.gr/essays/set-up-wireguard-vpn-ubuntu-mac/) (2019-03-02): How to set up a WireGuard server on Ubuntu and set up clients on Mac and Android.

## Projects

- [neuk-bike](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2026-05-08): Find cycle parking spaces in Edinburgh, Scotland. Links: http://neuk.bike/, https://github.com/taugr/neuk-bike.
- [climatenet-mcp](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2026-04-28): MCP server for querying ClimateNet environmental monitoring data from Armenia through Codex, Claude, and other MCP clients. Links: https://taugr.github.io/climatenet-mcp/, https://github.com/taugr/climatenet-mcp.
- [aisdk-dt](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2026-04-24): CLI for inspecting Vercel AI SDK DevTools generations.json files so coding agents can query requests, responses, tool calls, timing, and usage without flooding context. Links: https://taugr.github.io/aisdk-dt/, https://github.com/taugr/aisdk-dt.
- [nest-zod](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2026-03-29): Zod-powered request parsing and response serialization for NestJS, with runtime decorators and optional Swagger/OpenAPI metadata. Links: https://nestzod.dev/, https://github.com/taugr/nest-zod.
- [vuemarkik](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2025-11-22): Markdown rendering for Vue.js, built on unified, remark, and rehype with custom components, async rendering, and streaming-friendly error handling. Links: https://vuemarkik.dev/, https://github.com/taugr/vuemarkik.
- [cmdtime](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2021-04-09): Oh My Zsh plugin that displays how long the previous command took to run, with compact, readable timing in the terminal prompt. Links: https://github.com/taugr/cmdtime.
- [secretbox](https://tau.gr/projects/) (2019-04-27): Small .NET Standard library for symmetric key encryption using the Gimli permutation, with a simple API designed to be easy to use and hard to misuse. Links: https://github.com/taugr/secretbox.

## Teaching

- TUMO Gunma AI Learning Lab (Nov 1-3, 2025, Takasaki, Japan): A three-day AI learning lab where students used generative AI tools to create short Disney-quality movies, ending with a final premiere. Links: [official](https://www.pref.gunma.jp/site/houdou/726117.html), [flyer](https://tau.gr/img/teaching/gunma-flyer.pdf), [reel](https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ81rIHElCR/).
- TUMO Mumbai Generative AI Workshop (May 2025, Mumbai, India): A pilot workshop on multimodal AI through code generation, configuring AI agents, coding interactive websites, and creating visuals and songs. Links: [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBOiCDEvW4U), [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-center-for-creative-technologies_our-chief-development-officer-pegor-papazian-activity-7331906798842490880-ShV3).
- AI Agent Chatroom / Talking AI Avatars (July 2025, TUMO): A learning lab where students used OpenAI Agent SDK, Cursor, and Next.js to create talking AI avatars and moderated multi-agent chatrooms. Links: [source](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-center-for-creative-technologies_in-an-ambitious-alt-july-learning-lab-at-activity-7355938619024367618-hOS0), [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DMsRu34NfKp/).
- AI/Teens GenAI Hackathon (Mar 15, 2025, TUMO Yerevan): An eight-hour hands-on lab where students built GenAI-powered websites and platforms, including projects that generated books. Links: [source](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-center-for-creative-technologies_march-15-at-tumo-yerevan-was-an-absolute-activity-7307378685995565056-d8iR), [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTMrreNXcp/).
- Masterlab IA Generatives (Spring break 2024, TUMO Paris, Forum des images): A generative AI masterlab where students used OpenAI APIs, React, ChatGPT, Midjourney, and MusicGen to create AI-generated illustrations, stories, music, and interactive web galleries. Links: [official](https://paris.tumo.fr/masterlab-ia-generatives-avec-tom-auger/), [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGaPXml2_aE), [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6G-w3wMLUI/).
- Data Analysis with ChatGPT Code Interpreter (Sep 23, 2023, TUMO): A workshop on using ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis to analyze open datasets, create visualizations, and build dashboards without writing code. Links: [program](https://tumo.ai/education/program), [resources](https://tau.gr/speaking/aisymposium/).
- Generative AI Learning Labs (Summer 2023, Yerevan, Gyumri, Dilijan, and Kapan): A series of labs where students used JavaScript with tools such as DALL-E, Jukebox, and ChatGPT to create generators for music, art, poetry, recipes, and other outputs. Links: [source](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-center-for-creative-technologies_tumo-generativeai-activity-7092451468309340160-ps-r), [reel](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvRvLOTN5lv/).
- Information Retrieval and Text Analysis (February 2023, Yerevan and Gyumri): A programming lab where TUMO students learned how to build search indexes, create a search algorithm, and build their own search engines. Links: [official](https://tumo.org/project/information-retrieval-and-text-analysis/), [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5W3IZTB32U), [archive](https://tau.gr/teaching/tumo2023/).

## Speaking

- Your New AI Co-Worker (Apr 17, 2026, 19:00, TUMO Labs, Yerevan, Armenia): A practical session on applying AI to everyday work processes, choosing what to automate first, turning AI into an autonomous working unit, and structuring prompts. Links: [event](https://luma.com/y6ns6030), [program](https://tumolabs.ai/en/), [recap](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-labs_the-wide-variety-of-ai-tools-and-models-can-activity-7454786541601628160-krK-).
- Engineering AI for Education (Sep 12-13, 2025, Woods Center, Yerevan, Armenia): A talk on how TUMO is engineering AI-driven applications that guide self-learning, adapt to each student’s pace and interests, and empower personalized learning paths. Links: [agenda](https://datafest.am/2025/agenda), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/183JsFgBXJxmGZ23c6IF-kMhStK9-7OA1mIt2G-HpInw/edit?usp=sharing), [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z35cZYnj4jY).
- Digital Forensics: Detecting Illegal Content at Scale (Jun 14-15, 2025, Yerevan, Armenia): A talk on the technologies, strategies, and cryptographic techniques used to identify illegal content across large collections of hidden data. Links: [event](https://luma.com/xu70avh8).
- AI-Driven Learning: The Future of Education (Oct 12, 2024, 10:00, Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theater, Yerevan, Armenia): A conference talk on how AI can transform learning and education. Links: [event](https://darpass.com/event/ai-conf-2024/), [site](https://aiconf.am/), [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tumo-center-for-creative-technologies_guess-whos-taking-the-stage-at-ai-conf-2024-activity-7250490553253916673-QK8V).
- Education Re-launched Through AI (Oct 6, 2024, 15:10, Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex, Yerevan, Armenia): A WCIT 2024 / DigiTec session on AI and education, part of the AI in Action theme and the broader Power of Mind program. Links: [event](https://www.facebook.com/wcit2024.digitec/).
- Digital Forensics: Surveillance vs Privacy (Feb 22, 2024, 19:00, CyHub Armenia, Teryan 105/1, 6th floor, Yerevan, Armenia): A Hackshabti talk on digital forensics, surveillance, privacy, and the tensions between investigation capabilities and civil liberties. Links: [event](https://www.facebook.com/cyhubarmenia).
- Generative AI: How It's Changing the World (Jul 20, 2023, 19:30, Gyumri and Dilijan, Armenia): Prompt examples and practical resources from a public talk introducing generative AI and how to use it for writing, learning, planning, and coding. Links: [resources](https://tau.gr/speaking/aitalk/), [original](https://tomauger.gitlab.io/aitalk/).

## Full context

- [llms-full.txt](https://tau.gr/llms-full.txt): extended essay, project, teaching, and speaking context.