Orlando, Florida, United States
Signal & Image Processing
- Led development of advanced algorithms and machine learning (boosted decision trees, parameterized neural networks) for particle physics analyses on 30+ PB of collision data - Developed statistical methodology for likelihood and significance optimization, delivering novel scientific results for an ultra-rare physics signal - Served as detector expert during a large-scale hardware upgrade: refurbished and tested custom detectors, built interactive monitoring dashboards, and optimized anomaly detection - Automated data quality monitoring using autoencoders and PCA, and deployed a web application for on-demand data querying and analysis
- Oversaw $18.9 million budget of a 50,000-member student body as an elected executive officer, and lobbied at the state and federal level for higher education - Awarded: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Student Government of the Year (2014 - 2015)