About Me

Hello, fellow human being and organic intelligence! I’m an oddball who recently pivoted from software development at ESPN to pursuing my PhD at Washington University in Saint Louis. I haven’t gone too far afield as I’m majoring in computer science, but now I’m focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning. I count myself lucky to be a new member of the Multimodal Vision Research Laboratory advised by Professor Nathan Jacobs.

I became interested in computers and programming well before graduating high school as valedictorian, and I have worked in the industry since graduating Purdue University with a computer engineering degree. Originally from the midwest, I put myself through college with academic scholarships and personal income. One of my favorite things is figuring out what needs to be done and doing it. There’s nothing better than understanding a new system or solving a problem, especially when I feel like I am making a difference.

Looking forward, my long-term interests definitely lie in deep learning, remote sensing, autonomous systems, and computer vision. Lately, I’ve been particularly excited about trajectory representations, geolocalization tasks, and learning about world models. Stay tuned for updates, and let’s program the matrix for good!