Conducting research in AI/ML with a focus on healthcare and online human behavior, and provided engineering support for software development projects as well as other research efforts.- Conduct AI/ML research on the use of multimodal signal data (EEG, galvanic skin response, heart rate variability, etc.) combined with demographic and psychometric data to assess mental health.- Conduct AI/ML research on the automated extraction of claims from news articles and their use to identify larger trends within news media.- Perform statistical analysis, data engineering, and general data analytics tasks to support research efforts. - Build and maintain scalable infrastructure and model pipelines. Improve performance of pipelines and models through code refactoring and addition of parallelization through GPU acceleration and multiprocessing.- Develop and deploy Flask-based APIs for model interaction. Utilize Docker containers on AWS for scalable deployment.- Regularly present findings to funding agencies. Helped secure continued support for research initiatives.

Working with the instructor, researched and tested quantum computing tools and created resources for students. Helped the instructor and students run projects on DWAVE’s quantum computing system.

Lead projects aimed at improving current products or launching new ones in an AGILE environment. Performed research and analysis centered on: data science, statistical, and geostatistical methods; market needs; competitor offerings; user experience; and cartography. Worked with management to define feature requirements and organize development efforts. Performed extensive product QA and wrote automated tests.

Worked with struggling Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout Packs to improve their leadership, programming and recruitment. Partnered with other members of the council staff to plan and execute a spring recruitment. Collected information on local nonprofits and used this information with demographic data and Council resources to perform spatial analysis and identify ways we could better serve poor communities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Designed, built and launched major updates and new webpages for the Boy Scouts of America California Inland Empire Council. Redesigned and rebuilt the Council’s weekly online newsletter. Performed business-focused research and analysis, including work for a future upgrade of their back-end solution, online activity sign ups, and youth advancement tracking. Helped write and put together the council’s application for several marketing awards for these improvements and others. Built pages and newsletter to be easy to maintain, wrote documentation on maintenance requirements as well as trained Council staff on it. Coordinated with Council leadership to develop requirements, present findings, and help set future goals for the Council.

Provided technical support for all NOOK devices, trained new customers and coworkers on how to use the devices, and performed miscellaneous retail tasks.