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How do you find structure in chaos? How do you control and predict the changes in that structure? What can we learn from nature when building complex, distributed systems that humans can use and understand? I enjoy working on projects that seek answers to these questions. I want to make complex systems more intuitive and predictable for the people in charge of managing them, and I enjoy pulling influences from diverse fields of knowledge to do so.In the past few years I have:* Improved the resilience of computer networks using strategies employed by honeybees to defend their hives.* Developed virtual reality interfaces to visualize and control hundreds of robots simultaneously.* Debated the impact future fleets of delivery drones will have on everyday citizens going about their lives below them.As we grow and become more connected, understanding how to control the chaos becomes more crucial than ever. I want to bring order to the chaos, and have a blast while doing it.Interested in checking out my work? Here are some recent projects I've had the pleasure of working on:Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)https://www.sift.net/research/human-performance-and-ux-innovations/offsetDARPA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34NPbGkLGIResilient Emergent Properties for Autonomous Agent InteRactions (REPAIR)https://www.sift.net/research/artificial-intelligence/repair-0Monitoring Emergent Duress Under Long-Lasting Allostasis (MEDULLA)https://www.sift.net/research/computational-social-science/medullaOf course, my entire life isn't chaos. I also enjoy building keyboards that look like they were made in the 1980's, cycling around my neighborhood to see things you'd miss from a car, and playing a game that's centuries old (it's chess, and after years of trying I'm still not that great at it--turns out it's pretty hard).

Listed skills include Machine Learning, Matlab, Research, Java, and 15 others.