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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

- Researched innovative pharmacogenetic correlations among more than 1,000 drugs and gene variants that are associated with changes in enzymatic activity and resulting phenotypes- Optimized a BERT language model to identify the latest indications for newly FDA-approved drugs, resulting in a 22% increase in the precision of the existing model

Charlottesville, Va, Us

𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠- Contributed to the development of TextAttack, an open-source Python library designed for executing adversarial attacks against Natural Language Processing (NLP) language models.- Produced a step-by-step tutorial for launching adversarial attacks against a fine-tuned BERT language model

Charlottesville, Va, Us

- Developed a plugin for the University of Virginia's School of Medicine AI Lab, which facilitates the quick preprocessing of Petri dish images. This includes noise subtraction, multistack registration, and thresholding

Leesburg, Va, Us

-Built out a full stack application for viewing virtualized tours of physical spaces using Angular and NodeJS-Leveraged Google Directions API to improve route fetching and navigation

-Self-conducted research on the application of machine learning algorithms to mammography datasets-Utilized a support vector machine trained on mammogram lesion numerical records, fine tuned using a genetic algorithm. Then implemented a convolutional neural network trained from a collection of digitized mammogram scans-Developed into web application with Python Flask and SQLite3-Presented at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, Virginia State Science & Engineering Fair, and the LCPS Regional Science & Engineering Fair-Awarded: Intel Computer Science Award, GoDaddy Open Source Award, Aerospace Corporation Award, Virginia Dental Association Award-Honorable Mention

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Master'S Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering