NIPS 2017 - CV

About Me

  • From typing my name on Windows 3.1 at the age of 3, to building my own computer at the age of 11, to developing websites and iOS apps in my freetime; I fell in love with computers from a young age and have pursued my passion ever since.

    I am a PhD Computer Science student at UMBC, having completed both my Bachelor's and Master's in 4.5 years in Fall 2014. In my Master's work I explored visual analytics and machine learning in user interfaces to develop an approach for learning and generating suggestions from user interactions. For my PhD, I am using visual analytics and machine learning to learn from unstructured and sparse temporal data with the intent of being able to predict future events and sequences in the data.

    I also work as a Visual Analytic Scientist/Developer at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD where I research healthcare data and apply machine learning and visualization techniques to learn patterns and trends from the data with the goal of preventive healthcare.

    As my lifelong goal, I always look to further my knowledge and education. There is no boundary to what I can learn and accomplish.

Education

  • 2015-2018

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    PhD Degree, Computer Science

    I am currently exploring machine learning for sparse and unstructured temporal datasets with the goal of being able to predict future events and sequences in the data. In addition, I look to develop a visualization technique that will communicate the information embedded within these unstructured temporal datasets. My expected competion is 2017/2018.

  • 2014

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Master's Degree, Computer Science

    I explored visual analytics and machine learning in user interfaces to develop an approach for learning and generating suggestions from user interactions.

  • 2010 - 2013

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Cum Laude

    Relevant Courses
    • Compiler Design
    • Data Structures
    • Database Management Systems
    • Principles of Operating Systems
    • Software Design/Development
    • Intro to Mobile Computing

  • 2006 - 2010

    Parkville High School, Center for Mathematics, Science, & Computer Science


    Ranked 9th out of a class of 436 students.

Professional Presentations

  • Nov 2013

    Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare


    Presented VisXplore paper

  • Aug 2013

    TBI-Explore: A visual analytics system to explore and analyze complex clinical data


    Presented TBI-Explore, a continuation of my previous summer's work, to address the need for visualizing large sets of clinical data. Discussed the progress made from the previous summer and the work to be done in the future. Presented at NICoE (Walter Reed Bethesda).

  • Oct 2012

    Mobile Smartphone Apps for International Radiology


    Spoke at the 2012 RAD-AID Conference, at Johns Hopkins University, about the need for mobile health resources in developing countries and demonstrated an iOS app, RAD-AID Knowledge Manager, meant to meet this need.

  • Aug 2012

    An Interactive Visualization to Support Exploration and Analysis of Interdisciplinary Clinical Data


    Presented the Clinical Data Visualization Framework that was developed under Dr. Jesus Caban to address the need for visualizing large sets of clinical data. Presented at CIDI (NIH), NICoE (Navy Medical Center), and the UMBC Graphics Lab.

  • Aug 2011

    NLM Pill ID


    Presented my summer work, an iPhone app to help researchers analyze pills, at the Office of High Performance Computing (OHPCC) at the National Library Medicine.

Work Experience

  • July 2012 - Present

    Owner

    TeraFlip LLC


    Founded my own LLC to pursue personal projects.

    • PillNote: Built, designed, and created an iOS/Android/WP8 app to allow patients with chronic medications to track their medication progress and aid them in remembering to take their medications while collecting data anonymously to further the research in the field of medication adherence.

  • Nov 2011 - Present

    Mobile Applications Developer

    RAD-AID International, Part-Time


    • Developed an iOS app used by doctors, researchers, and other professionals in the medical field to stay up to date on medical journals. In addition the app user can track their cases/research and receive follow-up reminders.
    • Developed a portal to make the application and survey process simpler and more efficient for RAD-AID members.

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

    Summer Intern

    Walter Reed Bethesda – National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE)


    Continued work on VisXplore by adding more modules and supporting multiple data types allowing for clinicians and researchers to perform both single-subject and group analysis.

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

    Summer Intern

    NIH – Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (CIDI)


    Began work on a Clinical Data Visualization Framework to assist clinicians and researchers in analyzing large sets of clinical data.

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

    Undergraduate Research Developer

    DIADIC Laboratory, Part-Time


    Worked on a team to develop a peer-to-peer based system which allowed users to interact with browser extensions to be able to communicate with users all around the world.

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

    Summer Intern

    NIH - Office of High Performance Computing and Communications (OHPCC)


    Developed an iPhone app to aid medical researchers in analyzing pill information provided by the FDA. Created and optimized a database of over 14,000 pills to allow users of the app to access the information offline.

  • Dec 2010 - Apr 2011

    Mobile Applications Developer

    AIMREC Enterprise


    Developed an iOS app to allow the user to enjoy their favorite music in various formats. This app is currently available on the Apple App Store.

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