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Current Work
PhD Candidate at Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo, Norway April 2022 – Current
- Researching deep reinforcement learning in spiking neural networks
- Biologically inspired learning and time representation mechanisms
- Potential neuromorphic hardware applications
Education
M.Sc Neuroscience - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kavli Institute – Roudi Group Trondheim, Norway August 2018 - January 2021
Thesis advisors: Dr. Yasser Roudi, Dr. Nicola Bulso Thesis: Novel Model Selection Criterion for Inference of Ising Models
- Study of Ising model network inference using the Pseudo-Likelihood method and the novel Bulso et al. 2019 MDL-entropy model selection criterion.
B.Sc. Physics, B.A. Mathematics - University of North Texas
Denton, Texas, USA August 2010 - May 2017
Thesis advisor: Dr. Ohad Shemmer Thesis: Prominent AGN Emission Line Contributions to Photometric Bands
- Study of flux contribution of Active Galactic Nuclei emission lines to g’, r’, and i’ SDSS bands using data from the Shen et al. (2011) AGN catalog as a method of AGN profile identification in large sky surveys.
Certifications: Mathematics of Scientific Computation
Research Experience
Novel Model Selection in the Maximum Entropy Model
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Kavli Institute – Roudi Group
- Simulation of Ising model network dynamic and Markov processes
- Application of inverse Ising methods including the Pseudo-Likelihood method
- Reconstruction of Ising network models from simulated outputs through Bayesian inference
- Study of model selection criteria with focus on the novel Bulso et al. 2019 MDL-entropy criterion
- MATLAB environment simulation and data collection on NTNU IDUN High Performance Computing cluster
Motion Data Genome Project
Atlas Wearables
- Animal biometrics and motion data analysis using proprietary machine learning algorithm
Instrument: One Antarctic Night
xREZ Art + Science Lab, University of North Texas Dr. Ruth West Publication: Experiencing a Slice of the Sky: Immersive Rendering and Sonification of Antarctic Astronomy Data
- Part of multidisciplinary team, together creating mixed-media installations representative of scientific concepts
- Data collection and filtering of 800,000+ astronomical objects using VizieR library of astronomical catalogs
- Analysis and contextualization of astronomic data to installation goals
- Handling and modeling object data using MySQL and SciPy, for streaming into a Unity environment
Prominent AGN Emission Line Contributions to Photometric Bands
University of North Texas Dr. Ohad Shemmer
- Study of flux contribution of Active Galactic Nuclei emission lines to g’, r’, and i’ SDSS bands using data from the Shen et al. (2011) AGN catalog as a method of AGN profile identification in large sky surveys
Professional Experience
Researcher - NORMENT Biostatistics Lab at the University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway December 2021 – April 2022
Data Scientist - Atlas Wearables
Austin, Texas December 2017 – July 2018
- Researcher for the Atlas Motion Genome Project
Research Intern - xREZ Art + Science Lab at the University of North Texas
Denton, Texas June 2016 – May 2017
- Astronomy consultant for Instrument: One Antarctic Night project
Sr. Support Technician - ServiceLedger
Lake Dallas, Texas March 2013 – April 2016
- Full desktop and network support in a Microsoft environment
- SQL database management, XML stylesheets, report publishing, and web applications