Research

Cognitive Scientist & AI Researcher

AI Ethics

How do we all know that during a basketball game it is strange to whisper to a teammate?

  • I am attempting to formally model how we learn and reason (or how we want our machines to reason) about norms like above, as well as more morally salient norms.

Papers

A collection of my writings

Education

Places I have studied

Sept. 2018
to Present

Northwestern University

M.S. & PhD Computer Science

August 2014
to May 2018

University of Northern Iowa

B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Mathematics, Philosophy Minor

August 2012
to May 2014

Kirkwood Community College

Mechanical Engineering Program

Experience

My professional background

May 2016
to Present

Freelance Web Development

Somewhere comfortable with mediocre coffee

Design, setup, and develop fully functional and responsive websites for clients. Develop both WordPress and custom sites.

June 2017
to August 2017

Research Intern

Harvard University

Developed a course recommender system using various methods of natural language processing. Developed machine learning classifiers to intelligently gather textual data.

May 2016
to August 2016

Programming Intern

VGM Forbin

Performed HTML5 validation, maintained staging sites, improved functionality of websites in C# and Python Django, involved in website setup and planning.

August 2012
to Sept. 2015

College Basketball

Kirkwood CC & University of Northern Iowa

Starting All-Region point guard at Kirkwood CC. Transferred to UNI and unfortunately, due to reocurring injuries, had to step away from the game after one year.

Projects

A few of my creations

Favorite Quotes

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