CV

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Education

Ph.D., in Computer Science, University of Utah (Current)
- Research Interest: AI/ML Security & Trustworthiness
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Mississippi 2024
- Thesis: On Interence-Time Adversaries in Object Detection Models
B.S. in Computer Science; Emphasis in Data Science, Minor in Mathematics; University of Mississippi, 2022
- Relevant Graduate-level Courses: Data Mining, Computer Architecture & Design, Compiler Design

Spring 2025 - Current:
- Topic: Vulnerabilities and defenses in AI in Autonomous Systems/Robotics applications
- Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Brown
Fall 2024 - Current:
- Topic: Generative model vulnerabilities and security
- Supervisor: Dr. Guanhong Tao
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024:
- Topics: Inference-Time Targeted Adversarial Attacks for Object Detectors, Genetic Algorithm Optimization for Image Reconstruction Tasks
- Supervisor: Dr. Charles Walter
Fall 2021 - Spring 2023:
- Topics: GPGPU Concurrent Priority Queue, Bellman-Ford-Based CPU and GPU Concurrent SSSP Algorithm, Pool-Based GPU Task Scheduler for Generationally Dependent Data
- Supervisor: Dr. Byunghyun Jang
Fall 2020 - Spring 2022:
- Topics: Improving the BatAlloc Framework ML Model Preprocessing Pipeline and Accuracy
- Supervisor: Dr. Feng Wang
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021:
- Topics: Evaluating effects of Flash-Lag Illusion in Humans in 3D VR space, Accuracy of AR Target Tracking through video conferencing software
- Supervisor: Dr. J Adam Jones

Fall 2025 - Current: Graduate Teaching Assistant
- University of Utah
- Courses: CS 4300: Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2024: Graduate Teaching Assistant
- University of Utah
- Courses: CS 5956-001: Intro to Machine Learning
Fall 2022 - Spring 2024: Graduate Teaching Assistant
- University of Mississippi
- Duties: Assist students, and grade programming assignments for various courses
- Courses: CSCI 111: Java 1, CSCI 211: Java 3, CSCI 444: Information Visualization in R, CSCI 475: Introduction to Database Systems, CSCI 356: Data Structures in Python
- Supervisor: Dr. Kristin Davidson
Summer 2023: Guest Lecturer
- University of Mississippi, HEROES Summer Research Program
- Supervisor: Dr. Byunghyun Jang
Spring 2022: CS Lab Teaching Assistant
- University of Mississippi
- Supervisors: Dr. Kristin Davidson, Ms. Jennifer Vaughn
Spring 2020: Guest Lecturer
- ACM Intro to GitHub Workshop, University of Mississippi