Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science · University of Utah
Research interest: AI/ML security & trustworthiness
M.S. in Computer Science · University of Mississippi
Thesis: On Inference-Time Adversaries in Object Detection Models
B.S. in Computer Science · University of Mississippi
Emphasis in Data Science, minor in Mathematics. Graduate-level coursework in data mining, computer architecture & design, and compiler design.
Research Experience
University of Utah · ARIA Lab
Vulnerabilities and defenses for AI in autonomous systems and robotics. Advisor: Dr. Daniel Brown
University of Utah · SaLT Lab
Generative model vulnerabilities and security. Advisor: Dr. Guanhong Tao
University of Mississippi · M.S. Research
Inference-time targeted adversarial attacks for object detectors; genetic algorithm optimization for image reconstruction. Advisor: Dr. Charles Walter
University of Mississippi · Undergraduate Research
Worked across multiple labs on systems, machine learning, and HCI: GPU-based concurrent data structures and task schedulers (Dr. Byunghyun Jang), ML preprocessing and accuracy in the BatAlloc framework (Dr. Feng Wang), and perceptual illusions and AR tracking in immersive 3D environments (Dr. J. Adam Jones).
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant · University of Utah
CS 4300: Artificial Intelligence
Graduate Teaching Assistant · University of Utah
CS 5956-001: Intro to Machine Learning
Graduate Teaching Assistant · University of Mississippi
Java 1, Java 3, Data Structures in Python, Intro to Database Systems, and Information Visualization in R. Supervisor: Dr. Kristin Davidson
Guest Lecturer · HEROES Summer Research Program
University of Mississippi. Supervisor: Dr. Byunghyun Jang
CS Lab Teaching Assistant · University of Mississippi
Supervisor: Dr. Kristin Davidson
Guest Lecturer · ACM Intro to GitHub Workshop
University of Mississippi
Awards
- ★HICSS 2024 Conference Best Paper Award
- ★SAP Computer Science Award
- ★Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal
- ★Outstanding Student in Computer Science
- ★Dean's Excellence Award
- ★CoreLogic Family Award
- ★Provost Scholar
- ★Academic Excellence Award
- ★Bledsoe Award