ABOUT
I'm James, a data scientist and software engineer delivering high-impact, AI-enabled systems for scientific research, engineering, and financial services. I thrive on translating complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.
EXPERIENCE:7+ YEARS
FOCUS:ML/AI
EXPERIENCE
| ID | PERIOD | POSITION | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| E02 | 2021-Present | Data Scientist | CURRENT |
| E01 | 2019-2020 | R&D Engineering Co-Op Penn State ARL | COMPLETED |
PROJECTS
PageSonic
Local first, in-browser PDF viewer + neuralTTS audiobook creator
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Web Audio Synthesizer
Browser synth with ADSR envelopes, filters, fx, unison detune, keyboard input, and live scopes.
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HomeBench
A privacy-by-design in-browser SQL workbench powered by DuckDB-WASM. Analyze your data locally without sending it to a server.
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Real-Time Black Hole Simulator
A real-time black hole simulator built with Rust, WebAssembly & WebGPU. Explore gravitational lensing effects interactively in your browser.
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| ID | PROJECT | GITHUB | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| P09 | fdnix Fast, relevant, filterable search for the Nix packages collection. Blends keyword matching with semantic (vector) search to find the right package quickly. | 0 | [ACCESS] |
| P08 | Options Visualizer Tool to visualize changes in the Black–Scholes model with respect to other variables. 2D or 3D data output. Can also be used to get current Greeks for a given option. European style options. | 0 | [ACCESS] |
| P07 | Personal Portfolio Website A static portfolio website built with Next.js 15, featuring interactive project cards with GitHub stars, a markdown-powered blog system, and optimized for AWS Amplify hosting | 0 | [ACCESS] |
| P06 | chickhen.xyz A website built in gatsby.js with hosting and CI/CD provided by AWS Amplify | N/A | [ACCESS] |
| P05 | Drexel Micromouse 2020 Won 1st prize in the 2020 Princeton Micromouse competition using the A* algorithm implemented in Python | 0 | [ACCESS] |
P09
fdnix
Fast, relevant, filterable search for the Nix packages collection. Blends keyword matching with semantic (vector) search to find the right package quickly.
P08
Options Visualizer
Tool to visualize changes in the Black–Scholes model with respect to other variables. 2D or 3D data output. Can also be used to get current Greeks for a given option. European style options.
P07
Personal Portfolio Website
A static portfolio website built with Next.js 15, featuring interactive project cards with GitHub stars, a markdown-powered blog system, and optimized for AWS Amplify hosting
P05
Drexel Micromouse 2020
Won 1st prize in the 2020 Princeton Micromouse competition using the A* algorithm implemented in Python
BLOG
| ID | DATE | TITLE | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| B03 | 2025-10-04 | Reproducible Dev Without Docker: Nix on macOS and Linux | [VIEW] |
| B02 | 2021-12-31 | Setting up Grafana with InfluxDB for Server Monitoring | [VIEW] |
| B01 | 2021-12-20 | End-to-End Time Series Forecasting Project with TBATS and Pandas in Python | [VIEW] |
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