Contact Information

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: (616) 331-2439

Research Interests

Machine learning, data science, numerical methods, scientific computing, high-performance computing, CS pedagogy

Professional Activities

Undergraduate Research Council Member, Kindschi Review Committee Member, NCWIT GVSU Lead Faculty Member Representative

Personal Interests

Snow skiing, scuba diving, wakesurfing, stand up paddleboarding, reading, playing video and board games, spoiling my dog Chewie

Teaching Interests

Computational Science, System-level Programming and Utilities, Applied Machine Learning, Computer Science II

Recent Publications

Click here for link to recent publication on "Exploiting compression in solving discretized linear systems"

Click here for a link to recent publication on "An Augmented Image Captioning Model: Incorporating Hierarchical Image Information"

Click here for a link to recent publication on "Identifying High-Risk Workspaces during COVID-19 using Machine Learning"

Research Projects with Students

Seth Ockerman:  Detecting Face Mask Usage Trends in Social Media Using Machine Learning

Marc Tunnell (co-advised with Nathaniel Bowman):  Exploring Fast Emulators for Long-running Mars Simulation Code

Nathan Funckes (co-advised with Greg Wolffe):    An Augmented Image Captioning Model – Incorporating Hierarchical Image Information

Grants and Fellowships

S3 Grant (Summer 2021):  Seth Ockerman (student), Erin Carrier (advisor)

MS3 Grant (Summer 2020):  Nathan Funckes (student), Greg Wolffe and Erin Carrier (co-advisors)