Professional portfolio · 2026

Research depth.
Builder’s instinct.

Ph.D. candidate, data scientist, security researcher, educator, and product builder working across trustworthy AI, machine learning, agentic systems, IoT security, predictive analytics, and decision support.

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Profile

Intelligent systems grounded in real problems.

I combine academic research with hands-on product development. My work spans AI security, voice-assistant and IoT ecosystems, predictive maintenance, natural-language systems, and analytics for complex environments.

I have designed production data and machine-learning solutions, taught systems administration and security, mentored student researchers, and published at leading security venues.

Trustworthy AISecurity, policy, evaluation, responsible deployment
Applied MLNLP, time series, predictive analytics, decision support
AI ProductsAgents, automation, education, interactive systems
TeachingAI, data science, cybersecurity, systems

Selected work

Products built to inform, teach, and act.

A focused selection of working applications. The projects presented here represent the breadth of academic, instructional, and industry interests that can be enhanced, optimized, and transformed through the strategic integration of artificial intelligence. Please direct questions to Jeffrey's digital twin.

Education

AI Academy

An approachable AI-driven learning hub that turns AI concepts into clear, practical lessons. Used to disseminate AI knowledge and skills to learners at all levels, from beginners to experts.

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Generative AI

Cognition Curator

An agentic research and content system for shaping thoughtful technical articles based on top-tier academic publications.

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Marketing

Campaign Builder Pro

An AI-assisted workspace for campaigns, messaging, and creative direction. The goal of this project was to guide business agents through the development, creation, and implementation of professionally designed advertising campaigns.

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Optimization

Business Optimize AI

Decision-support system designed to identify operational opportunities and recommend actionable business strategies for optimizing workflows, governance, and organizational efficiency. The goal of this project was to make the advantages of data science accessible to individuals and organizations that might otherwise lack the resources or expertise to leverage them.

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Analytics

Bay Trends

AI-driven collectible marketplace intelligence that surfaces pricing, supply, and directional signals. The goal of this project was to gain knowledge of specific collectible markets for the purpose of investment.

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Market analytics

CollectiAgent: Market Suite

The CollectiAgent Market Suite is an AI-powered collectibles research ecosystem designed to help users discover hard-to-find items and make more informed buying, selling, and valuation decisions. It combines intelligent multi-marketplace discovery with pricing analysis, comparable sales, market trends, liquidity indicators, and monitoring tools to transform fragmented marketplace data into actionable collectible intelligence.

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Optimization

TableTop Labs: Boardgame Analyzer

Tabletop Lab: Boardgame Analyzer is an AI-powered playtesting and game-design analysis platform that transforms rulebooks into simulated gameplay experiments. A configurable team of AI testing agents models the game, runs repeated playthroughs, identifies balance issues, dominant strategies, pacing problems, rule ambiguities, and potential failure modes, then produces a decision-ready report with findings and recommended design improvements.

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Market analytics

TableTop Labs: Boardgame Marketplace Analyzer

The Board Game Marketplace Analyzer is an AI-powered market intelligence tool designed to evaluate the commercial landscape surrounding a board game before it enters the market. It analyzes a game’s rulebook, identifies comparable titles using a transparent similarity model, and examines marketplace supply, pricing, and supporting evidence to produce a confidence-scored market assessment.

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Creative technology

Bad Wizard

Original games, publishing, media, and character-driven interactive experiences. This ecosystem of marketplaces and data-driven tools was designed and developed as a creative outlet, a real-world testing ground for AI technologies, and a source of supplemental income.

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Education

EigenBytes

An AI-driven research and education platform designed to make complex topics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and AI security more accessible and practical. It combines research-informed articles, tutorials, interactive tools, and AI-powered learning experiences to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and real-world application. Visit EigenBytes ↗

Education

PhysicsBytes

PhysicsBytes is an AI-driven research and education platform designed to make complex concepts in physics more accessible, engaging, and practical. It combines peer-reviewed research with AI-powered content generation to create dynamic articles, tutorials, and learning resources that evolve as users explore new topics. Visit PhysicsBytes ↗

Education

MathBytes

MathBytes is an AI-driven research and education platform designed to make complex mathematical concepts more accessible, engaging, and practical. It combines research-informed content with AI-powered tools to generate dynamic articles, tutorials, and learning resources that evolve as users explore mathematics at different levels of complexity. Visit MathBytes ↗

Research

Security, machine learning, and connected systems.

Published work includes voice-assistant policy violations, certification trust, privacy-preserving authentication, IoT device profiling, and financial time-series modeling.

USENIX Security · 2022

SkillDetective: Automated Policy-Violation Detection of Voice Assistant Applications in the Wild

ACM CCS · 2020

Dangerous Skills Got Certified: Measuring the Trustworthiness of Skill Certification

IEEE HONET · 2020

A Methodological Framework for Validating ZKP Authentication Processes

IEEE RFID · 2019

Configurable Anonymous Authentication Schemes for the Internet of Things

Professional network

Profiles, writing, code, and creative work.

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Documents

Professional and academic materials.

Current documents for hiring, academic review, speaking, teaching, and collaboration.

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Let’s build something useful.

I’m interested in research collaboration, applied AI projects, university teaching, consulting, and thoughtful conversations about intelligent systems.