Research Assistant @ Victoria University of Wellington | PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence
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Revolutionizing Marine Biomass Analysis with Deep Learning & REIMS
Based on my doctoral thesis, this project replaces traditional statistical methods (OPLS-DA) with Transformer-based architectures to analyze Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) data for the seafood industry.
🚀 Research Breakthroughs
- Gone Phishing (MoE Transformer): Achieved 100% accuracy in Species Identification (Hoki vs. Mackerel).
- Autobots (Multi-scale Ensemble): 74.13% accuracy in Body Part Classification—crushing the 51.17% statistical baseline.
- SpectroSim: A self-supervised contrastive learning framework (SimCLR for chemistry) enabling Batch Traceability without physical tags.
- Explainable AI (XAI): Utilizing LIME and SHAP to map model decisions back to specific m/z chemical peaks.
| Venue/Project | Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| PhD Thesis | AI for Marine Biomass | Research Proposal 📝 |
| IMTS 2025 | Electronic Nose Tech | Springer Paper 📄 |
| AJCAI 2022 | Machine Learning | View Paper 📄 |
| Ionic Scholar | Academic Tooling | Live Demo 🚀 |
| Game | Platform | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Bartender | Itch.io | Play 🍸 |
| Origins | PICO-8 | Play 🐍 |
| Pico's Gate | PICO-8 | Play 🏰 |
| Pico Underlords | PICO-8 | Play ⚔️ |
| NZ Driving Simulator | React | Play 🚗 |
I’m a Research Assistant at Victoria University of Wellington. My journey from NIWA software engineering to a PhD in AI is driven by a desire to use code as a scientific medium.
- 🔭 Current Focus: Self-supervised learning, Masked Spectra Modeling (MSM), and Evolutionary Computation.
- 👾 Fun Fact: I once built a "Skyrim Wellbeing Manager" to gamify tracking mental health.
- 🎮 Currently playing: Baldur's Gate 3.
