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Education

• M.S. in Geo-Information Science, Wageningen University and Research, 2026-2028
• B.S. in Data Science, University of California, Irvine, 2018-2022

Work experience

• 06/2022-05/2026: Senior Data Scientist
  • IBM
  • Performing research with the Applied AI Research Team as well as consulting projects.
  • Wrote several papers, blog posts, and articles about Natural Language Processing topics.
• 01/2026-05/2026: Coding Tutor
  • Coding Mind
  • Tutored students on several topics including C++ and Python programming, Unity Engine, and Unreal Engine game development.
  • Led project-based curriculum to keep students engaged on the topic.
  • Collaborated with parents to help guide each student’s interest in study topics.
• 04/2021-06/2022: Research Assistant Manager
  • University of California, Irvine Office of Research Information
  • Worked with medical researchers to help identify relevant data for their studies.
  • Accessed medical databases to find study eligible study participants.
  • Managed a team of 10 students to delegate tasks and verify completeness.
• 04/2019-01/2022: Research Assistant
  • University of California, Irvine Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Worked with Dr. Luis Colon-Perez at the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior to implement an algorithm for streamline tracking using diffusion MRI images.

Skills

• Machine Learning Frameworks
  • PyTorch
  • Huggingface Transformers
  • Sentence Transformers
  • AutoML
• Natural Language Processing
  • Transformer model fine-tuning
  • Custom model development
• ML Engineering
  • Model Deployment, Maintenance, and Monitoring
  • MLOps pipeline
  • Kubernetes, Docker

Publications

Lightweight Safety Classification Using Pruned Language Models

Sawtell, M., Masterman, T., Besen, S., & Brown, J. (2024). Lightweight safety classification using pruned language models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.13435.

The Landscape of Emerging AI Agent Architectures for Reasoning, Planning, and Tool Calling: A Survey

Masterman, T., Besen, S., Sawtell, M., & Chao, A. (2024). The landscape of emerging ai agent architectures for reasoning, planning, and tool calling: A survey. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.11584.