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CARSON
Computer Science student at Minerva University. I build full-stack systems, ML pipelines, and distributed architectures. My ambition is simple: keep learning, keep helping, and be the teammate you're relieved to see on your project.

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Systems &
ML Engineer
I'm a junior Computer Science student at Minerva University driven to turn ideas into impactful software. What started as curiosity about how laptops work has evolved into a passion for full-stack development and machine learning, driving me to build projects that tackle real-world challenges.
I've engineered backends that scaled to 8,000+ concurrent classrooms, built RAG pipelines at 82% correctness, and ranked 3rd nationally out of 65+ teams in NASA solar forecasting research.
Exploring agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, and cloud-native distributed architectures.
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Linear Algebra
Software Development
Probability & Statistics
Data Structures & Algorithms
Single & Multivariable Calculus
Exec History
Space Domain Awareness · Mountain View, CA
Engineered Datadog tracing for real-time performance anomaly detection across deployed server infrastructure; automated alerts reduced customer service complaints by ~40%.
Built a churn prediction model on subscription and game usage data; triggered automated outreach to at-risk customers, reducing first-month churn by ~30% while maintaining profitability.
Built RAG pipeline for topic-wise assessment using citation gating; maintained 82% correctness on generated multiple-choice questions, driving 50%+ usage by all users during peak test periods.
Increased matchable retargeting audience by 62% by syncing app users to HubSpot Contacts and building a Streamlit dashboard for self-serve audience insights.
Formulated analytics REST APIs and data schemas for cohort reporting and risk segmentation; optimized queries via indexing and caching to cut analytics latency by ~35% under high concurrency.
Redesigned the Cohort Risk dashboard surfacing student engagement signals (login frequency, assignment progress) as visible instructor actions, driving 16% higher instructor dashboard engagement.
UNIPORT
Consolidated 12 legacy PII endpoints to 2 authorized services via granular IAM access controls, reducing blast radius by 83% and achieving ISO 27001 readiness for the startup.
Engineered a RAG workflow agent that cut compliance-change turnaround time by 80% by detecting government portal updates and drafting citation-backed internal alerts using LangGraph.
NASA_RESEARCH
Solar Particle Event Forecasting · Tempe, AZ
Led 5-person team to predict SPE intensity for astronaut risk mitigation using LightGBM vs. TCN model comparison with time-series cross-validation.
Built end-to-end modeling pipeline: feature engineering → training → validation, selecting final model via time-series CV and error analysis.
PROJECT_LOG
04 NODESKV Store
Distributed vector-aware key-value store with sharding, ANN retrieval, and partitioning strategies for scalable embedding search. Explores availability, consistency, and retrieval-performance tradeoffs across distributed nodes.
Implements partitioning strategies for availability and consistency in distributed environments.
MicroEX
Exchange simulator with a live limit order book supporting limit/market orders, price-time priority, partial fills, and cancel/modify operations. Added deterministic replay and benchmarked event processing under simulated load, with correctness validated against edge-case scenarios.
Added deterministic event replay and benchmarked order processing under simulated load while maintaining correctness across edge-case tests.
Ion Trajectory
Replication-oriented simulation study of ion movement in the Moon’s exobase, with trajectory analysis and visualization adapted from prior Saturn magnetosphere research. Focused on building reproducible workflows for cross-environment ion dynamics analysis.
Includes trajectory visualization and analysis tools, adapted from Saturn magnetosphere research with Dr. Wei-Ling Tseng.
SPE Forecasting
Led a 5-person team developing time-series models to forecast solar particle event intensity for astronaut risk mitigation, placing 3rd nationally out of 65+ teams. Built and evaluated a full forecasting pipeline comparing LightGBM and TCN baselines with temporal cross-validation and feature engineering.
LightGBM vs. TCN model comparison with time-series cross-validation and end-to-end feature engineering pipeline.
TECHNICAL_STACK
04 CLUSTERS IDENTIFIEDMODULE: SKILL_REGISTRY // SCANNING ACTIVE_TOOLCHAINS
- Python
- TypeScript
- Go
- C++
- Dart
- SQL
- React / Next.js
- Flutter
- Node.js
- Flask / Django
- LangGraph
- Express
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS KMS / S3
- Firebase
- MongoDB
- Linux
- PyTorch
- Scikit-learn
- Hugging Face
- LightGBM
- Pandas / NumPy
- Pinecone / RAG
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