Jeffrey Thomas (JT) Turner

Sr. Research Scientist @ Knexus Research Corporation

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!

Black Lives Matter.

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Patents:

2022:

• US Patent # 11495039B2 - Processing digitized handwriting

Publications:

2020:

• VISUAL COMPUTATIONAL CONTEXT: USING COMPOSITIONS AND NON TARGET PIXELS FOR NOVEL CLASS DISCOVERY (PhD Dissertation)

2019:

• NOD-CC: A Hybrid CBR-CNN Architecture for Novel Object Discovery (ICCBR 2019)

2018:

• Novel Object Discovery using Case-Based Reasoning and Convolutional Neural Networks (ICCBR 2018) [bibtex]

2017:

• Using Deep Learning to Automate Feature Modeling in Learning by Observation (AAAI-SS 17) [bibtex]

• Using Deep Learning to Automate Feature Modeling in Learning by Observation: A Preliminary Study (FLAIRS-30) [bibtex]

2016:

• SPARCNN: SPAtially Related Convolutional Neural Networks (AIPR 2016) [bibtex]

• Keypoint Density-based Region Proposal for Fine-Grained Object Detection and Classification using Regions with Convolutional Neural Network Features (AIPR 2016) [bibtex] DID YOU KNOW: Season 4 Episode 4 of Silicon Valley introduced Jing Yang's app that could classify food as "Hot dog or not hot dog" airing in April of 2017. I beat him to publications by 14 months, and can identify 200 foods!

2015:

• Convolutional Architecture Exploration for Action Recognition and Image Classification (NCARAI Tech Report) [bibtex]

2014:

• Deep Belief Networks used on High Resolution Multichannel Electroencephalography Data for Seizure Detection (AAAI-SS 2014) [bibtex] (Most Cited Paper!)

• Comparing Raw Data and Feature Extraction for Seizure Detection with Deep Learning Methods (FLAIRS-27) [bibtex]

2013:

• Time series analysis using deep feed forward neural networks (Masters Thesis) [bibtex]

Awards and Achievements:

• (2016) Toil Wrapped in Foil runner-up
• (2014) Least Likely to attend graduation
• (2011) Mr. UMBC Pageant "Mr. Congeniality" Award
• (2010) Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority Sweetheart (Alpha Tau Epsilon Chapter)
• (2009) Donut Run 5k Champion

Clarifai Blagosphere Posts:

7/2/2019 - Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning: What they are and How they work

6/3/2019 - Convolutional Neural Networks: What they are and why they're so good

5/22/2019 - Deep Learning: What it is and why it matters

Research Interests:

Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Sabermetrics

Education:

University of Maryland Baltimore County, PhD (Computer Science) June 2019

University of Maryland Baltimore County, M.S. (Computer Science) December 2014

University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.S. (Computer Science, Mathematics) May 2013

Research Experience:

Sr. Research Scientist, Knexus Research Corporation (2023-)

Sr. Research Scientist, Clarifai (2018 - 2019)

Research Scientist, Knexus Research Corporation (2014 - 2018)

Contractor Research Scientist, Autonomy Engine (2014)

Contractor Research Scientist, Naval Research Labratory (2014)

Graduate Research Assisstant, Cognitive Robotics and Learning (CoRaL lab) (2013 - 2014)

Undergraduate Research Assisstant, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (2012)

Undergraduate Research Assisstant, JMU Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2010)

Teaching Experience (All at UMBC):

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (2 labs of CMSC 201, 2013)

Undergraduate Lab Assistant (2 labs of CMSC 201/202, 2012)

Undergraduate Tutor (Tutored CMSC 104 - 314, 2011-2012)

Undergraduate Grader (Graded Projects CMSC 201/202, 2010-2011)

Consulting Experience:

Deloitte (LOL) 2022-2023, Sr. Machine Learning Specialist

Accenture 2019-2022, Data Science Consultant

Opinions: 

• 2005 was the golden age of cable television.
• This is a good PS1 script for bash, and a good place for me to put it in case I want to copy paste it to a different machine: PS1="\[\033[1;37m\]-($(if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then echo '\[\033[01;37m\]\h'; else echo '\[\033[01;37m\]jt@computer'; fi)\[\033[1;37m\])\342\224\200(\$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"\[\033[01;\
  32m\]\342\234\223\"; else echo \"\[\033[01;31m\]\342\234\227\"; fi)\[\033[1;37m\])\342\224\200(\[\033[1;37m\]\@ \d\[\033[1;37m\])\[\033[1;37m\]\n\342\224\224\342\224\200($BASH_VERSION)(\[\033[1;37m\]\\
  w\[\033[1;37m\])\342\224\200(\[\033[1;32m\]\$(ls -1 | wc -l | sed 's: ::g') files, \$(ls -lah | grep -m 1 total | sed 's/total //')b\[\033[1;37m\])\342\224\200> \[\033[0m\]"

Facts:

• Emacs is right, Vim is wrong. Pycharm is very wrong.
• Tabs are right, spaces are wrong.

Video Game Mains (the characters I prefer playing in multiplayer):

Mario (General): Donkey Kong, Bowser

Super Smash: Kirby, Donkey Kong

Mortal Kombat: Sub Zero, Raiden, Johnny Cage

Tekken: King, Kazuya

Guilty Gear: Ky Kiske, Chipp Zannuff

Starcraft: TERRAN