Experience

Undergraduate Research Intern

VeriVITAL Lab — Dr. Taylor Johnson, Vanderbilt University

Summer 2025

Formal verification of surgical skill-assessment networks

Python · n2v · α,β-CROWN · ONNX · VNN-LIB

  • Developed and validated a flat-reformulation method for grouped 1D FCNs that enables formal verification with Star-based tools, bypassing architectural constraints in n2v's slice/concat/ReduceMean handling.
  • Certified four robustness properties — noise, output range, segmentation, and monotonicity — on surgical skill-assessment networks across three JIGSAWS tasks using n2v and α,β-CROWN; certified a noise margin 11.7× the physical da Vinci sensor-noise bound at T=10.
  • Characterized a two-regime certifiable horizon via T-sweep analysis, identifying verifier approximation looseness (not memory) as the scalability bottleneck, with full cross-verifier agreement at T≤60.
  • Contributing a benchmark (ONNX models, VNN-LIB property encodings, verification harness) to VNN-COMP 2026; preparing a case-study paper targeting QEST+FORMATS 2026.

Software Engineer

Arrowz

May 2025 – Present

Emotional reasoning app

Python · LangChain · Flutter · Dart · FastAPI

  • Designed and implemented a multi-stage AI emotional-reasoning chatbot coach using LangChain and GPT-4, boosting user retention by 31% and engagement by 47%.
  • Designed UI for tracking emotions over time and AI-generated summaries of conversations.
  • Coordinated between design, emotional-science, and development teams to maintain project vision and ensure timely delivery.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Vanderbilt University

Jan. 2025 – Present

Program Design & Data Structures (Java)

  • Hold weekly office hours assisting 100+ students with programming assignments.
  • Grade assignments and exams, giving detailed feedback on correctness, efficiency, and readability.

Skills

Languages

PythonJavaC++TypeScriptJavaScriptDartSQL

Web

ReactNode.jsNext.jsFastAPIFlaskExpressTailwind CSS

ML & Verification

LangChainRAGFAISSn2vα,β-CROWNONNXVNN-LIB

Data & Mobile

PostgreSQLMongoDBFirebaseFlutterIsar

Tools

GitnpmPrisma