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About Me

Hey there! I'm Braeden.

I am currently a first-year studying computer science at the University of Massachusetts—Amherst. I love programming and enjoy using it as a creative medium for other interests.

While I'm still exploring what excites me most, I've developed an interest in health sensing devices and ML driven data analytics for improving physical and/or mental health. Finding the intersection between technology and personal health is both fascinating and fruitful.

If I am not programming, you'll probably catch me hiking (Colorado native!), juggling a soccer ball, playing poker, or cooking up a storm. Feel free to check out my recipes here.

Projects

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Poker Game Engine

Currently designing an entire poker engine in Java. Plan to implement frontend and Postgresql database for live, interactive gameplay.

JavaSpring Boot
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UHelp (HackUMass XII)

A fine-tuned LLM providing specific mental health resources at UMass from user queries. I focused on web design and image-to-text functionality.

PythonCohere LLMFlaskOpenCV
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Blackjack Card Counter

A YOLOv8 computer vision trained to detect playing cards. Updates live count with associated card count (+1/0/-1), informing the user when they have a statistical advantage.

PythonTensorFlowYOLOv8OpenCV
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BUILD UMass Website

Website developer for UMass's pro bono software club. Personally did a lot of codebase refactoring by removing obsolete code, standardizing dependencies, and improving UI.

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Personal Portfolio

An updated version of my personal website. Originally, I had a dynamic display of my cooking videos on YouTube, but I got tired of Heroku Dynos fees.

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Experience

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Software Developer @ BUILD UMass

Accepted into UMass's competitive pro bono software club. Collaborated with team of 6 to divide and streamline development tasks, using git for version control. Personally reduce codebase size by 15%, standardized dependency versions, and enhanced UI.

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Relevant Coursework:

Linear AlgebraDiscrete MathematicsObject-Oriented ProgrammingData StructuresComputer Systems and Networks