DiscussDock

A platform for human, respectful conversation about important topics.

Using Golang + MongoDB, I have been creating a full-stack website where users could ask questions about important topics, and have their minds changed.
Currently, I'm in the closed-beta stage, and due to a lot of mixed reception, I'm moving tactically and slowly.
This website spun off the /r/ChangeMyView subreddit, where I saw that many features (automatically hiding triggering topics/replies, turning off recommendation algorithms) were not possible through using Reddit.
Before I go live, I want to implement anti-AI and anti-trolling technologies, as well as security features for my users.

When creating DiscussDock, I ran into a lot of isuses where the tech stack I was working with lacked quality documentation/tutorials.
So, I ended up making a highly-detailed tutorial where users could learn each individual part of the stack, how it all comes together, and the philosophy behind developing good Go programs.
This is more of a full-stack focused project, and fully shows off my skills in creating dynamic, interactive websites.

I was contacted by a student who was making a non-profit charity on Linkedin, and I decided to do his website for free.
Went back and forth, iterating quickly. Each mockup/iteration took around ~30 minutes, and I used chatGPT for a lot of template design - then I populated everything with the relevant information.
I like this project because it shows my frontend skills in a better light. All of this was quickly made, and has a strong visual identity with minimal bloat.
Click here for the site.
Click here for the source code.

Created in Unity 3d and C#.
It's an arena-based first person shooter with multiplayer and GOAP enemy AI.
Even though I used an asset for the GOAP boilerplate code, I had to do a lot of work with customizing the AI.
Over 1000 lines of code written over 7 months to develop 6 distinct enemy AI types.
Worked in a team of 4 as the AI lead, and spent a lot of time in contact with every other programmer on the project to solve bugs & issues.
Did analyses of research papers and the state-of-the-art to develop upon past works.
Each individual AI gets a list of goals, actions, and ways of sensing the world. The AI then senses the world, and comes up with a set of actions to accomplish a goal.
Lots of time was spent making sure the multithreaded code works in nondeterministic network settings.

Play it here!

Implemented a full-stack website for stock sentiment analysis using AI and web scraping.
Using Django and BERT as core tools, we created a suite where users could scrape social media for a company and a set of demographics (For example: "Modine Manufacturing" and "Economists") to find posts and classify them.
While our end results were quite mixed, this proof-of-concept is a valuable look at the future of stock analysis.

Slides here.

Focused on a core problem Rockwell was facing.
There were a lot of problems with students who went on tours retaining knowledge, as well as problems with students being unengaged with the speakers.
Using Unity Engine and C#, my team of 3 developed a virtual tour that taught students how robots were used, as well as why they were important.
Used machine learning, programmed robot animation and publicly available 3d models for an immersive first-person tour.
Users could use VR headsets, or they could use regular FPS movement controls.

Slides are here!

Used Godot game engine and a node.js backend database system to create an interactive learning platform.
Participated as a team of 2, where the other member wasn't familiar with Godot at all.
Created multiple minigames that feature learning capability, including asteroids, flashcards and a breakout clone.

(Introduction to Cybersecurity) Comp 620 - A masters level class that analyzes how to protect systems from bad actors. We go over common hacks (SQLI, CSRF) and enterprise access models (Belle-LaPadula, Biba)
(Web Development) Comp 320 - Used HTML & Javascript to create front & backends
(Operating Systems) Comp 350 - Used C to create multithreaded programs
(Senior project & Software Engineering) Comp 410 & Comp 496/495 - Worked 4+ person groups, using version control software (Git) to develop applications according to specifications.
(Theory of computation & Discreet math) Comp 180 & 385 - Learned the mathematics and theory behind computer science, as well as the history of my field.
(Analysis of algorithms & Data structures) Comp 280 & 285 - Used C to create fast and accurate programs with advanced techniques.
(Ethics and social implications of computing, general philosophy) Phil 250 & Comp 390 - Learned ethics, and how to deal with real-world problems that can't be easily solved.