JB

Hi, I am Jordan Birnel

Data Science M.S. student at Georgia Tech with an M.S. in Computer Science, AWS-certified in Solution Architecture and Data Engineering, and a strong foundation in ML research. Passionate about creating data-driven applications that drive insights and efficiencies.

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Projects

CWIReader.com

CWIReader

Complex Word Identifier and Reader Web App

A web app to enhance reading comprehension by identifying and explaining complex words in texts. I tuned BERT and RoBERTa NLP models to label words based on complexity on the backend.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • JavaScript
  • React.js
  • Jest
  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • Cognito
  • Lambda
  • SageMaker
  • DynamoDB
  • Docker
research project
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A Nearest-neighbor Approach for Cross-lingual Complex Word Identification

One of the projects I worked on as a Graduate Researcher at WWU. I focused on integrating few-shot learning techniques with LLM fine-tuning to develop a system capable of classifying complex words in multiple languages with minimal training examples. By experimenting with various few-shot algorithms and models, I successfully implemented a solution that significantly improved cross-lingual complex word identification accuracy.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • 🤗 Transformers
  • WandB
cleanfolio

PNWMoths App

Moth Identification and Research Android App

I worked on this mobile application while volunteering for the PNWMoths Project at the WWU Biology Department. I worked as part of an agile team of 4 developers under the mentorship of a former Apple Engineering Director to iterate and improve on features, like cloud storage and geolocation of field data. I made the expert-modifiable key to identify moths out of the 1200+ species in the Pacific Northwest.

  • Android SDK
  • Android Studio
  • Java
  • Firebase
  • Google Maps SDK
  • Git
  • JUnit
  • Espresso

Skills / Technologies

Python
PyTorch
Flask
Java
JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
HTML
CSS
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
AWS
Git
Docker
GitHub Actions
Linux
VS Code

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