cv/resume

My CV. Click the PDF icon for a full PDF version. Non-pdf CV is a bit more sparse!

Basics

Name Maxwell Jones
Role PhD Student
Email mjones2 [at] andrew [dot] cmu [dot] edu
Url https://maxwelljon.es
Summary PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University in the Machine Learning Department. Intersted in Generative Models for Vision

Education

  • 2023.08 - 2024.05

    Pittsburgh, PA

    M.S.
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Masters of Science in Machine Learning
    GPA: 3.93/4.0
  • 2019.08 - 2023.05

    Pittsburgh, PA

    B.S.
    Carnegie Mellon University
    AI and Discrete Math/Logic double major
    GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • 2015.09 - 2019.06

    Alexandria, Virginia

    High School Diploma
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    GPA: 4.1/5.0

Work

Projects

  • 2024.01 - 2024.04
    Story Generation
    Generate stories (new story captions and corresponding images) from a single initial story caption/image
    • predict both descriptive text for image generation and story caption for story text
    • Course project for 11-777 Multimodal Machine Learning
  • 2024.01 - 2024.04
    Solving Graph Problems with Diffusion
    Use Graph Neural Networks and Diffusion to solve graph problems like MST (minimum spanning tree)
    • predict whether edges are in or out of MST using diffusion, where all edges start with randomized probability of being in MST
    • course project for 10-708 Probabilistic Graphical Models
  • 2021.01 - 2023.01
    MIT Battlecode!
    Competed on team of 4 in annual strategy-based coding competition run by MIT, January 2021, 2022, 2023
    • $2000+ in prize winnings
  • 2023.01 - 2023.04
    Cozmo Depth Map
    Calculated absolute depth map for Cozmo robot using deep learning and aruco markers

Awards

  • 2023.09.01
    Siebel Scholarship
    Siebel Scholars Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University
    the Siebel Scholars program recognizes nearly 100 students each year whose work influences the technologies, policies, and economic and social decisions that shape the future.
  • 2024.05.01
    CMU Rales Fellowship
    Norman R. and Ruth Rales Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University
    2 years of full graduate funding and leadership development training
  • 2023.05.10
    The Mark Stehlik Introductory and Service Teaching Award
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Introductory teaching and course assistants complement the course offerings by providing quality guidance. The introductory experience rests on the shoulders of these talented many, drawn from within SCS and across campus. The Stehlik Award acknowledges those bringing their best and indispensible efforts to the task.

Teaching