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 |
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
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2023.08 - 2024.05 Pittsburgh, PA
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2019.08 - 2023.05 Pittsburgh, PA
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2015.09 - 2019.06 Alexandria, Virginia
Work
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2022.05 - 2022.08 Software Engieer Intern (Research Team)
Meta
Worked at Meta (Formerly Facebook) on FAIR, working on bias amplification
- Work accepted to CVPR TSRML Workshop
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2021.05 - 2021.08 Software Engieer Intern (Research Team)
Meta
Worked at Meta (Formerly Facebook) on robustness of probabilistic neural networks
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2020.05 - 2020.08 Software Engieer Intern
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Worked at Fiat Chrysler (Now part of Stellantis) on absentee worker prediction
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
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
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2024.09 - 2024.12 Teaching Assistant for 10-703 Deep Reinforcement Learning
Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching assistant for Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Updated reading list for course, hosted office hours, graded Assignments
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2023.07 - 2023.07 Teaching Assistant for AI Scholars Program
Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching assistant for summer AI course for high schoolers from underrepresnted backgrounds
- Gave lecture on Generative Models, lead discussions/activity sessions
- helped design course material
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2021.01 - 2024.04 Teaching Assistant for 15-251 theoretical computer science (3 Years)
Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching assistant for theoretical computer science course S21, S22, S24
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2020.09 - 2023.12 (Head) Teaching Assistant for 15-151/21-128 discrete math (4 Years)
Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching assistant for discrete math course F20, F21 (Head TA), F22 (Head TA), F23 (Shadow Council)