I compared a TDS convolution baseline against bidirectional LSTM, GRU, ResNet18 + LSTM, and Transformer encoders on the EMG-to-QWERTY typing task. The plain bidirectional LSTM won, cutting test CER from 24.18% to 18.95%.
Writing
Mostly attempts to answer questions I could not quite leave alone.
Machine LearningDeep LearningPyTorchUCLAPython
An ethnographic study of how students signal engagement and instructors negotiate authority in a non-compulsory math enrichment classroom.
AnthropologyUCLAEducationEthnography
For real, again?
Jace KasenJan KasenZhansultan Kuikenov
On growing up trilingual in Almaty and what anthropology taught me about language, power, and belonging in educational institutions.
AnthropologyUCLALanguageKazakhstan
LLM Generated Portfolio
CursorNext.jsReact
We fine-tuned a ResNet50-FPN detector on the DOTA aerial dataset and applied it to Google satellite tiles to locate medium/heavy-duty truck parking clusters for EV charging planning.
Computer VisionMachine LearningUCLAPython
A research proposal on how sellers and customers at Almaty's Green Bazar switch between Kazakh and Russian to navigate identity, ideology, and the bargaining process.
AnthropologyUCLALanguageKazakhstan