A campaign module designed for storytelling in the style of TAZ Balance.
stan
noun
to support enthusiastically
I'm Jacob, a Research Scientist at Vals AI. I live in San Francisco and stan the SF Run Club. I also love podcasts and stan the McElroy family.
A team-based strategy game designed for chess enthusiasts.
Surveyed students' experiences in the STEM Magnet program (press release).
Internship Experience
Visiting Researcher @ Alignment Research Center
2024
Formalized a surprise account of the Linear Argmax model (writeup).
Research Fellow @ Existential Risks Alliance
2023
Investigated Contrast-Consistent Search as a detector of LLM Truthfulness under Tilman Rauker. Continued this research at Stanford under Prof. Vasilis Syrgkanis.
Quantitative Trading @Jane Street
2022
Used a diverse software suite (Python, Excel, Bloomberg, SQL) to research and develop trading strategies.
Quantitative Research @ Five Rings Capital
2021
Researched under the mentorship of a full-time quant and competed in proprietary training games.
Software Developer @ Openproof Foundation
2020
Developed a Node.js frontend for mathematical logic courseware.
Data Analyst @ ASR Analytics
2019
Developed a graph-based recommender engine to inform IRS tax compliance interventions.
Researched a finite graph approach to the Hadwiger-Nelson problem. Paper published in Geombinatorics.