Matt Krol

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Resume

Education

• B.S./M.S., Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, 08/2019–08/2022
  • M.S. Thesis: Low-Rank Clustering via LP1-PCA
• M.M., Jazz Studies and Double Bass, Manhattan School of Music, 08/2015–05/2017
• B.M., Jazz Studies and Double Bass, Eastman School of Music, 08/2009–05/2013

Skills

• Basic
  • Make, Assembly, Soldering, HTML, CSS, SQL, Markdown, Java
• Intermediate
  • Verilog, VHDL, Quartus, ModelSim, Bash, Latex, Git, C++, Slurm, Linux, MATLAB
• Advanced
  • C, Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, CVXPY, PyTorch)

Research Areas

• Subspace Clustering
• Robust Principal Component Analysis
• Continual/Incremental Learning

Relevant Coursework

• Computer Science I, II
• Embedded Systems
• Control Systems
• Communication Systems
• Random Signals and Noise
• Digital Signal Processing
• Machine Intelligence
• Pattern Recognition
• Digital Data Communication
• Sensor Array Processing for Wireless Communication

Certificates

• Machine Learning, Andrew Ng, Coursera

Work Experience

• Reliability Modeling Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), 09/2022–Present
• Machine Learning Research Intern, AFRL Information Directorate, 05/2022–08/2022
  • Researched and developed techniques for continual learning that utilize tensor methods.
• Graduate Research Assistant, RIT MILOS Lab, 01/2021–05/2022
  • Worked on research in robust principal component anaylsis, subspace clustering, and continual learning under the supervision of Dr. Panos Markopoulos.
• Applications Engineering Intern, Texas Instruments, 05/2021–08/2021
  • Developed web-based training material for the following C2000 microcontroller peripherals: ePWM, eCAP, DMA, CLA, and SDFM.
• Advanced Programming Teaching Assistant, Rochester Institute of Technology, 08/2020–12/2020
  • Responsible for grading student programming projects and holding weekly office hours. The programming projects were focused on object oriented programming in C++.
• Digital Systems II Teaching Assistant, Rochester Institute of Technology, 08/2020–12/2020
  • Was responsible for running a lab section, grading student lab assignments, and holding weekly office hours. The lab assignments were focused on digital design in both VHDL and Verilog. Quartus and ModelSim were used in the lab assignments to compile, synthesize, and verify the HDL designs.
• Applications Engineering Intern, Texas Instruments, 06/2020–08/2020
  • Developed a Python program to mine data from online support forums and manage an SQL database.
• Math Tutor, Rochester Institute of Technology, 08/2019–12/2020
  • Assisted students with their work in calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and physics.

Awards

• Trustee Scholarship, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2019–2022
• Dean’s List, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2019–2022
• Howard Hanson Scholarship, Eastman School of Music, 2009–2013
• Rochester International Jazz Festival Scholarship, Eastman School of Music, 2009–2013

Memberships

• IEEE Student Membership
• SIAM Student Membership
• PiRIT

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