Austin Wright
Assistant Professor Of Computer Science at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
California, United States
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Top SchoolAustin Wright is an assistant professor of computer science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with eight years of experience bridging machine learning research and applied data science. He completed advanced training at Georgia Tech and Imperial College London and led ML-driven projects at NASA JPL and the CDC, focusing on public health data and planetary rover analysis. His background in physics and computer science from UC Berkeley informs a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach to complex sensing and multistream data problems. Austin has a track record of turning research prototypes into actionable tools and has presented work across conferences and collaborations in national labs and academic consortia. Notably, his portfolio combines spaceflight-grade ML systems with public health analytics—an uncommon mix that highlights both high-assurance engineering and societal impact.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Physics and Computer Science, Overall / Physics / Computer Science GPA: 3.633 / 3.590 / 3.866, Bachelor's degree, Physics and Computer Science, Overall / Physics / Computer Science GPA: 3.633 / 3.590 / 3.866 at University of California, BerkeleyMSc, Computer Science (Machine Learning), MSc, Computer Science (Machine Learning) at Imperial College LondonComputer Science, 4.0, Computer Science, 4.0 at Illinois Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology3.7, 3.7 at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
APWright/apwright.github.io
Jan 2020 - Oct 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:114 pushes in 5 years 9 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
APWright/AI-Open-Guidelines
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 13 pushes in 20 days
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