Chace Ashcraft
AI ML Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Rexburg, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolChace Ashcraft is an AI/ML engineer with nine years of experience applying mathematics and computer science to research-driven problem solving, currently working at Johns Hopkins APL. He specializes in multi-agent systems, deep reinforcement learning, neuro-symbolic methods, agent-based simulation, and agentic applications of large language models, with applied work in climate modeling and optimization. Comfortable translating technical research into clean Python implementations, he bridges theory and practice while emphasizing scientific integrity and measurable results. His background includes graduate research on human-swarm interaction and designing swarm simulators, plus early work in materials simulation and military team leadership, giving him a pragmatic systems perspective. He brings interdisciplinary interests—game theory, behavioral economics, cognitive science, and evolutionary algorithms—that inform creative approaches to AI problems. Outside of work he balances rigorous thinking with hands-on hobbies like weight training and drumming, reflecting a steady blend of discipline and creativity.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (Transferred), Computational and Applied Mathematics, Master's degree (Transferred), Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of Nevada-Las VegasBrigham Young University-IdahoMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (43)
reinforcement-learning10
optimization10
data-science9
evaluation9
grid-world9
parallel9
pytorch9
java9
scaling9
python9
llm9
large-language-models9
machine-learning9
deep-learning9
hyperparameter-optimization9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ChaceAshcraft/470robotLab
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
ChaceAshcraft/my_test_wiki_repo
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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