John Marsden
Research Assistant - AI Assisted Learning Lab at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Marsden is a PhD student and research assistant at NC State’s AI Assisted Learning Lab with eight years of experience applying representation learning to educational code understanding. He designed a novel control-flow-graph intermediate representation to improve code embeddings, led large-scale document tagging with a fuzzy kappa inter-rater reliability pipeline, and deployed the lab’s public website. His background teaching and grading hundreds of students informs practical tools like JUnit-based autograders and scalable backend components he built during internships. Comfortable across Python, Java, and containerized deployments, he blends rigorous research with hands-on engineering to bridge classroom assessment and program analysis.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.81, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.81 at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.84, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.84 at Abilene Christian University
English
Github Skills (171)
notebook10
python10
file-browser10
wysiwyg10
markdown10
in-progress10
dotnet10
knowledge-management10
knowledge-graph10
api10
scriptable10
electron10
csharp10
discord10
self-hosting10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ProfDoof/AI_Project1
Jan 2019 - May 2024
Contributions:21 pushes in 5 years 4 months
ProfDoof/TicTacDoh
Sep 2019 - May 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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