Kyle Whitecross
Research Assistant at Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Whitecross is a first-year PhD student and research assistant at UMass Amherst’s Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval, bringing eight years of hands-on experience across machine learning research and applied engineering. He transitioned from a BS in Computer Science at UCLA and roles in large-scale ML research, applied ML internships, and content moderation into academic research focused on retrieval and information systems. Kyle has practical production exposure from industry stints at Kumo.AI and Healthfortis and has led AI projects in student organizations, demonstrating both technical depth and team-facing leadership. Notably, his trajectory blends early production ML engineering with research-driven inquiry, indicating an ability to translate experimental ideas into scalable systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Extension School, Extension School at Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts AmherstBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (16)
geometric-deep-learning10
graph10
pytorch10
deep-learning10
graph-neural-network10
graph-convolutional-networks10
neural-network9
machine-learning4
tensorflow3
data-manipulation1
fundamentals1
python1
science1
neural-architecture-search1
data-science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TaykhoomDalal/ECE_C147_Project
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Final Project for UCLA Winter 2022 offering of ECE C147/247 (Neural Networks and Deep Learning)
Contributions:122 commits, 4 PRs, 108 pushes in 14 days
deep-learningwinterneural-networksmachine-learningneural-networks-and-deep-learning
kpstesla/CS111_Project3A
Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 3 branches in 2 days
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