Data Scientist / ML Engineer

Cole Campbell

Learned the material in the classroom, applied that learning through projects, and now looking to put that applied learning into a professional setting.

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About

New-grad data scientist and ML engineer with a portfolio in generative AI, deep learning, and statistical modeling. Builds systems end to end, from data pipelines through model integration in production backends. Currently pursuing an M.S. in Data Science at Arizona State University on top of a 2026 B.S., and looking for an entry-level role in data and AI.

Education

Arizona State University

B.S. in Data Science (Concentration in Computer Science), 05/2026

GPA: 3.52

Arizona State University

M.S. in Data Science, Analytics, and Engineering (Computational Mathematics & Data), Expected 05/2027

Skills

Languages
PythonRDartC/C++JavaScriptSQLBashMATLAB
ML / AI
Deep learninggenerative modelsLLMs & prompt engineeringLoRA/QLoRA/PEFTtransfer learningneural style transferaudio/music generationmodel evaluation
Frameworks
PyTorchTensorFlowHugging Facescikit-learnNumPyPandasSciPyStatsModelsFastAPIFlutter/Riverpod
Data Science
Regression & statistical modelingclassificationtime seriesBayesianclusteringlongitudinal/panel analysisfeature engineeringA/B testingcausal inferencehypothesis testingvisualization
Data Engineering
ETL & data pipelinesREST API integrationSQLAlchemy + AlembicPostgreSQLFirebaseDockerCUDAcloud
Tools
GitLinuxJupyterVS CodeOpenCVlibrosaParaView/VTKpytestWeights & BiasesKaggle/NBA APIsREST/OpenAPI
Math
Linear algebraprobabilityoptimizationnumerical methodsstochastic processesstatistical theory

Projects

Multi-Architecture Generative Content Studio — Deep Learning Capstone

PyTorchTransformersDiffusionGANsCNNsRNNs

A unified generative system that produces story text, scene illustrations, character portraits, and background music from a single prompt.

  • Built a unified generative system producing story text, scene illustrations, character portraits, and background music from a single prompt.
  • Integrated GPT-2, Stable Diffusion, StyleGAN2/3, VGG16/19, and LSTM into one cohesive pipeline.
  • Fine-tuned GPT-2 for narrative generation, entity extraction, and structured scene descriptions; implemented Stable Diffusion with LoRA + ControlNet for composition-controlled scenes.

Tempo — AI Scheduling Assistant

FastAPIFlutterPostgreSQLLLM / NLPConstraint Optimization

A cross-platform AI scheduling app that generates, compares, and applies alternative day/week plans.

  • Built a cross-platform scheduling app (Flutter front end, FastAPI back end) that generates alternative day/week plans, compares them, and applies the one the user picks.
  • Designed a constraint-based scheduling engine that orders tasks, builds the daily timeline, resolves conflicts, and merges blocks into a coherent schedule.
  • Engineered a scenario pipeline supporting generation, diff-based comparison, trade-off analysis, and undo/redo state management.

PSID Panel Dataset Analysis — Longitudinal Economics Project

PythonStatistical ModelingLongitudinal Analysis

A longitudinal analysis of a 17,000-observation PSID panel studying income and wealth dynamics.

  • Analyzed a 17,000-observation PSID panel (1999–2023) to study income and wealth dynamics.
  • Built the full pipeline: cleaning, transformation, feature engineering, regression modeling, and visualization.
  • Found wealth roughly twice as unequal as income (wealth Gini ~0.85 vs income Gini ~0.45), with the median wealth-to-income ratio rising from 1.25 to 2.05 across the panel.
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Scientific Visualization Pipeline (ParaView) — Self-Directed

ParaViewparaview.simpleVTKNumPy

A fully Python-scripted ParaView pipeline for 3D scientific data visualization.

  • Built a NumPy/VTK dataset (3D Gaussian concentration field + analytic ABC-flow velocity) and a fully Python-scripted ParaView pipeline (paraview.simple).
  • Generated volume renderings, Contour isosurfaces, slices, and Stream Tracer streamline tubes, with automated figure and orbit-animation export.
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Experience

Handshake

AI Trainer — May 2026 – Present

  • Trained AI models based on their ability to reason and evaluate tasks across mathematics, codebases, and visualizations.

What I'm looking for

Currently after Data Scientist / ML Engineer work. If your team has an opening, let's talk.

Data ScientistML Engineer

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