hello! i'm jonas reger. i'm searching for opportunities to continue research and development in nlp.
thanks for dropping in. i've been working in data science for 5+ years in education and linguistics. read on below to learn more about me and my work.
work experience
puzzle labs, inc.
head of engineering
champaign, illinois
nov 2023 — dec 2023 • 2 months
actively engaged in meetings with executives, investors, and clients to grasp stakeholder needs, facilitating the development of an improved product for both the company and customers.data engineer
champaign, illinois
may 2023 — dec 2023 • 8 months
optimized database performance, managed user data with aws s3 and xata, led nlp projects integrating spacy, gpt-4, and other tools, and implemented advanced language models like gpt-3.5-turbo and gpt-4 into the platform, while pioneering knowledge sdk development.
university of illinois
data science educator
champaign, illinois
jan 2019 — may 2023 • 4 years, 5 months
designed and maintained a high-traffic stat 100 course website, contributed to curriculum development, collaborated with instructors, conducted office hours, taught introductory data science and statistics courses, served as a teaching assistant and instructor, and supported diverse students in acquiring data science skills.
sandia national laboratories
r&d graduate intern
albuquerque, new mexico (remote)
may 2022 — aug 2022 • 4 months
analyzed social media data using python and pushshift api, employed huggingface nlp models for sentiment and topic analysis, developed random forest and deep neural network models for predicting user engagement, and contributed to a national security project at sandia national laboratories, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
education
university of illinois urbana-champaign
m.s. statistics
champaign, illinois
aug 2021 — may 2023 • 1 year, 10 months
natural language processing, speech signal processing, stochastic processes, machine learning and modeling, data analysis and management, and mathematical statistics
3.96/4.0b.s. statistics
champaign, illinois
aug 2018 — may 2021 • 2 years, 10 months
mathematics minor. highest distinction in statistics.
coursework in machine learning and modeling, statistical data analysis, applied and theoretical statistics, fundamental mathematics, and linear algebra
3.56/4.0
parkland college
a.s. computer science
champaign, illinois
aug 2015 — may 2018 • 2 years, 10 months
coursework in c/c++, java, python, data structures and algorithms, discrete mathematics, and statistics
3.32/4.0