August 2018 - June 2023

PhD - University of Waterloo  

Areas:

• Artificial Intelligence
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Reinforcement Learning
• Hockey Analytics

Advisors:

• Kate Larson
• Tim Brecht

Dissertation:

The Impact of Teams in Multiagent Systems

Artificial Intelligence (AI): My PhD research studyied how teams impact the behavior that AI agents learn. This includes studying group dynamics, emergent behavior, and game theoretical incentives in challenging environments.

Hockey Analytics: During graduate school, I used tracking data from the National Hockey League (NHL) to develop analytics for AI systems with the goal to quantify performance in new ways, such as passing performance and player positioning.

August 2015 - May 2018

B.A. - Colorado College  

Major:

• Computer Science

Minor:

• Discrete Mathematics

Advisor:

• Dan Ellsworth

Thesis: Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Wildfire Spread" - Top Undergraduate Research Project by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

2025

Associate Editor

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

Program Committee Member

Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference (LINHAC-25)

Coordination and Cooperation in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (CoCoMARL-25) at RLC

2024

Associate Editor

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

Program Committee Member

Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference (LINHAC-24)

Coordination and Cooperation in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (CoCoMARL-24) at RLC

Panel Moderator

Coordination and Cooperation in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (CoCoMARL-24) at RLC

2023

Program Committee Member

Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference (LINHAC-23)

2022

Program Committee Member

AAAI-23

Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference (LINHAC-22)

June 2023 - Present

Senior Research Scientist

Chicago Blackhawks

September 2022 - June 2023

Advisor, Hockey Research & Analytics

Front office advisor of analytics.

Chicago Blackhawks

August 2018 - June 2023

Research and Teaching Assistant  

I spearhead several research projects on cutting-edge AI research. I also organize and grade for undergraduate computer science courses.

University of Waterloo

September 2022 - December 2022

Research Scientist Intern  

Research Scientist Intern with the Game AI team.

Sony AI America

June 2018 - August 2018

Research Intern  

Summer research intern in the Computation department.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

May 2017 - May 2018

Undergraduate Research Assistant  

I worked in a research team assessing the risk of wildland fire and coastal flooding on California's Transportation Fuel Sector.

UC Berkeley