Brandon Abreu Smith
Software Engineer & AI Researcher
Senior Fullstack Engineer & AI Researcher building GenAI software that scales.
Research
Evaluating Chunking Strategies for Retrieval
Technical white paper on the effects of different chunking methods in RAG systems, with a novel method for generating synthetic evaluation sets.
Read MoreBalancing the Picture: Debiasing Vision-Language Datasets with Synthetic Contrast Sets
Research on bias in Vision Language models, featured at NeurIPS workshop with a novel method using Stable Diffusion.
Read MoreFeatured Project
Deep Reinforcement Learning in Unity3D
This project demonstrates a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent built with TensorFlow and Unity3D to solve a complex control problem. The agent uses neural networks to learn optimal strategies through trial and error. This project was instrumental in securing my admission to the Oxford AI Society and helped me land my first job in AI development.
Experience
Chroma DB
AI Researcher in Residence | Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
Researched effects of different chunking methods in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Developed a method to generate synthetic evaluation sets for testing chunker retrieval scores.
Syska Hennessy Group
Software Engineer | Apr 2023 - Mar 2024, Sep 2024 - Present
Built POC chatbot with FastAPI backend and Docker, hosted on GCP. Led production chatbot deployment on Kubernetes, scaling to 200+ concurrent users.
Project Chiron Inc.
CTO | Aug 2023 - Jan 2024
Co-Founded AI tutor company and raised $47,000. Implemented DevOps with Cloud Build and GitHub triggers. Built Svelte frontend with OpenAI API integration.
Physics Simulations
Mechanics & Electromagnetism
Simulation using improved Euler method to numerically solve equations derived from the Euler-Lagrange equation, demonstrating forces on masses.
