What I'm Building

DilDesigns3D

DilDesigns3D

3D printed retro gaming accessories company.

GearLab chat

GearLab chat

Full-stack AI Chatbot for product recommendations.

Resuminer

Resuminer

LLM-powered resume and cover letter generator.

Experience

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Trilogy Innovations, Inc.

Deep Learning Engineer

I created AI-powered solutions for radio signal processing deployed on Edge devices and automation of financial document processing with LLMS and AWS. Classification, semi-supervised learning, denoising, anomaly detection, and more!

PyTorchAWSONNXDockerMLflowDVCCUDAPostgreSQL
2023 - 2025
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NASA Ames Research Center

Graduate AI Researcher

I made and researched AI solutions for UAV traffic management, developing scalable data processing pipelines that enhanced airspace efficiency and safety integrating it all into a Unity based simulation platform.

KerasTensorFlowAWSDockerUnityKafkaPySparkScikit-learnPostgreSQL
2021 - 2023
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Engineers for Exploration - Kastner Research Group

Graduate Research Assistant

I led a multidisciplinary team in developing ML-based solutions for environmental conservation, and developed ML models for mangrove ecosystem monitoring to influence government carbon policies. I flew drones, recorded data, and made insights to conserve these awesome ecosystems.

KerasTensorFlowAWSAzureDashPlotlyXGBoostGeospatial AnalysisDronesQGIS
2018 - 2023
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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Software Engineering and Machine Learning Intern

Implemented NLP and sentiment analysis systems that automated internal processes, and developed an iOS app for internal wayfinding, essentially a Google Maps for Thermo Fisher!

Scikit-learnNLTKAWS LambdaSQL ServeriOS Development
2019

Publications & Papers

Remote Sensing of Mangroves Using Machine Learning Based on Satellite and Aerial Imagery
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Remote Sensing of Mangroves Using Machine Learning Based on Satellite and Aerial Imagery

S.D. Hicks

University of California, San Diego2023

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Distributed Decision Contextualization via Machine Learning based Reverse Parametrization
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Distributed Decision Contextualization via Machine Learning based Reverse Parametrization

S.D. Hicks, A.N. Das, H.R. Idris

AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum, 36862023

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A 3D Simulation Platform for Decentralized Decision-Making in Advanced Air Mobility
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A 3D Simulation Platform for Decentralized Decision-Making in Advanced Air Mobility

A.N. Das, S.D. Hicks

AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 37612022

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Mangrove Ecosystem Detection using Mixed-Resolution Imagery with a Hybrid-Convolutional Neural Network
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Mangrove Ecosystem Detection using Mixed-Resolution Imagery with a Hybrid-Convolutional Neural Network

D. Hicks, R. Kastner, C. Schurgers, A. Hsu, O. Aburto

NeurIPS 2020: Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning2020

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About Me

Education

University of California, San Diego

M.S. in Machine Learning and Data Science

2021 - 2023

• Teaching Assistant for ECE 196: Rapid Prototyping

University of California, San Diego

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

2017 - 2021

• President of UC San Diego IEEE Student Chapter (2nd largest in the nation)

• Creator and Leader of ECE Reverse Career Fair

• Creator and Leader of ML Bootcamp

Dillon Hicks

Expertise

  • Deep Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • NLP
  • Cloud Computing
  • Geospatial Analysis

Personal Interests

  • Rock Climbing
  • Hiking
  • Backpacking
  • Snowboarding
  • Gaming
  • Photography

I am a passionate Machine Learning Engineer with expertise in the AI space. I love engineering cool systems that solve real-world problems and improve people's lives!

Get in Touch

Need help with developing AI solutions? Want to know how I design and engineer things? Do you just want to chat about rock climbing or snowboarding? Shoot me a message below.

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