About Me:
- Based in Austin, TX
- I am: a lifelong learner, cook, graphic designer, classical guitarist (~10 yrs), photographer, & people lover
- I love TV & film, especially one's that play on out-of-world phenomena like Rick and Morty, The Good Place, Everything Everywhere All At Once, & anything Studio Ghibli
- I love food, especially: xialongbao, Kerala style fish curry, shawarma, bibimbap, and chilaquiles verdes
- I love music, especially my Snoopy covered playlists
- This is an article by HBR i live by which i've used to create good habits
- Fun fact: I take notes on Mr. Beast videos, Ryan Trahan videos, & the story behind Pixar movies to improve my content and my self-awareness
My Past Work:
- A brain tumor detection CNN model (article, video)
- NeuroHarmony, a program that plays music based off of your focus (article)
- 2023 NeurotechX Global Hackathon tech category Winner. Won against engineers from UPenn, Oxford, etc. and adults with brainspace. Youngest winners in NTX history. (slides)
- Worked alongside Meta to implement an AI voice moderation system in Meta Quests and was chosen to present to Meta Oversight Members (slides)
- Wrote an essay about AI regulation for the Pivotal Essay Competition. Got placed in the top 100/10,000 students. (essay)
Pictures of My Work:
My Work Now:
- Building Serenity Plushies, AI animal mental health stuffed animals.
- Building an app based around Reverberation's research (doing everything better with music)
- Building Athena Edtech, incorporating tutor LLMs into games for fun learnings
- Working at Snap, on the Council for Digital Well Being (1/18 in the U.S.)
- I'm the VP of the Teen Advisory Board @ Generation SERVE. we help facilitate teen-led & fundraising events, etc. and help run the non-profit!
My Value System (the 3 Cs):
- Curiosity: never-quenching curiosity lead me to the best people and most fulfilling challenges. It should be the foreground of finding your passion and what to do with your professional life.
- Conversations: building genuine relationships through enthusiastic energy and kindness help me reflect on my character and feel peace, passion, and love.
- Creating: can come in any shape or form and is done very well when iterated upon quickly and done from a place of pure authenticity and good intention. It's a good way to embrace independent thinking
Some of My Beliefs:
- Here are some quotes I live by
- Here are some books I've read and am reading now!
- Human potential is extremely wasted, my goal is to maximize our potential so we can live happier, more fulfilled lives
- Faith is the process of embracing uncertainty
- Learning should be extremely personalized and learning to learn is crucial.
- Appreciation & gratefulness unlocks the key to real happiness which can only come from deep introspection
Feel free to reach out to me at alexbmaustin@gmail.com or you can chat with me using one of the platforms below.