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I work at The MITRE Corporation. We're a not-for-profit that runs Federally Funded Research and Development Centers and works directly with industry and government agencies. More specifically, I work in the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development on developing AI/ML and applying systems engineering to improve aviation safety and transportation safety (including autonomous vehicles).

It's a really interesting, impactful place to work. We work on everything from tracking illegal fishing, improving microweather meteorological modeling, applying GNNs to model air congestion, preventing aviation safety accidents, addressing inequity in criminal sentencing, and finding gaps in transparency and accountability for federal coronavirus aid.

I like that we have good work-life balance, get to use the latest tech, publish papers and open-source code, work on challenging and impactful problems, and have a strong commitment to working in the public interest making the world a safer place.