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General Information
Full Name | Hayden Outlaw |
Education
- 2024-Present
PhD
North Carolina State University
- PhD in Applied Mathematics
- Focus on applied and numerical methods, with a concentration in deep learning and inverse problems.
- Researching deep learning applications for image reconstruction from synthetic aperture radar arrays.
- 2020-2024
BS
Tulane University of Louisiana
- Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science with a minor in Philosophy (GPA 3.91)
- Focus on statistics, data science, machine learning, and computer programming
- Extensive research experience across multiple independent and university-backed projects
Experience
- 2024-2024
Database Developer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Developed Java-based application and controller software for patient data within VUMC relational data lakes to improve and streamline query and exporting methods.
- Produced deployable enterprise-grade services, profiles, and utilities to align unorganized study data with institutional workflows and access procedures.
- 2023 - 2023
Machine Learning Intern
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
- Streamlined distributed neural network used to decompress cloud particle algorithms in PyTorch to improve performance and decrease computational load as part of the NCAR Computational and Information Systems Lab.
- Conducted data management and processing, as well as model training and evaluation in parallel on the NSF Derecho computer.
- Collaborated with NOAA and NCAR developers, atmospheric scientists, and hardware engineers to ensure a practical, effective, and meaningful model framework.
- Presented findings at NCAR SIPARCS Seminar in August 2023.
- 2021 - 2023
Numerical Statistics Researcher
Tulane University Mathematics Department, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Researched fitting graphical models from data, specifically the graphical Lasso convex optimization method, and the likelihood of sufficient data points required to fit it.
- Spanned numerical estimation, convex optimization, graphical models, statistical inference, and algebraic geometry.
- 2021 - 2024
Station Engineer
WTUL 91.5 New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Responsible for the hardware and software architecture of the station, including website management, hardware repairs, music archiving, troubleshooting, and sound system design.
- 2021 - 2021
Biomathematics Researcher
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Participated in biomathematical modeling accelerator internship utilizing NetLogo and other agent-based simulation tools to design biological and ecological models in conjunction with teams from Northwestern, Brown, Clemson, Tulane, Georgia Tech, and University of Florida.
- Simulated gas-particle biochemical signaling diffusion from acacia trees and their impact on giraffe predation patterns.
Hobbies
- DJ for WTUL New Orleans for three years, supporting New Orleans music and local creative expression, currently DJ at WKNC 88.1 in Raleigh, NC.
- Skier since age seven, with avalanche and natural disaster response training.
- PADI Advanced Open Water SCUBA diver.
Honors and Awards
- 2024
- Goodnight Doctoral Fellowship
- 2024
- Crest Student Leadership Medallion
- Tulane University Dean's List (8 semesters)
- Terry C Lawson Prize in Mathematics
- 2016
- Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America