Jeff Watkins

About Jeff Watkins

I solve problems with data. That’s what I do. I have worked on issues as diverse as optimizing offshore tuna farm locations, to developing factor reduction techniques for messy, ill-behaved data to determining how far into concrete a hyper-sonic tungsten rod is likely to penetrate. I specialize in Machine Learning, Statistics, Geospatial Analysis, Signal processing and Spectroscopy. I have worked on all kinds of neat problems using a lot of different tools, techniques and ways of thinking and I love learning new things.

Experience

1. Principal Data Scientist

   Jaxon.Ai

   Oct 2024 — Present

   Jaxon is making AI trustworthy. AI has a propensity to fabricate responses – Jaxon keeps them honest. Based on R&D with the US Department of Defense, Jaxon’s proprietary DSAIL (Domain-Specific AI Language) technology applies formal constraints and assertions to verify responses. Now AI can be relied upon for mission-critical applications.

Education

• MIT xPRO

  Certificate- Leadership Principles for Engineers, Scientists, and Researchers, Engineering Leadership

  2019 — 2020

• Virginia Tech

  B.S., Physics

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Program Management
• Data Mining
• Algorithms
• Gis
• Envi
• Sensors
• Statistics
• Software Engineering
• Java
• Remote Sensing
• Erdas Imagine
• Python
• Algorithm Design
• Optics
• Image Processing
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Gdal
• Machine Learning
• Envi/Idl
• Signal Processing
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Hadoop
• Systems Engineering
• Simulations
• Lidar
• Proposal Writing
• Arcgis
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Physics
• Spectroscopy
• Dod
• Gis Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Defense
• Multi/Hyperspectral Analysis
• Geomatics
• Matlab
• Google Earth
• Intelligence Analysis