Curriculum Vitae
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • neuroscience and AI
Education
- MIT — M.Eng., Computational Neuroscience (in progress)
- MIT — B.S., Computation & Cognition, May 2025
Research
- Fiete Lab, MIT — Graduate Researcher (Jan 2025–present)
Analyzing macaque neural data to study learning rules and synaptic plasticity; building biologically inspired models of memory and top‑down attention.
fietelab.mit.edu - EvLab (Ev Fedorenko), MIT — Undergraduate Researcher (Jan 2023–May 2025)
Mechanistic analyses of LLMs and human language: representational geometry, dynamical systems, and interpretability linking internal structure to behavior; developed a modular transformer toolkit.
evlab.mit.edu
Industry
- Owlin — Machine Learning Engineer (Jun–Aug 2023, Amsterdam)
Rebuilt article relevance scoring via weak supervision; fine‑tuned E5 with GPT‑4‑generated data; replaced costly OpenAI pipelines. Tooling: PyTorch, Hugging Face, W&B. - Oculo Health — Co‑founder, ML Engineer (Dec 2021–Jan 2023, Cambridge)
Built a consumer app for brain health using eye‑tracking, sleep data, and deep learning; synthesized literature and ran experiments; led small engineering/design teams.
Teaching & activities
- EECS Undergraduate Research & Innovation Scholar (2024–2025)
- Undergraduate TA — The Human Brain (Kanwisher) (Spring 2025)
- MIT Water Polo — Varsity center defender (2021–present)
- MIT AI Alignment Club — workshops and discussions (2024–present)
Contact
- Email: jackking@mit.edu
- Location: Cambridge, MA