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I am currently working to finish my PhD at the University of Maryland, studying distributed computing (and machine learning). My focus is on consistency and availability in distributed data systems, particularly those in partition prone networks outside of data centers. The lab next door does have robots and, much to my chagrin, they seem to constantly arm said robots with knives and tools; presumably to pursue culinary accolades. Having seen a robot attempt to slice a tomato, I prefer my own adventures in the kitchen specializing in fusion French and Guyanese cuisine as well as BBQ of all types. I am a professional programmer by trade, a data scientist by vocation; and I write about a di...
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Personal Information
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Washington D.C. Metro Area, DC United States
Occupation
Computer and Data Scientist
Industry
Technology / Software / Internet
Website
www.bengfort.com
About
I am currently working to finish my PhD at the University of Maryland, studying distributed computing (and machine learning). My focus is on consistency and availability in distributed data systems, particularly those in partition prone networks outside of data centers. The lab next door does have robots and, much to my chagrin, they seem to constantly arm said robots with knives and tools; presumably to pursue culinary accolades. Having seen a robot attempt to slice a tomato, I prefer my own adventures in the kitchen specializing in fusion French and Guyanese cuisine as well as BBQ of all types. I am a professional programmer by trade, a data scientist by vocation; and I write about a di...
Tags
data science
python
machine learning
recommender
big data
scikit-learn
prompt injection
security
generative ai
visual analysis
information visualization
visualization
guardrails
open source
privacy
llm
yellowbrick
ai
district data labs
matrix (mathematics)
databases
data pipeline
spark
distributed computing
swarm intelligence
emergent behavior
graphs
postgresql
elmr
bls
entity resolution
lda
gensim
classification
topic modeling
django
static nonlinear transformations
speech processing
rasta
plp
redfox
cobrain
faqs help and tutorials
ddl
washington dc
nlp
nltk
social networks
gephi
networkx
louvian
spanner
distributed storage systems
systems
evolutionary programming
genetic algorithms
particle swarms
policy
software
phishing
cybersecurity
llms
differential privacy
llm evaluation
llama guard
hugging face
function calling
tools
skills
mcp
a2a
model context protocol
agentic systems
agent
agent2agent protocol
genai
worms
data trojans
tool poisoning
scary stories
jailbreaking
flocks
microservices
api
database
insights
networks
time series
model selection
trisa
travel rule
cryptocurrency
blockchain
peer-to-peer
mtls
bitcoin
travel rule compliance
fatf
vasp
virtual assets
digtial assets
fincen
compliance
internationalization
digital borders
See more