ZOR!
Software Engineer
Generating insights for ZOR!’s seizure monitoring app while developing AI pipeline for future prediction
Matthew Garcia
Electrical & Computer Engineering @ Northeastern University
Hello! I'm a 4th year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Northeastern University. At the moment, I currently work at the ACT Lab under Professor Megan Hofmann, where my research focus is on guiding stable diffusion for generating digital fabrication images. Previously, I worked as a researcher at the SINRG Lab under Professor Mallesham Dasari, where I contributed to an open-source platform for testing various AI modalities for smart glasses. In addition, I've also worked as a software engineer for a seizure monitoring startup, ZOR!, where I led the creation of an insights pipeline for users to track their seizure patterns and associated metrics.
My core research interests lie in machine learning, mobile systems, ubiquitous computing, and human-computer interaction. My goal is to combine these interests, applying them to AI systems that are able to sense and reason within the physical world, whether that be in the design of fabrics or embedded within smart glasses. Outside of work, I enjoy reading, writing essays, and working on my own projects. Feel free to explore my work in this website and connect with me through the links below!
Experiences
Research labs, startups, and co-ops where I have built software and hardware.
SINRG Laboratory
AJC Merit Research Scholar
Developed embedded systems for XR/AI smart glasses and created a backend to stream sensor/audio data from Arduino to LLMs and STT services
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Research Associate
Characterized simulated acoustic signals using machine learning to develop early kick detection algorithm in offshore wells as part of the Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program
Extracurriculars
Student organizations I have led and contributed to at Northeastern.
IEEE
President
Served as the head of the Northeastern chapter of IEEE, overseeing a 10-person e-board and organizing hackathons, outreach events, workshops, and company visitations
AI NU
Director of Education
Served as the VP of Northeastern's AI club, planning hackathons, speaker events, bootcamps, and organizing projects
SHPE
Treasurer
Served as the treasurer of Northeastern’s chapter of SHPE, planning the club’s annual budget, planning for convention, and handling reimbursements
Projects
Personal and academic builds spanning ML, embedded systems, and games.
Dragon - Smart Glasses Platform
XR Glasses that interacts with speakers and microphones, connecting via Bluetooth to an app to access LLMs
- C++
- Arduino
- Python
- Javascript
- Kotlin
ZOR! - Seizure Monitoring App
iOS application that visualizes seizure patterns and generates insights
- Python
- Pytorch
Mecha Mayhem
Educational and interactive game presented at the Boston’s Children Museum
- C++
- Arduino
- Processing