You might think, "Who cares about this guy?" Well, I make no presumption that anyone will, but my motivation and hopes for this site can be found on the landing page. I do believe that we have a moral obligation to understand the conditions of our lives and how they give rise to unique experiences and perspectives. You will not find anything particularly surprising below. No apparent drama. However, that was a feat in itself that I hope to explain in due course. As for the uniqueness of my perspective and its value, that will be worked out in the Notebook. But, please, peruse the external evidence of my life so far below.
About Me
Career
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AI/ML Engineer
Jared Neumann Consulting, LLC (2023-Present)
On contract with Engma Linguistics currently, working on contract summarization, information extraction, and LLM integration.
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ML Engineer
Interos, Inc. (2021-2023)
Developed and maintained ML models and pipelines for news classification and information extraction in supply chain risk analysis.
Created novel metrics and human-in-the-loop systems for data quality monitoring.
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Associate Instructor
Indiana University - Bloomington (2018-2022)
Courses taught:
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Scientific Reasoning (SP 2022)
Cyberpunk History and Philosophy (Winter 2020)
What Every Scientist Needs to Know (FA 2020)
Observation and Experiment (FA 2019)
Revolutions in Science: Plato to NATO (FA 2018, SP 2019, SP 2020)
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Mellon Sawyer Fellow
Indiana University - Bloomington (2021)
Contributed administrative and creative work to the Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Rigor: Control, Analysis, and Synthesis in Historical and Systematic Perspectives.
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Linda Hall Library Fellow
Linda Hall Library (2019-2021)
Project: The Discovery of Truth in Victorian Logic and Philosophy of Science.
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Graduate Fellow
Indiana University - Bloomington (2016-2017)
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Director, Center for Academic Success
Cameron University (2014-2016)
Founded a tutoring lab for general education courses and metacognitive skills.
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Editorial Assistant, Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science
The University of Oklahoma (2012-2014)
Discovered, cataloged, and classified new sources for annual volumes.
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Editorial Assistant, Charles Kingsley Correspondence Project
The University of Oklahoma (2011-2014)
Collected, transcribed, and edited correspondence for the Victorian theologian and novelist.
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Tutor, Project Threshold
The University of Oklahoma (2011-2012)
Tutored "at risk" students in general education courses.
Education
- M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
Indiana University - Bloomington (2024)
Focus: scientific reasoning, esp. discovery; conceptual change; science and language
Thesis: "Gorgeous Visions"---Mere Fantasies: Richard Whately against Logics of Discovery - M.A. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
The University of Oklahoma (2014)
Focus: scientific reasoning, esp. discovery; logic, esp. induction
Thesis: William Whewell and Augustus De Morgan on the Nomenclature and Meaning of Induction - B.A. (double major) in Philosophy and History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
The University of Oklahoma (2012)
Minor: Mathematics
Influences
At my core, I am an eclectic who seems to be able to find value in just about anything. However, I do return to the following people often:
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Nietzsche
Wittgenstein
Heraclitus
I have taken something I think is valuable from a much longer list of people, including:
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Heron of Alexandria
Charles Babbage & Ada Lovelace
William Whewell
Warren McCulloch
Gottfried Leibniz
Homer & the tragedians
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau
John Seymour
Frances Wright & Robert Owen
Francis Bacon
& many more...