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AvaAvarai/README.md

"I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
― Albert Einstein 1929, quoted by Dr. Boris Kovalerchuk in Visual Knowledge Discovery and Machine Learning 2018

Alice Williams

Double Bachelor's of Science Computer Science and Applied Mathematics senior student. Active research assistant at the Visual Knowledge Discovery and Imaging Lab of Central Washington University. Former system administrator, full-stack software developer, and web-developer. Next, planning graduate studies in Computational Science with a focus on Visual Machine Learning. Solving problems at the intersection of Machine Learning & Data Visualization by blending machine computation with human cognition.

If you find my work of interest or benefit, then please consider a supporting gesture through "Buy Me A Coffee", thank you.

Research Interests

Field Description
Visual Machine Learning Applying machine learning models with visual representations for better interpretability.
Visual Knowledge Discovery Identifying patterns and insights visually from complex datasets.
Data Mining Extracting valuable information from large datasets.
Multidimensional Data Visualization Representing high-dimensional data in visually intuitive ways.
Natural Language Processing Analyzing and generating human language using computational techniques.
Automated Decision-Making Developing systems to make decisions without human intervention.
Human Computer Interaction Designing methods of effective interaction between humans and computers.

Academic Publications

Ordered from current to first work.

  1. "Synthetic Data Generation with Visual Knowledge Discovery"
  • Authors: Alice Williams and Dr. Boris Kovalerchuk.
  • Status: Actively researching at the CWU Visual Knowledge Discvery and Imaging Lab.
  • Contributions: Expanding on synthetic data generation methods with interactive algorithms paired with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANS). Expanding software with relabeling and GAN data synthesization, in support of theorized algorithms.
  • Topics: Synthetic Tabular Data Generation, General Line Coordinates, Hyperblock Model Representation, Generative Adversarial Networks
  • Developed software: Dynamic_Coordinates_Vis_System
  1. "Representation Learning with Visual Knowledge Discovery"
  • Authors: Alice Williams & Dr. Boris Kovalerchuk.
  • Status: Preparing camera ready version, accepted for presentation at AI Human Computer Interfaces 2025 in thematic area of Artificial Intelligence in HCI.
  • Contributions: Visual solution to the 2003 Gödel Prize problem of AdaBoost classifier by visual observation of options for different classifiers before selecting them for boosting allowing alternative ways to build stronger classifiers, including directly building classifiers in a lossless visualization space.
  • Topics: Human-Centered AI, Machine Learning, Multi-Class Classification, Feature Engineering, Explainable AI, AI Risk Mitigation, Human-in-the-Loop, Multi-Dimensional Distributions, General Line Coordinates, Concentric Coordinates.
  • Developed software: Java_Tabular_Vis_Toolkit, HyperblockParser, InLineCoordinatesCoefficientSolver
  1. "Synthetic Data Generation and Automated Multidimensional Data Labeling for AI/ML in General and Circular Coordinates"
  • Authors: Alice Williams & Dr. Boris Kovalerchuk.
  • Status: Published in IEEE proceedings and presented at IV2024 in track of Artificial Intelligence and Visual Knowledge Discovery, earned the 'Best Paper Award'.
  • Contributions: Proposed an algorithm for labeled synthetic data generation, addressed data balancing, demonstrated deficiencies of popular SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique), and showed improvements to classifier performance across 14 standard classifiers.
  • Topics: Synthetic Data Generation, Automated Data Labeling, General Line Coordinates, Circular Coordinates, Parallel Coordinates, Shifted Paired Coordinates, Tabular AI/ML Data, Multidimensional Data Visualization, Visual Knowledge Discovery.
  • Developed software: Dynamic_Coordinates_Vis_System

Technical Experiences

Role Organization Focus/Description
Startup Founder and Consultant AI Education Technology Stealth Startups In founding an AI Ed-Tech startup, I am responsible for everything. Additionally, I provide AI/ML consulting.
Research Assistant CWU Visual Knowledge Discovery and Imaging Lab Focusing on Visual Knowledge Discovery and Machine Learning data classification, synthesization, and model interpretability.
Teaching Assistant CWU Computer Science and Mathematics Departments Courses were Computer Architecture, Algorithm Analysis, Mathematical Computing, and as an Undergraduate CS Tutor.
Web Developer Freelance Sole-Proprietor Business Supporting individuals and small businesses in developing web applications and websites with branding, and outreach.
Full-Stack Software Developer Contract Projects and Freelance Business Delivered automation and business solutions for individuals, small businesses, and an enterprise contract.
Linux Game Server Administrator Game Server Distributor and Management LLCs Responsible for server sharding, setup, updates, backup solutions, and software support.

Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing new projects or opportunities. Feel free to reach out or connect with me!

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  1. Dynamic_Coordinates_Vis_System Dynamic_Coordinates_Vis_System Public

    Build visual machine learning models with multidimensional general line coordinate visualizations by interactive classification and synthetic data generation tools.

    Python 4 2

  2. Java_Tabular_Vis_Toolkit Java_Tabular_Vis_Toolkit Public

    Multiplatform interactive computational data analysis tool to build visual machine learning models from General Line Coordinate multidimensional lossless visualizations and computational tools.

    Java 1

  3. ML_Classifier_Comparison_Tool ML_Classifier_Comparison_Tool Public

    Machine Learning classifier comparison GUI application with multiple classifiers, hyperparameters, cross-validation, best, worst, and standard deviation tracking.

    Python 1

  4. HyperblockParser HyperblockParser Public

    Parses conjunctive normal form hyperblock notation to parallel coordinates graph visualizations.

    Python 1

  5. VKD_Demo_Suite VKD_Demo_Suite Public

    Visual Knowledge Discovery demo tools for interactively visualizing, exploring, and identifying complex n-D data patterns in multivariate CSV data, to visualize machine learning classifier models.

    Python 8 1

  6. Local_Small_LM_Document_RAG Local_Small_LM_Document_RAG Public

    Local semantic sentence embedding Reader-Answerer model for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) of cited question answering from .pdf, .md, & .docx files using small language models.

    Python 3