ABOUT
Student of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Howdy! My name is Jacob Mink, and welcome to my web site. Here you can find out about my work experience, my research at Texas A&M University, and some of the projects I'm working on in my classes. If I'm not studying, you can find me playing music, spending time with my friends trying new restaurants, or playing racquetball.
If you've found your way here from my resume, thanks for taking the time to look around! If not, you can download my resume here. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Career Details
May 2019 - Present
INTERN - DELL TECHNOLOGIES
CTO Software
Currently, I am an intern with the Chief Technologist's Office at Dell working as a software engineer. My project is still under development, so I am not able to say much! However, I am working with technologies like C# and .NET, as well as the PyTorch framework and ONNX.
August 2017 - Present
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Working with the Information Innovation Lab at Texas A&M University, I currently research error correction methods and algorithms for hardware-implemented neural networks. While our research is theoretical in nature, I am gaining practical skills in machine learning using frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch and developing my mathematical skills learning concepts like Convolutional and BCH codes for error correction.
May - August 2018
INTERN - DELL TECHNOLOGIES
BIOS Security Team
I implemented new industry-standard security protections as a proof-of-concept for Dell systems. In this project, I worked not only with firmware, but also PCIe-based firmware vulnerabilities, C-based BIOS drivers for hardware connections, and virtualization-based security.
May - August 2017
INTERN - DELL TECHNOLOGIES
BIOS Tools Team
Working with a product team, I developed a battery management tool that leveraged user behavior to improve long-term battery life and performance. This project is patent pending, at application number 15/852661. I worked with low-level technologies like embedded controllers, hardware communication mailboxes, and System Management Mode (SMM) drivers.
May - August 2016
INTERN - DELL INC.
BIOS Tools Team
I developed user interface for the new Dell Firmware Update tool. The DFU tool was subsequently released to Dell systems with the UI I developed with the team. I worked with C# GUI programming and interoperability, like reverse P/Invoke, with C/C++ in this project.
MY RESEARCH
Neural Networks and Error Correction
ERROR CORRECTION FOR HARDWARE IMPLEMENTED-DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS
February 2019
In order to speed up our current implementations of neural networks, future designs leverage dedicated hardware, like FPGA boards, to perform neural computations. However, with implementations so close to the hardware, electrical noise is a problem. Our research focuses on developing error correction methods for both floating point and binarized neural networks.
PROJECTS
THE OMAR SYSTEM
For my senior capstone project, as a member of a team of 5, we developed an online, open-source optical music recognition (OMR) system. As musicians, I and many of my team members found ourselves needing to be able to transpose music before distributing it to band members, and thus our project was born.
MY HOBBIES
Here's some of the things I enjoy doing when I'm not too busy with school or work.
MUSIC
I currently play jazz in the Texas A&M Jazz Band I as Lead Tenor Saxophone. Click here to hear me play!
Instruments I play well:
Piano
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Mandolin
Ukulele
Percussion
Instruments I can make sounds on (but shouldn't play in public):
Clarinet
Flute
Oboe
Sitar
RACQUETBALL
I'm currently a member of the Texas A&M Racquetball Club Team.
This past Spring, I was able to travel to Arizona, where I participated in the National Collegiate Racquetball tournament.
