Frederick Morlock
About
Experienced Software Engineer and Computer Scientist interested in Machine Learning and pushing the boundaries of Computer Science. I am still exploring the field, but I find extreme interest in all the areas I visit. My current interests lie in solidying the theoretical underpinnings of neural networks.
Experience
Full Stack Engineer – Simeon Cloud LLC (Mar 2021 - Dec 2021)
Built out a bi-directional sync engine for configuration as code in .NET C# for the Microsoft 365 platform that runs on serverless architecture. Was also responsible for building out a user interface on the web in Vue, Typescript, and SASS.
Machine Learning Research Assistant – NYU Shanghai (Dec 2019 - Dec 2020)
Researching the mathematical aspects of theoretical machine learning
under Professor Shuyang Ling of NYU Shanghai. Currently focusing on
graph embedding, sparsification, and coarsening, the goal of which is to
allow large-scale graph networks to be computed on with a greatly
reduced computational footprint and minimal deviations from computations
on the original.
Conducted research under Professor Ling for a senior thesis in
specifying the limits of popular dimensional reduction techniques and
visualization techniques, such as t-SNE, all of which were implemented
in PyTorch and Numpy.
Cryptography Research Assistant – NYU Shanghai (Aug 2019 - Dec 2019)
Researched emerging post-quantum, lattice-based cryptography schemes
under the guidance of Professor Siyao Guo of NYU Shanghai, as well as
delved into the inner workings of quantum computing theory. The goal of
the research was to investigate some of the many open questions in
post-quantum cryptography and work towards answering them.
Gained experience in writing proofs for proving the security of
cryptographic protocols, which are critical in ensuring the security of
existing and emerging schemes.
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dates Attended |
|---|---|---|
| NYU Shanghai | B.S. Computer Science | Sept 2016 - Dec 2020 |
| NYU Shanghai | B.S. Mathematics | Sept 2016 - Dec 2020 |
Recent Work
Until GitHub provides a better API for showcasing repositories, you can find my recent and pinned repositories on my GitHub.
Publications
Morlock, Frederick, and Dingsu Wang. "MAD-VAE: Manifold Awareness Defense Variational Autoencoder." arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.01755 (2020). Available Here.
Resume
Contact
You can reach me on any of the following social media platforms. Additionally, you can find my email in my resume.