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Mlars290/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hi, I'm Maria Larson

Turning data into decisions, research into impact, and AI into tools people can trust.





πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» About Me

I'm a Data Science student at Metropolitan State University interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, responsible AI, analytics, and technical communication.

My work combines machine learning, statistical research, product strategy, user experience, and journalism. I enjoy transforming complex technical ideas into systems, research, and stories that people can understand and trust.

  • πŸ₯‡ 1st Place Nationally β€” 2026 EY AI-Driven Talent Optimization Challenge
  • πŸ€– Break Through Tech AI Fellow
  • πŸ“° Copy Editor, Technology Reporter & Writer β€” The Metropolitan
  • πŸ”¬ Published Undergraduate Researcher
  • πŸ“Š Pursuing a B.S. in Data Science
  • πŸ›‘ Completing a certificate in Intelligence & Security Analysis

My goal is to build AI systems that are accurate, transparent, responsible, and genuinely useful.


🎯 Current Focus

  • Building end-to-end machine learning projects
  • Exploring responsible and explainable AI
  • Developing stronger Python, SQL, and database skills
  • Learning retrieval-augmented generation and AI agents
  • Writing and editing technology journalism
  • Connecting AI systems with real-world business and social needs

πŸ’Ό Experience Highlights

πŸ† AI Product Strategy Lead β€” Insight Talent AI

Led product strategy, responsible AI research, user experience, and technical storytelling for an AI-powered talent optimization platform.

  • Designed explainable candidate-matching workflows
  • Defined privacy, fairness, redaction, and audit features
  • Researched responsible AI and hiring governance
  • Presented the final solution and live demonstration
  • Earned 1st Place nationally at the 2026 AIS Student Chapter Leadership Conference

πŸ“° Copy Editor, Technology Reporter & Writer β€” The Metropolitan

Research, write, edit, and prepare articles for publication in Metropolitan State University's independently run student newspaper.

  • Write original reporting and explanatory technology features
  • Cover artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, and emerging technology
  • Copy edit articles for structure, accuracy, clarity, grammar, and publication standards
  • Translate complex technical subjects for a broad student audience
  • Support the newsroom through research, editing, and collaborative publication workflows


πŸ€– Break Through Tech AI Fellow

Selected for an intensive AI fellowship focused on machine learning foundations, technical development, professional preparation, and industry-centered projects.

Core areas:

Python β€’ Machine Learning β€’ Neural Networks β€’ TensorFlow β€’ scikit-learn β€’ Model Evaluation


πŸ‘₯ Former President β€” Metro Analytics Club

Led the development of the club's digital community, branding, programming, outreach, and member experience.

  • Built and organized a 45+ member Discord community
  • Designed onboarding, collaboration, and resource systems
  • Created surveys and analyzed student interests
  • Planned kickoff and speaker events
  • Designed flyers, infographics, guides, and digital communications
  • Transferred documentation and operational resources to incoming leadership

πŸ”¬ Undergraduate Researcher

Designed and conducted a 14-day quantitative study examining the relationship between audio environments, focus, and productivity.

  • Collected data across 87 study sessions and approximately 69 hours
  • Applied one-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD
  • Created visualizations using R and ggplot2
  • Presented at the Student Scholars Research Conference
  • Published the research through MetroWorks
  • Selected by the professor as an example for future students

πŸ† Award-Winning AI Project

Insight Talent AI

πŸ₯‡ 1st Place β€” 2026 AIS Student Chapter Leadership Conference

Insight Talent AI is a human-centered talent optimization platform designed to support more transparent, explainable, and privacy-conscious hiring decisions.

Key Features

  • πŸ” Semantic candidate matching
  • πŸ’¬ Explainable recommendations
  • πŸ“„ Resume redaction
  • βš–οΈ Bias and fairness analysis
  • πŸ“Š Audit logging
  • 🧭 Personalized career guidance
  • πŸ‘€ Human-in-the-loop decision support

My Contributions

  • Product strategy and feature planning
  • Responsible AI and governance research
  • UX design and user workflows
  • Prompt and AI-agent capability design
  • Technical storytelling and presentation design
  • Collaboration between product and implementation

Technologies

React β€’ TypeScript β€’ Node.js β€’ Flask β€’ Python β€’ PostgreSQL β€’ NLP


πŸš€ Featured Projects

🏠 Airbnb Price Classification

Built an end-to-end machine learning pipeline to classify more than 28,000 Airbnb listings into high- and low-price categories.

Airbnb Project

Highlights

  • Data cleaning and exploratory analysis
  • Feature engineering and categorical encoding
  • Logistic Regression and Neural Network models
  • GridSearchCV and feature scaling
  • Accuracy, precision, recall, F1, and confusion matrices
  • Model serialization for reproducible inference

Python β€’ pandas β€’ NumPy β€’ scikit-learn β€’ TensorFlow β€’ Keras


🎧 Audio Environment Study

Published undergraduate research examining how different audio environments influenced focus and productivity.

Audio Research

Highlights

  • 14-day quantitative study
  • 87 study sessions
  • One-Way ANOVA
  • Tukey HSD
  • R and ggplot2
  • Conference presentation
  • MetroWorks publication

😴 Sleep Duration Statistical Analysis

Two-way ANOVA project examining how stress level and BMI category relate to sleep duration.

Sleep Analysis

Highlights

  • Two-Way ANOVA
  • Interaction effects
  • Post-hoc analysis
  • Statistical interpretation
  • Data visualization
  • Research reporting

πŸ‘₯ TeamHub

A reusable collaboration platform concept for student teams, clubs, competitions, and project-based communities.

Focus Areas

  • Team organization
  • Competition tracking
  • Member profiles
  • Resource management
  • Analytics dashboards
  • Community-centered UX design

πŸ” Intelligence Analysis

Through Metropolitan State University's Intelligence & Security Analysis Certificate Program, I have applied structured analytical methods to simulated national security scenarios.

Waymark Intelligence Analysis Simulation

  • Applied Analysis of Competing Hypotheses
  • Evaluated competing explanations and evidence
  • Assessed source reliability
  • Used Structured Analytic Techniques
  • Applied the intelligence cycle
  • Organized analytical data in Microsoft Excel
  • Collaborated on decision-focused intelligence assessments

ACH β€’ Structured Analytic Techniques β€’ Critical Thinking β€’ Analytical Writing β€’ Excel


πŸ“š Research & Writing

Published Research

Audio Environment Study: Focus & Productivity

A quantitative study examining how audio environments influence focus and productivity.


Technology Journalism

As a Copy Editor, Technology Reporter & Writer, I research and communicate emerging technology topics for a university audience.

My work focuses on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • AI agents
  • Responsible technology
  • Machine learning
  • Data science
  • Cybersecurity
  • Technology and student life


πŸ’» Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python β€’ SQL β€’ R β€’ TypeScript β€’ JavaScript β€’ HTML β€’ CSS


Machine Learning & Data Science

pandas β€’ NumPy β€’ scikit-learn β€’ TensorFlow β€’ Keras β€’ matplotlib β€’ ggplot2

  • Supervised learning
  • Classification
  • Regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • Neural Networks
  • Feature engineering
  • Data preprocessing
  • Hyperparameter tuning
  • Model evaluation
  • Exploratory data analysis

Databases

PostgreSQL β€’ MySQL β€’ SQLite β€’ Supabase


Analytics & Visualization

Tableau β€’ Power BI β€’ SAP Analytics Cloud β€’ Microsoft Excel


Development Tools

Git β€’ GitHub β€’ VS Code β€’ Jupyter Notebook β€’ Google Colab


πŸ“Š GitHub Activity




πŸ† GitHub Achievements


🀝 Let's Connect

I'm happy to connect with students, researchers, journalists, engineers, and professionals interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, responsible technology, and technical communication.


⭐ Thanks for visiting my profile!

"Using data, research, and communication to build AI solutions that create meaningful impact."

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  1. airbnb-price-classification-ml airbnb-price-classification-ml Public

    Machine learning project using Python, Pandas, NumPy, and scikit-learn to classify Airbnb listing price categories through data preprocessing, feature engineering, Logistic Regression, and GridSear…

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. sleep-duration-statistical-analysis sleep-duration-statistical-analysis Public

    Applied statistical analysis using ANOVA to investigate variable relationships, interpret p-values, and communicate data-driven insights.

  3. study-focus-audio-portfolio study-focus-audio-portfolio Public

    Published undergraduate research project analyzing the impact of different audio environments on study focus and productivity using R, statistical analysis (ANOVA & Tukey HSD), and data visualizati…