Hi, I'm Carson.
CS and AI student at Michigan State, currently interning at SpendMatch, Inc. I build software across machine learning, full-stack systems, and computational modeling.
East Lansing, MI & Northern Virginia — open to relocation
Building at the crossroads of AI & software engineering
I'm a computer science student at Michigan State University specializing in artificial intelligence, with minors in computational mathematics (CMSE) and business. I build things that sit at the crossroads of intelligent systems and practical software engineering.
My work spans from award-winning AI music generation to real-time computer vision for accessibility, industry ML pipelines, and systems-level tools in Rust. I care about writing software that's both technically sound and genuinely useful.
Quick Facts
- Education
- B.S. Computer Science, MSU
- GPA
- 3.65
- Focus
- Artificial Intelligence
- Minors
- CMSE, Business
- Graduation
- May 2027
- Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
Where I've worked
Software Developer Intern
CurrentSpendMatch, Inc.
Building production software for the SpendMatch platform as part of the engineering team.
Software Developer
CurrentMSU AI Club — Advanced Projects
Currently building a vehicle damage assessment pipeline for Auto Owners Insurance using Mask R-CNN and multi-LLM cost estimation. Previously developed Phonauto (Music AI Assistant), which won Best Overall and People's Choice.
Student Intern
The Global Career Accelerator
Extracted insights from enterprise datasets using SQL and Python. Built visualizations identifying market trends and consumer demand patterns.
Things I've built
Phonauto
Music AI Assistant Best Overall & People's ChoiceAI music generation with natural language composition, Monaco editor, per-track mixer, and visual timeline editing. Won Best Overall and People's Choice at MSU AI Club showcase.
Project Helios
SpartaHack 11 SpartaHack 11Assistive navigation for blind users. YOLO11 object detection from mobile camera with spatial awareness, Gemini AI conversational guidance, and haptic feedback for hazard alerts.
jupyter_tui
Terminal Jupyter notebook editor in Rust. Vim-style modal editing, live kernel execution over ZMQ, syntax highlighting, and inline image rendering via Kitty graphics protocol.
Vehicle Damage Assessment
Auto Owners Insurance × MSU AI ClubInstance segmentation pipeline using Mask R-CNN for vehicle damage identification, with multi-LLM integration (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini) for repair cost estimation. Industry project for Auto Owners Insurance.
NFL Betting Model
Elo rating system with margin-of-victory adjustments, backtested across 1,675+ games. 63.7% win/loss accuracy — within 2.9% of Vegas.
What I work with
Let's talk.
Looking for internship and full-time opportunities. If you think I'd be a good fit, I'd like to hear from you.