Ellison Eitel

Gaithersburg, MD · [email protected]

CS graduate specializing in ML with hands-on software and IT experience. I build and deploy containerized apps, troubleshoot real user issues, and configure clear automation.

Certifications

Education

University of Maryland, College Park

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science (Machine Learning specialization)

Graduated May 2025

2021 - 2025

Experience

Junior Software Developer (Intern)

PropBot, Greensboro, NC
  • Utilized Snyk to identify UI bugs and SQL vulnerabilities.
  • Developed custom fixes for identified issues and implemented solutions on a dedicated Git branch.
  • Collaborated with team members to review and integrate code changes into production.
  • Contributed to propbot.com site reliability and functionality.
July 2023 – September 2023

IT Support (Intern)

American Gas Association, Washington DC
  • Configured and deployed new laptops with custom Windows 11 images and security protocols.
  • Authored an improved PowerShell script to monitor employee password reset deadlines.
  • Resolved helpdesk tickets covering hardware, software, and network issues to ensure minimal downtime for end users.
June 2022 – August 2022

Projects

InceptionV3 Food-101 Image Classification

  • Mixed-precision training to accelerate throughput and reduce VRAM use
  • Cosine LR schedule with warmup and checkpointing for stable convergence
  • Reproducible training scripts and evaluation utilities
Repository: https://github.com/jengalbert2022/FoodNutritionEstimator
Machine Learning Computer Vision InceptionV3 Keras TensorFlow RTX 3090 Mixed Precision
May 2025

Dockerized Home Media Server

  • Compose-managed services with persistent volumes
  • Automated metadata and library scans
  • Reverse proxy and TLS via Nginx plus Let’s Encrypt
DevOps Docker Docker Compose Ubuntu Nginx Remote Access Metadata
Jan 2021

Baseball Game Event Detection Model

  • 3D spatiotemporal features for broadcast clips
  • Motion branch improves detection of transient actions
  • Train-eval scripts with clear dataset interface
Repository: https://github.com/Andrew-Bumgardner/cmsc472-final_proj/
Machine Learning Computer Vision 3D CNN Temporal Conv Sports Analytics
Dec 2024

Geometry Dash Double DQN Agent

  • Double DQN stability improvements over vanilla DQN
  • Custom Gym-compatible environment
  • Deterministic evaluation harness
Repository: https://github.com/bernard0331/CMSC421Project
Reinforcement Learning Double DQN Gymnasium Keras RL Environments
May 2024

Android App with Firebase Integration

  • Firebase-backed data and auth
  • Local state via SharedPreferences
  • Accessible, responsive UI components
Repository: https://github.com/dinhner7/436group_proj
Android Firebase MVC ConstraintLayout SharedPreferences Kotlin/Java
Dec 2024

Skills

Programming Languages
  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • C/C++
  • Rust
  • Assembly
  • HTML/CSS
  • Racket
  • OCaml
Backend & Web
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • EJS templating
  • MongoDB
  • SQL
  • RESTful APIs
  • Nginx
  • LetsEncrypt
Machine Learning & AI
  • 3D CNNs
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Focal Loss
  • Data Augmentation
  • Keras
  • Gymnasium
Mobile & App Development
  • Android Studio
  • Firebase
  • MVC architecture
  • Google SharedPreferences
  • ConstraintLayout
Deployment & DevOps
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Ubuntu
  • Git
  • Snyk
Systems & IT Support
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • PowerShell scripting
  • IT Help Desk
  • Prompt Engineering
  • End-User Training
  • Security Protocols