Joel Nicolow

Interests

Data Science , Machine Learning , Remote Sensing , Computer Vision , Data Science Applications in the Climate Sciences

Skills

Languages and Frameworks: Python, R, Javascript

Toolsets: QGIS

OS: Windows OS, Linux

Education

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

B.S., Computer Science (expected Spring, 2024)

2019 - Present

Work

Undergraduate researcher, Hawaiʻi Established Program to Stimulate Competitive research Change(HI)

hawaii.edu/epscor/change-hi/

Undergraduate researcher using machine learning and data science tools to extract environmental information from images.

  • Machine Learning
  • Computer vision

2023 - Present

Introductory Remote Sensing Specialist, Climate Resilience Collaborative

www.soest.hawaii.edu/crc/

Introductory Remote Sensing Specialist at the Climate Resilience Collaborative in SOEST. Working with APIs and geospatial data in Python 3 including contour extraction and the use of machine learning toolkits for pixel classification and other computervision tasks. In addition to technical writing for grant applications and public speaking; presenting at the 2023 Pacific Rim Geospatial Conference in Honolulu.

  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Remote Sensing
  • Grant Writing
  • Presentation Skills
  • QGIS

2022 - Present

Student Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Conducting Geographic and environmental research that relies on deep learning image classification components to further understanding of the environmental conditions on Hawaiian mountains. Awarded Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Research Award (Spring 2021). Using Python for data visualization, storage, and analysis including deep learning models that classify images based off of environmental conditions. Co-authored posters for the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference and the American Geophysical Union.

  • Python
  • Grant Writing
  • Machine learning
  • Computer Vision

2021 - 2023

Internship, CyberInfrastructure TRaining for Undergraduates in Summer (CITRUS) Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute

datascience.hawaii.edu/tag/citrus/

One-month program developing key skills and abilities in CyberInfrastructure (CI) with a climate-focused research project applying CI skills. Skills developed in data science, analytics, and visualization.

  • Data Visualization
  • Public Speaking
  • Machine Learning
  • Python

2022 - 2022

Data Analyst, University of Hawaiʻi - Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health

Using the R programming language to aggregate observational data.

  • R

2022 - 2022

Research Assistant, Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative

www.hawaii.edu/aging/phac/

Undergraduate research assistant, member of the analytics team.

  • R
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Web Scraping
  • PowerBI

2019 - 2022

Student Research, Honolulu Community College

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Conducted research under Dr. DeLay related to the environmental conditions on Hawaiian mountains. Used R and Python to visualize, store, and wrangle temperature, relative humidity, and other meteorological data. Co-authored published abstract for the American Geophysical Union.

  • R
  • Python

2020 - 2020

Student Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Conducting research on taxation and diet in the Pacific. Awarded Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Project Funding (Fall 2020). Creating an R framework to automate data acquisition and analysis. Presented UH Mānoa Undergraduate Showcase (Spring 2022)

  • R
  • Web Scraping

2020 - 2022

Team member, Kupu

Hawaiʻi Youth Conservation CORPS. Project presentation at Kupu Hoʻike.

  • Public Speaking

2019 - 2019

Behavioral Health Student, Hawaiʻi State Department of Health

Completed fellowship at the Behavioral Health Administration, Alcohol and Drug Abuse division. Compiled a complete list of substance use treatment providers in Hawai‘i.

  • Microsoft Excel

2018 - 2019

Activities

Loʻi (kalo farm) in Kailua, Hoʻokuaʻāina

hookuaaina.org/

During the summer of 2022 while living in Kailua I went to Hoʻokuaʻāina when I had avaible days because Hawaiʻi's food sustainibility and mālama ʻāina are very important to me.

2022 - 2022

Awards

Research Award, Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi

Research award obtained to finance trail cameras for meteorologic research on Mount Kaʻala

Spring 2021

Project funding, Undergraduate Research Oppertunities Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Project funding for research on import taxation in the Pacific

Fall 2020

References

Available upon request