Summary
Brandon Booth is a versatile researcher and educator blending machine learning, signal processing, and human-centered data collection to model behavior and experience. As an Assistant Professor at The University of Memphis and a former postdoctoral researcher at UC Boulder, he collaborates across ML and psychology with projects spanning reading comprehension and performance annotation. His industry background spans video game and serious game development and R&D engineering in robotics, computer vision, HCI, and geospatial visualization. He is actively addressing gender bias in automated employee interviews and investigating the eye-mind link to better understand cognitive processing during reading. He contributes to high-impact initiatives like IARPA's TILES, which connect physiological, environmental, and contextual factors to self-reports of mental states. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC and a track record of translating rigorous research into practical engineering, Brandon brings both scholarly rigor and hands-on experience to his work.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, 3.976, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, 3.976 at University of Southern California
BS, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, 3.9, BS, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, 3.9 at University of Colorado at Boulder