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identity:
  name: Raúl Ignacio Rojas Sillery
  preferred_name: Raúl Rojas
  status: Junior at the University of Florida
  education:
    - institution: University of Florida
      degrees: [B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Anthropology]
      expected: 2027-05
  affiliations:
    - org: MIT Critical Data
      role: AI Researcher
      advisor: Dr. Leo Anthony Celi
      since: 2025-10
    - org: Break Through Tech AI Fellowship
      role: Fellow
      institution: MIT × Cornell Tech
      since: 2025-05
    - org: UF BCI Lab
      role: Researcher
      advisor: Dr. Marvin Andujar
  contact:
    email: raul.rojas@ufl.edu
    github: RIROJASS
    linkedin: raul-i-rojas
    phone: "+1 (305) 842-8433"
  locations: [Gainesville FL, Key Biscayne FL]
  languages:
    - { name: English, level: native }
    - { name: Spanish, level: native }
    - { name: French, level: conversational }

positioning:
  tagline: Boundary operator — building culturally intelligent systems where brains, cultures, and machines meet.
  one_lens_two_majors: CS + Anthropology as one lens, two majors — not two separate tracks.
  long_arc: Founder-CEO with neurotechnology as the long-term direction. Exploring PhD programs at MIT (Media Lab, CSAIL, HST).
  intellectual_frame:
    influences: [Eduardo Kohn, Daniel Miller, Alfred Gell, Stefan Helmreich]
    motif: Lingua Ignota — a personal cross-domain pattern language formalizing pattern recognition across faces, markets, and EEG signals as one cognitive process.

research:
  manuscripts:
    - id: shortkit-ml
      title: ShortKit-ML
      status: in review at IEEE Access
      year: 2025
      lab: MIT Critical Data
      authors: [Sebastian Cajas (first), Raúl Rojas, Leo Anthony Celi (last)]
      contribution: Unifying ontology bridging anthropological and ML definitions of "shortcut."
      coverage: 20+ detection methods on CheXpert, MIMIC-CXR, CelebA.
      selected: true
    - id: sakshi
      title: SAKSHI
      lab: MIT Critical Data
      summary: Community-operated accountability framework for health AI.
      collaborators: [MIT, Johns Hopkins, McGill, Makerere, UBC, UT Austin]
    - id: hallucinations
      title: Hallucinations Are the Least of Our Concerns
      lab: MIT Critical Data
      thesis: Situated knowledge — not reference-checking — is the prerequisite for responsible LLM use in health.
    - id: oracle-in-pocket
      title: The Oracle in Your Pocket
      lab: MIT Critical Data
      thesis: How LLMs amplify Dunning–Kruger and erode elaborative reasoning.
    - id: agora
      title: AGORA
      lab: MIT Critical Data
      summary: Fully agentic simulation of academic publishing for studying prestige bias, gaming, and herding among AI agents.

projects:
  - id: astra
    name: Astra
    category: builds
    one_line: Autonomous AI agent on a Mixture-of-Experts architecture (Scout / Analyst / Architect tiers).
    detail: Runs an SLV options thesis end-to-end and doubles as a personal assistant. Reddit sentiment scanner, dynamic model-switcher. Built on OpenClaw.
    importance: 1
  - id: tdg
    name: Temporal-Decay Graph
    category: research
    one_line: Real-time BCI/EEG data structure combining graph topology, exponential edge-weight decay, and lazy pruning.
    course: COP3530 (UF Data Structures & Algorithms)
    dataset: BCI Competition IV
    importance: 2
  - id: deep-focus-trainer
    name: Deep Focus Trainer
    category: builds
    one_line: C-based neurofeedback tool integrating Muse 2 EEG with screen-activity monitoring.
    structures: [ring buffer, hash table, binary heap]
    importance: 3
  - id: eeg-coherence
    name: EEG Coherence Analysis Pipeline
    category: research
    one_line: SciPy-based coherence pipeline on a PhysioNet neuromarketing EEG dataset.
    importance: 4
  - id: lingua-ignota
    name: Lingua Ignota
    category: research
    one_line: Cross-domain pattern language formalizing recognition across faces, markets, and EEG signals as one cognitive process.
    influences: [Eduardo Kohn, Daniel Miller, Alfred Gell, Stefan Helmreich]
    importance: 5
  - id: funq
    name: funQ
    category: builds
    one_line: Real-time nightlife discovery via social ingestion + sentiment + geolocation.
    type: startup
    since: 2025-01
    importance: 6
  - id: art-beyond-sight
    name: Art Beyond Sight
    category: builds
    one_line: Accessibility app converting visual art to soundscapes.
    venue: hackathon
    date: 2025-10
    importance: 7

experience:
  - role: AI/ML Intern
    org: Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
    dates: 2025-05 / 2025-08
    summary: Trust & reliability protocols for LLMs in defense.
  - role: Project Lead
    org: MIT × Cornell Tech — Swytch AI Studio
    dates: 2025-08 / 2025-12
    summary: Six-person team. 85% accuracy workforce-forecasting model.
  - role: Multimodal AI / CV Intern
    org: Florida Museum of Natural History
    dates: 2024-08 / 2025-05
    summary: Mapped archaeological sites from satellite imagery. Presented at the 2025 FUR Conference.

advisors:
  - { name: Dr. Leo Anthony Celi, org: MIT Critical Data, role: Primary research advisor }
  - { name: Dr. Marvin Andujar, org: UF BCI Lab, role: BCI / neurotech }
  - { name: Dr. Benjamin Shickel, org: UF College of Medicine, role: Metacognitive AI internship }
  - { name: Dr. Gabriel Prieto, org: UF Anthropology, role: Pampa La Cruz fieldwork (Peru) }

news:
  - date: 2026-01-15
    text: Invited to AI as a Catalyst at MIT — 227 people from 161 institutions across 22+ countries.
  - date: 2025-12-10
    text: ShortKit-ML submitted to IEEE Access.
  - date: 2025-10-01
    text: Joined MIT Critical Data under Dr. Leo Anthony Celi.

beyond:
  - Freedives off Key Biscayne.
  - Rowed at Miami Rowing Club (world-level).
  - Ran a half marathon.
  - Rode a bull twice in one night.
  - Trades SLV options on a self-built thesis (COMEX inventory + Shanghai premiums + Chinese export restrictions).
  - Excavated pre-Columbian sacrifices at Pampa La Cruz, Peru under Dr. Gabriel Prieto.

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