Hello! I’m Jared. I’m a second-year PhD student at the UW Paul G. Allen School for Computer Science & Engineering. I am a part of the Makeability Lab, advised by Jon Froehlich, working to make cities more sustainable and accessible.

My research interests lie in applied ML and urban informatics. Specifically:

• 📝 Tools for managing raw data
  • How can we bridge the gap between collecting data and using it?
• 💡 Using ML to extract insight
  • How can ML/computation help us extract more value out of our data?
  • How can ML lead us to results that would have taken longer to reach without ML?
• 🚞 Building better cities
  • How can we use ML/computational methods to extract insight about our cities and how humans live?
  • How can this insight guide us in designing better cities?

Check out my Research and CV to see how my interests got to where they are now. Or, if you want to chat with me about my research, cities, the PhD program, or anything else, reach out to me at my email!

Recent news

[05/2025] Our paper, “‘Where Can I Park?’ Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery” was accepted to ASSETS ‘25. I will be presenting this work in person in Denver!

[09/2024] I start my PhD at UW!

[12/2023] Our paper was accepted to NeuRIPS 2023! Check it out here

_{Page updated October 2025.}