Bio
I'm recently separated from the US Army and am very happy to be working and learning with the Texas State CS department. I was born in Houston, TX and first moved to Austin in 2011. I have lived in many other places but Austin is the best of all of them (San Marcos is lovely too). I first developed an interest in Computer Science through my interest in robotics. I started trying to make them when I was 13 and eventually came to the realization that I'm handier with a compiler than with a soldering iron.
My first research work at Texas State University was with professors Grayson Lawrence and Dr. Dan Tamir on an iOS app we called Musing. It brought augmented reality into the school's art gallery and provide patrons with additional information about the artworks they were viewing. Musing was able to recognize artworks and automatically provide the user with the information available for a particualr work using methods provided by the computer vision library OpenCV.
I now work with the IMICS lab under Dr. Vangelis Metsis. My focus is on identifying and cleaning mislabeled data in large data sets using machine learning techniques.
Contact
Email: gma23@txstate.edu
Alternate Email: gmatkins@gmail.com
Call Sign: KI5CVC
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Instruction
| Year | Semester | Class | Professor | Role | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Spring | CS2308 Section 254 | Me | Lecturer | Derrick 0240 | MW 12:30-1:50 |
| 2022 | Fall | CS2308 Section 001 | Me | Lecturer | Ingram 3104 | MW 11:00-12:20 |
| 2022 | Summer2 | CS1428 Section 751 | Me | Lecturer | Derrick 235 | MTWRF 10:00-11:40 |
| 2022 | Summer1 | CS1428 Section 501 | Me | Lecturer | Derrick 240 | MTWRF 12:00-1:40 |
| 2022 | Spring | CS2308 Section 254 | Me | Lecturer | Ingram 3104 | MW 12:30-1:50 |
| 2021 | Fall | CS1428 Section 005 | Me | Lecturer | ED 1007 | TR 9:30-10:50 |
| 2021 | Summer2 | CS1428 Section 751 | Me | Lecturer | Online Only | MTWRF 10:00-11:40 |
| 2021 | Summer1 | CS1428 Section 501 | Me | Lecturer | Online Only | MTWRF 12:00-1:40 |
| 2021 | Spring | CS1428 Lab All Sections | Scott Johnson | Curriculum Developer | Online Only | Thu 2:00-3:30 |
| 2020 | Fall | CS1428: HL1 | Dr. Ziliang Zong | Teaching Assistant | Online Only | Tue 12:30-1:50 |
| 2020 | Summer | CS1428 Lab All Sections | Scott Johnson | Curriculum Developer | Derrick Hall | Many Hours |
| 2020 | Spring | CS1428 Lab All Sections | Scott Johnson | Curriculum Developer | Derrick Hall | Many Hours |
| 2019 | Fall | CS1428 Honors Lab | Dr. Apan Qasem | Lab Instructor | Derrick Hall | Tue and Thu at 12:30pm |
| 2019 | Spring | CS1428 | Dr. Jill Seaman | Instructional Assistant | LBJ Teaching Theater | Tue and Thu at 9:30am |
| 2018 | Fall | CS1428 | Dr. Apan Qasem | Lab Insructor | Derrick Hall | Tue and Thu at 12:30pm |
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm on Zoom. Other hours are available. Just email me to check my availability or for a link to attend regular office hours.
Professional Interests
- Machine Learning
- Robotics
- Sensor Arrays
- Clustering Algorithms and Validation
- Computer Science Education
- Feature Learning
- Unsupervised Time Series Processing
- Mislabeled Data Cleaning
Unprofessional Interests
- Hiking
- Bicycling
- Cheesy Sci-Fi
- Whisk(e)y
- Horror Films
- Ham Radio
- Combat Robotics
- Gardening
Some Puzzles
Each one of these "puzzles" is a block of text enciphered with some classical algorithm. They are in no particular order.
Interesting Links
- Austin Hams: Austin's Amateur Radio Club
- AFCEA: Armed forces professional communication organization
- Texas State EXE: Our very own computer science club.
- Yello Bike Project: Volunteer organization in Austin which provides refurbished bikes to those in need
- Texas Robot Combat: Amateur Battle Bots. Used to be called DARC.
- Searchable Texas HAM repeater guide: Still under construction. Only some cities are searchable.
- Bobcat Robotics: a competitive robotics team headquatered at Texas State University
Education
- AAS in CIS from Portland Community College, 2010
- BS in Computer Science from Texas State University, 2014
- PhD in Computer Science from Texas State. Expecting to graduate in 2022
Publications
- Blakeney, Cody, et al. "Measure twice, cut once: Quantifying bias and fairness in deep neural networks." arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04397 (2021).
- HINKLE, Lee B., Gentry ATKINSON, and Vangelis METSIS. "An End-to-End Methodology for Semi-Supervised HAR Data Collection, Labeling, and Classification Using a Wristband." (2022).
- Atkinson, Gentry, and Vangelis Metsis. "A Survey of Methods for Detection and Correction of Noisy Labels in Time Series Data." IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. Springer, Cham, 2021.
- Atkinson, Gentry, and Vangelis Metsis. "TSAR: a time series assisted relabeling tool for reducing label noise." 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference. 2021
- Atkinson, Gentry, and Vangelis Metsis. "Identifying label noise in time-series datasets." Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. 2020.
- K. Whiteside, G. Atkinson, M. Stump, D. Tamir, and G. Lawrence, "Musing: Adaptable Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Museums and Art Galleries," EVA-London, London, UK, July, 2014
- G. Atkinson, K. Whiteside, D. E. Tamir, G. Lawrence, and M. Stump, "Musing: Interactive Didactics for Art Museums and Galleries via Image Processing and Augmented Reality," Content of IARIA 2014, Venice Italy, May, 2014
- G. Atkinson, K. Whiteside, G. Lawrence, M. Stump, and D. Tamir, "Musing - Enhancing Education Experience through a Virtual Museum Application", Proceedings of the 8th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference, Valencia Spain, March 2014