Joseph Catanzarite

Data Science Instructor

Bloomtech

Aug 2021 - Dec 2021 (5 months)

Lead Data Science Instructor

Make School

Nov 2020 - Aug 2021 (10 months)

Create curriculum for and teach all courses in the Data Science concentration: Data Science Technical Seminar (Capstone Project), Deep Learning and Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Machine Learning in Production, Introduction to Data Science

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Volunteer Data Scientist

DataKind Medic Mobile Project

Nov 2019 - Jul 2020 (9 months)

Improved Predictive Models for Better Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

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Volunteer Study Group Lead

TWIML & AI

Jul 2019 - Apr 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Organized, led, and developed curriculum for remote Al study groups: Hands-On Machine Learning, A Code-first Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Fastai), Deep Learning from the Foundations (Fastai)

Fastai International Fellow

University of San Francisco

Oct 2018 - Oct 2019 (1 year 1 month)

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Data Scientist

SETI INSTITUTE

Jan 2013 - Aug 2017 (4 years 8 months)

Kepler Science Team, NASA Kepler Mission: Built a Random Forest classifier for Kepler exoplanet candidates that performed with 97% accuracy. Wrote report Autovetter Planet Candidate Catalog for Q1-Q17 Data Release 24, for NASA HQ. Member of Modeling and Analysis team for Synthetic Flux-level Transit Injection Experiments. Devised and implemented an algorithm to estimate the exoplanet detection efficiency as a function of signal-to-noise ratio for each Kepler target star. Innovative use of k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) enabled an 85% reduction in time required to accomplish the key experiments on the NASA Pleiades supercomputer.Kepler Science Operations Center, NASA Kepler Mission: Created, implemented, and documented software algorithms for Kep

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Project Staff Scientist

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Jan 2003 - Jan 2013 (10 years 1 month)

As a Project Staff Scientist, I played a pivotal role in the Planet Finding Capability Study Team for NASA's Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), where I spearheaded JPL's Analysis Team during Phases 1 and 2 of the Double Blind Test. I coordinated all five analysis teams, leading to the consensus solutions achieved in Phase 2. My contributions included devising a novel algorithm to hierarchically detect exoplanets and characterize their masses and orbits from joint astrometric and radial velocity data. This effort culminated in our successful demonstration of SIM's capability to detect Earth-mass planets in habitable zones of nearby solar-type stars, even within multiple planet systems, thereby advancing SIM toward potential launch considera

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Senior Engineer and Senior Application Developer

California Institute of Technology

Jan 1999 - Jan 2013 (14 years 1 month)

Performed trade studies of astrometric performance vs. spacecraft instrument parameters. Developed data analysis algorithms for SIM's Micro Arc-second Metrology test bed. Preprocessed WIRE (Wide Field Infrared Explorer) star-tracker data for asteroseismology research

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Professor of Physics and Astronomy

CYPRESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Aug 1985 - Jan 2025 (39 years 6 months)

Served as Physical Sciences Department Chair. Taught and developed curriculum for Physics and Astronomy lecture and laboratory courses

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