About Me

Hi! I’m a Machine Learning Researcher within the Strategic Innovations Group at Booz Allen Hamilton. I graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in Astrophysics and Mathematics and minors in Physics and Business.

If you’d like to see more of my code, please visit my GitHub

Research Interests

I’m primarily interested in Geometry, Topology, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Machine Learning, and Quantitative Finance.

Publications

  1. Swope, R. & Prsa, A. “Pilot study for the autonomous discovery of unknown unknowns in photometric timeseries data”, Presented at AAS 237.
  2. Swope, R., Klein, T., Harmer, K., & Pasles, P. “Rational Powers of Complex Matrices” (Fall 2020). Submitted to Mathematics and Computer Education.

Memberships

Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honors Society, Villanova Chapter

Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honors Society, Villanova Chapter

Phi Beta Kappa The Nation’s Most Prestigious & Selective Academic Honors Society, Villanova Chapter

Personal Interests

My personal interests include cryptocurrency, poker, skiing, and mountain biking.