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<h1>Hi, I'm Joe</h1>

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    <p>I am a software engineer and ML researcher. I previously started a company called Womp Labs working on dataset selection, data attribution and explainable AI. Before that, I was working on detecting anomalous network traffic. I also spent some time training geolocation models.</p>
    <p>Mostly I like staring at log-log plots in wandb :)</p>
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    <h3>Some things I'm doing now:</h3>
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        <li>Efficient data attribution with friends at UIUC and CMU: <a href="https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2505.23223">first paper out</a>!</li>
        <li>Independent projects around scalable dataset selection.</li>
        <li>Training ever better geolocation models that power <a href="https://geospy.ai/">geospy.ai</a>.</li>
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    <h3>Some things I have done in the past:</h3>
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        <li><a href="https://x.com/GeospyAI/status/1919445068294799700">Trained really good geolocation models.</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.womplabs.ai/a-new-sota-in-data-attribution#more-to-come">Made some progress on data attribution.</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-melkonian-_classof2023-washu-computerscience-activity-7067483733393620992-VWUJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADHMpGMBqrTEs8kyhzx70msHMh-RF3IAxTk">Spoke nervously in front of a lot of people.</a></li>
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        <li>Play basketball, golf, soccer, football, chess, poker and pretty much anything else where there is a winner.</li>
        <li>Ski</li>
        <li>Hike</li>
        <li>Play piano, want to re-learn guitar</li>
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