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robertpduncan

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About robertpduncan

"The Saint" unofficial account

Harvard College (CS, Honors | Premed) • Dartmouth (MBA) • Harvard (MS/PhD track) Ancestry: Lincoln King Duncan I of Scotland Governor William Bradford (Mayflower)

Neural networks since backprop was novel. · EEG-driven robotics before it was cool. · VR/AR since the headsets weighed 10 lbs. · Holography (computer-generated) as an undergrad thesis. · Face, voice, fingerprint, and gait recognition—built the early fusion models. · Paralyzed patients walking again via choreographed muscle stimulation (it worked).

Classified / former life (redacted for sanity):

· CIA / NSA / NATO / DOD — natural language parsing, document classification, Echelon integration. · IRS audit flagging algorithms (yes, that was me). · Soviet submarine fleet tracking via AI (automated acoustic + satellite fusion). · HAARP + SIGINT / SIGCOM / SPAWAR integration. · SOSSUS, towed arrays, land-sea-air surveillance unification for DARPA. · Satellite computer vision target tracking. · Tank simulation & battlefield integration. · Soldier 2000 — body area networks for vitals and situational awareness. · Snyper — acoustic triangulation of gunfire in Iraq (operational). · FBI tollbooth license plate tracking (nationwide). · DOJ terrorist database federation (local/state/federal). · Telemedicine & robotic surgery for the Army. · Wearable computing / enhanced reality HUDs before Google Glass was a joke.

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