CS + Physics @ UMD | Dean's List | Quantum Computing, HCI, ML, Game Dev

Wayne, PA  ·  [email protected]  ·  jakefrischmann.me  ·  LinkedIn

I'm a freshman at UMD studying Computer Science and Applied Physics, with a minor in Quantum Science and Engineering. I write about what I build at https://jakefrischmann.me. Outside of that, I am always playing soccer, and I run a fantasy book club at UMD, which is where I get most of my DM's Companion test cases.

Degree-planning platform for UMD students. Course lookup, degree audit, four-year planning, and Gen Ed tracking in one place. Built to fix real gaps in UMD's official tooling.

SvelteKit TypeScript Supabase GitHub Actions

AR campus events app built with UMD's AppDev club. Players discover campus events through location-aware AR creatures tied to real physical spots. ARCore handles world tracking and spatial anchors; SwiftUI drives the native interface.

ARCore SwiftUI iOS

Cross-platform puzzle game with collectible chests, unlockable skins, and daily modes. Deployed on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and the web. Touch, keyboard, and swipe controls.

.NET MAUI SvelteKit C#

Deep RL research from the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences at CMU. PPO + MCTS self-play agents with CNN board encodings. ~85% win rate over tuned heuristics across 18,000+ GPU-simulated games. Co-authored a peer-reviewed paper on the architecture and results.

PyTorch Deep RL PPO MCTS

Dodge game with no keyboard and no mouse. Your body is the controller. Background subtraction turns your silhouette into a live collision mask. dlib correlation tracker locks your face, overlays a spaceship. Smiling on a hit gives you a 50% survival chance.

Python OpenCV dlib cvzone

iOS app that generates full multi-day trip itineraries using GPT-4, integrated with Google Maps and Booking.com APIs. CoreLocation and CoreData for offline storage. Handles retries, caching, and rate limits on unreliable connections.

SwiftUI GPT-4 REST APIs CoreData

Zheng Lab, Drexel University (2025) — Designed tendon-driven soft robotic manipulators in SolidWorks and built GPU-accelerated soft-body simulations in NVIDIA Isaac Gym.

PGSS at Carnegie Mellon (2024) — Led deep RL research team, peer-reviewed publication.

Screen Time and Adolescent Wellbeing (2024-2025) — Independent behavioral study, n = 140, linear regression, a = 0.01, statistically significant results.

| Project | Stack | Notes | ||-|-| | Fake News Risk Identifier | Python, XGBoost, TensorFlow | NLP classifier, 85%+ accuracy target | | Medication Management App | React Native, TypeScript | HCI-driven adherence tracker | | SpiRobControls | G-code, SolidWorks | Fabrication for Drexel soft robotics research | | Maze Theories | Python, Jupyter | Graph theory on maze generation and solving |

Languages: Python · C++ · C# · Rust · Swift · TypeScript · SQL · R · Java

ML / CV: PyTorch · TensorFlow · Hugging Face · OpenCV · dlib · Deep RL

Robotics: SolidWorks · NVIDIA Isaac Gym · ARCore · G-code

Web / Mobile: SvelteKit · React · React Native · SwiftUI · .NET MAUI · REST APIs · Supabase

Royal Scribe — Personal writing assistant that learns your voice. Five layers: menu bar, ghost text autocomplete, selection toolbar, sidebar, and command palette. Optimizes for voice consistency, not generic quality.

DM's Companion — AI co-pilot for tabletop RPG Dungeon Masters. NPC voices, location flavor, and lore on demand. RAG-backed, minimal friction, table-ready prose in seconds.

Open to research and SWE internships. Reach me at [email protected] or jakefrischmann.me.