Jordon Taylor

The work

Problems worth
working through.

Selected engineering case studies, with personal contributions, design decisions and source evidence.

Gradient Gators architecture. Architecture schematic. The current runner supports sparse-reward pilots; the full comparative study remains ahead.
01 / Reinforcement learning · Research infrastructure

Gradient Gators

Making experiments repeatable.

From survivable worlds to frozen scenarios and traceable training pilots: building the foundations for a controlled reward-design study.

  • Python
  • Gymnasium
  • PPO
  • pytest
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Steam Game Similarity architecture. The implemented LSH query path. Hash buckets select candidates before cosine reranking; the candidate set can still include the full dataset.
02 / Algorithms · Search applications

Steam Game Similarity

Finding the next good game.

An interactive comparison of similarity-search methods, with my implementation of locality-sensitive hashing and the Streamlit interface.

  • Python
  • NumPy
  • LSH
  • Streamlit
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Litter to Life architecture. Drawing-to-inference schematic. Confidence handling and supported-class checks are interaction rules, not proof of calibrated model confidence.
03 / Applied AI · Interactive systems

Litter to Life

From a sketch to a world.

Connecting a drawing canvas to model inference and useful feedback in a collaborative environmental-restoration experience.

  • C#
  • Unity
  • ONNX
  • Local inference
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Gator Check-In architecture. Application and test architecture. Tests use an isolated database; the presence of test functions does not establish exhaustive coverage.
04 / Web applications · Backend testing

Gator Check-In

Making a team app easier to trust.

A focused contribution to a Flask wellness application: endpoint tests, database fixtures, integration fixes and documentation.

  • Python
  • Flask
  • SQLAlchemy
  • pytest
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