Curriculum Vitae

Jordan Patrick Pierce

Education

University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

2018 - 2020 GPA: 3.67

M.S. Oceanography, Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2013 - 2016 GPA: 3.745 Magna Cum Laude

B.S. Geography/GIS, Minor in Oceanography

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas

2011 - 2013 GPA: 3.367

Computer Science

Georgetown High School, Georgetown, Texas

Graduated: May 2011

Experience

2022 - Marine Data Scientist, CSS Inc., / NOAA NCCOS

2020 - CV/ML Engineer, TerraDepth

2018 - Graduate Research Assistant, CCOM/JHC

2018 - Research Assistant II, Coral Biochemistry Lab, HKU

2017 - GIS Consultant, Center for the Study of the First Americans

2017 - English Teacher, Futian High School, Shenzhen

2016 - Curator, Center for the Study of the First Americans

2016 - UG Research Assistant, Anthropology Department, Texas A&M

2016 - Teaching Assistant, SCUBA Dive Locker, Texas A&M

2015 - UG Research Assistant, Geography Department, Texas A&M

2014 - Student Curator, International Ocean Discovery Program IODP

2013 - Tribe Senior, Freebird's World Burrito

Technical Skills

GIS/Remote sensing - ArcGIS, PDAL, GDAL, QGIS

3D Modeling - Metashape, Open3D

Programming - C++, Python, R

Machine Learning - Keras, Scikit-Learn, Pytorch

Workshops

2023 - NOAA/NCAR Hackathon, Boulder, Colorado

2021 - Reef Building Workshop, San Andres, Colombia

2019 - OceanHackWeek, Seattle, Washington

Honors

OCEANS 2020 SPC Normal Miller Prize

Winner of UNH 3-Minute Thesis

CIPTIC Level III Teacher (Promotion)

Gamma Theta Upsilon Honor Society

George Bush Foundation Scholarship

College of Geoscience Scholarship (multiple semesters)

Dean's List of Distinguished Students (multiple semesters)

Organizations

Texas A&M Geographic Society (Director)

The One Love Group

Environmental Programs Involvement Committee (EPIC)

Shenzhen Expat Book Exchange

Salsa Cubana Group

Shenzhen Runner's Club

Hong Kong Trail Runner's Group

UNH Rock Climbing Team

ATX Boulders and Brews

Teaching

Futian High School, Shenzhen, China, 2017-2018

English as a Foreign Language
Advanced English Literature

Andy's English Language Center, Shenzhen, China, 2017

Core curriculum

Research

J. Pierce, Q. Iqbal, E. Martzial, "Absolute Ocean: A Cloud-based Platform with Automatic Detection of Targets in Sonar Data", Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC2022), Gatineau-Ottawa, Canada, 2022.

J. Pierce, Mark J. Butler IV, Rzhanov, Y., Lowell, K., and Dijkstra, J. A., “Classifying 3D Models of Coral Reefs Using Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Semantic Segmentation”, Benthic Ecology Meeting. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 2022

J. Pierce, Mark J. Butler IV, Rzhanov, Y., Lowell, K., and Dijkstra, J. A., “Classifying 3D Models of Coral Reefs Using Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Semantic Segmentation”, Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022

Pierce, Jordan Patrick, "Automating the Boring Stuff: A Deep Learning and Computer Vision Workflow for Coral Reef Habitat Mapping" (2020). Master's Theses and Capstones.

Science Podcast Fall 2020 | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Podcast. Hosted by Andrew Cogswell and Catalina Gomez. October, 2020. "Image Annotation, Machine Learning & AI"

J. Pierce, Rzhanov, Y., Lowell, K., and Dijkstra, J. A., “Reducing Annotation Times: Semantic Segmentation of Coral Reef Survey Images”, Global Oceans 2020. IEEE, U.S. Gulf Coast, Biloxi, MS, USA, pp. 1-9, 2020. U.S. Gulf Coast - Singapore.

Student Poster Competition, 1st place.
Awarded the Norman Miller Prize.

You, Me & the Sea. Podcast. Hosted by Kaitlin Van Volkom and Isaiah. September, 2020.

Automating the Boring Stuff: Using A.I to Map Coral Reefs.

Jordan Pierce

UNH 3-Minute Thesis: Practice Round 2020, 1st place
UNH 3-Minute Thesis: Final Round 2020, 1st place

Automating the Boring Stuff: A Deep Learning and Computer Vision Workflow for Coral Reef Habitat Mapping. Pierce, J., Rzhanov, Y., Lowell, K., Butler, M., Dijkstra, J.