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Curriculum Vitae

Jordan Patrick Pierce
Education

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University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

2018 - 2020    GPA: 3.67

M.S. OceanographyComputer Vision, Machine Learning

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Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2013 - 2016    GPA: 3.745  Magna Cum Laude

B.S. Geography/GIS, Minor in Oceanography

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

2011 - 2013    GPA: 3.367

Computer Science

 

Georgetown High School, Georgetown, Texas

Graduated: May 2011

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Experience

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2023 - AI Scientist, CSS Inc., / NOAA NCCOS

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

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Technologies (Often) Used

 

Pytorch, Keras, Tensorflow, Sckit-*

Ultralytics, Supervision, AutoDistill

Metashape, Open3D, NeRF-Studios

ArcGIS, PDAL, GDAL, QGIS, LASTools

Git, Azure ML Studio, Windows, Linux

Wheels, Fire, Printing Press, Microwaves

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Workshops

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2023 - NOAA/NCAR Hackathon, Boulder, Colorado

2021 - Reef Building Workshop, San Andres, Colombia

2019 - OceanHackWeek, Seattle, Washington

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Honors
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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)

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Organizations

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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

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Certifications

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PADI Basic, Advanced, and Rescue Diver

NAUI Master Diver

SSI Nitrox Diver

National Speleological Society - Cavern Diver

American Academy of Underwater Sciences - Scientific Diver

140+ Hour TEFL/TESOL via ACCREDITAT

American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification

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Teaching

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Futian High School, Shenzhen, China, 2017-2018

  • English as a Foreign Language

  • Advanced English Literature

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

  • Core curriculum

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Research
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G. Pavoni, J. Pierce, C. Edwards, M. Corsini, V. Petrovic, P. Cignoni, "Integrating Widespread Coral Reef Monitoring Tools for Managing both Area and Point Annotations", ISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024.

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S. Cook, S. Rojano, C. Edwards, M. Bollinger, J. Pierce, S. Viehman, "Standard Operating Procedures for the Use of Large-Area Imaging in Tropical Shallow Water Coral Reef Monitoring, Research and Restoration: Applications for Mission: Iconic Reefs Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary", NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS, April 2024.

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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.

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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

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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

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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. 

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

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J. PierceRzhanov, 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.

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

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

Jordan Pierce

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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.

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Coral Reef Restoration - is it Viable for Hong Kong? Baker D.M., Yu V., Pierce J. & Sheng V.

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A Preliminary Fabric Analysis on the Spatial Distribution of Artifacts from the Ryan-Harley Site (8JE1004). Jordan Pierce, Morgan Smith.

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Volunteer

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2020 - Nor'easter Regional Science Bowl, UNH

2019 - Ocean Discovery Day, CCOM/JHC

2018 - DoEd - Beta Camp, Hong Kong 

2017 - Andy's English, Shenzhen, China

2016 - The Free School, Hanoi, Vietnam

2016 - ESRI Petroleum GIS Conference, Houston, Texas

2016 - SCUBA Dive Locker, Texas A&M University

2015 - Geosciences' Student Mentor Program, Texas A&M University

2015 - NOAA R/V Manta, Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary

2014 - Big Event, Texas A&M University

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