David Barron

dbarron410@vt.edu 📧

NextJS

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Supabase

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Bio

Masters student at Virginia Tech conducting research on the intersection of AI and education under the supervision of Dr. Chen.

3+ Years Coding Experience
4 Projects

Work History

Research Assistant

Virginia Tech

Oct 2024 - Present

Cloud Engineer Intern

Pearson

May 2023 - Aug 2023

Information Security Intern

Premier Inc

May 2022 - Sep 2022

Cyber Security Intern

Truple Point Security

Feb 2022 - May 2022

Hi, I'm David!

I study how LLMs can proactively infer learner needs through cognitive modeling. Feel free to reach out!

Sophia AI Tutoring System
June 2025

Sophia

Multimodal AI tutoring system using concept mapping

PlotPact
May 2025

PlotPact

AI-powered interactive storytelling platform

Dynamite Discussion Platform
Feb 2025

Dynamite

Real-time discussion platform with AI-generated summaries

Juno Chrome Extension
May 2024

Juno

Chrome extension with configurable LLM agents

Resume

Feel free to preview my resume!

Publications

Dynamite: Real-Time Debriefing Slide Authoring

P. Keelawat, D. Barron et al.

arXiv 2025