About Me
This is my about page! Here, you can find more information on my education, experience, and projects.
My complete professional resume can be viewed or downloaded here (PDF) ↗!
Education
Stevens Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Data Science
Stevens Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Middlesex County Academy for SMET
High School Diploma
Relevant Courses
- Introduction to Differential Equations
- Multivariable Calculus
- Linear Algebra
- Discrete Mathematics
- AP Statistics
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Physics 1
Experience
INSuRE+E Program (Illinois State University)
Graduate Researcher — AI & Enterprise Data Security
Leading research on adversarial robustness and bias mitigation in Enterprise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines under Dr. Dmitry Zhdanov.
- Designed and evaluated machine learning classifiers to detect malicious injected chunks in RAG ingestion pipelines.
- Co-authored research findings accepted and presented at BizAI 2026 and the 2026 CAE in Cybersecurity National Symposium.
- Collaborated with faculty and government sponsors under the NSA/DHS-affiliated INSuRE+E cybersecurity research consortium.
INSuRE+E Program (Iowa State University)
Undergraduate Researcher — BGP & Network Security
Investigated Internet-scale routing security protocols through topology graph simulations under Dr. Burk Gulmezoglu.
- Simulated deployment mechanics of ROV++ and RPKI Route Origin Validation using BGPy and NetworkX across real AS topologies.
- Evaluated attack mitigation rates against prefix hijacking and route leak vectors under partial ISP adoption scenarios.
- Published and presented peer-reviewed research poster at the 2024 CAE-R Research Symposium.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Course Assistant — CS & Mathematics Departments
Mentored 300+ students across Computer Science and Mathematics courses.
- Supported instruction for CS 115 (Intro to CS), CS 284 (Data Structures & Algorithms), and MA 331 (Intermediate Statistics).
- Held weekly lab sessions and office hours, providing code reviews, debugging guidance, and algorithmic problem-solving strategies.
- Graded programming assignments, algorithm proofs, and exams with consistent grading rubrics and actionable student feedback.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Researcher — Computational Social Science
Studied longevity and decay dynamics of complex multiplayer game ecosystems under Dr. Jingyi Sun.
- Engineered a parallelized web scraper in Python to extract longitudinal behavioral datasets from Eve Online community forums.
- Conducted statistical and qualitative network analyses in R to model attrition triggers and community collapse patterns.
Projects
ROV++ Security Empirical Survey
completeEmpirical security evaluation of BGP route leak mitigations and RPKI/ROV deployment scenarios using graph network simulations.
aster
buildingA real-time Ethereum whale watcher with surface-level analysis features. Utilizes a local node to subscribe to the Ethereum mempool and process transactions in real-time. Grafana dashboard TBD.
osu! ML Beatmap Recommender
buildingMachine learning recommendation engine using autoencoded map embeddings and user performance scoring vectors.
Cat or Car?
completeConvolutional neural network for binary image classification deployed with an interactive browser interface.
Brew Review
completeFull-stack web platform for discovering and reviewing local coffee shops with real-time state and Firebase authentication.
bryanchan.org
maintainedHigh-performance personal developer portfolio and technical blog powered by a custom static site generator written in Rust.
Goodminton Club Platform
completeBadminton club tournament management and court reservation system with role-based access control.
Community Automation Bot
deprecatedAutomated Discord bot supporting server moderation, custom leveling systems, and game API integrations.