Hi — I'm Paul. I design systems for exploring inhospitable places (space-adjacent work), build small data tooling, and occasionally teach computers to read messy handwriting. I hold a PhD in Exploration Systems Design from Arizona State University, where my research focused on the "Development, Implementation, and Impacts of Novelty Detection Systems for Mission Operations." This involved identifying anomalies in large-scale datasets from missions like the Mars Curiosity rover (Mastcam), the Roman Space Telescope (WFI), and the ASTHROS stratospheric balloon observatory. I also serve as a Coach at Major League Hacking.

• 📍 Location: Tempe, AZ
• 🎓 Education: Arizona State University — Exploration Systems Design
• 💼 Role: PhD in Exploration Systems Design — Coach at Major League Hacking
• 🔎 Focus: exploration systems, data pipelines, flight software, scientific computing
• 🔗 Blog: https://hortonpaul.com
• 🐦 Twitter: @giansar26
• ⚒️ Open to: collaborations and research opportunities (hireable)
• ⭐ GitHub: ~37 public repos — 26 followers

• PaHorton/PaHorton.github.io — Personal website and portfolio. https://github.com/PaHorton/PaHorton.github.io
• PaHorton/graph-dashboard — Dashboard for visualizing time-series / telemetry data (Python). https://github.com/PaHorton/graph-dashboard
• PaHorton/dissertation — Dissertation source (TeX) and notes. https://github.com/PaHorton/dissertation
• PaHorton/HortonCV — CV (TeX). https://github.com/PaHorton/HortonCV
• PaHorton/taipy — Small Python utilities and experiments. https://github.com/PaHorton/taipy
• PaHorton/SnapMath — Handwritten equation scanner (Java; experimental). https://github.com/PaHorton/SnapMath
• PaHorton/NASA_DSOC — Simulations and notebooks for DSOC encoding/decoding. https://github.com/PaHorton/NASA_DSOC
• PaHorton/ASU-SolarSPELL — ASU's implementation of the SolarSPELL project (educational web content). https://github.com/PaHorton/ASU-SolarSPELL

If you'd like deeper summaries of any repo (README, top files, tech stack), tell me which ones and I'll fetch and summarize them.

• I iterate quickly: design → simulate → test with realistic datasets.
• I prefer reproducible notebooks and small, well-documented tools for sharing results.
• Outside of work: I enjoy hardware tinkering, small flight projects, and teaching at hackathons.

• Portfolio / blog: https://hortonpaul.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/PaHorton
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/giansar26
• If you want a CV or full academic profile: see HortonCV or ask and I'll export a PDF.

This profile was generated by GitHub Copilot using the GitHub and MyMLH MCP Servers at an MLH (Major League Hacking) student hackathon. Find events near you at mlh.io/events.

This profile was generated by GitHub Copilot using the GitHub and MyMLH MCP Servers at an MLH (Major League Hacking) student hackathon. Find events near you at mlh.io/events.