Builder, researcher, and aspiring SWE —based on the East Coast.

Senior CS @ Wake Forest (Dec 2025). I’m into computer vision, clean UX, and turning ideas into shipped software.

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Python • JS/TS • React/Next.js • SQL
YOLOv8–12 • mAP/PR • OpenCV

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Projects

A few things I’ve built recently.

Palm-Tree Detection — PRISM

YOLO-based detector tuned to generalize from Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru. Focus on patch-based inference and confusion-matrix analysis.

mAP, precision/recall, F1
OpenCV, PyTorch, Ultralytics

Code Paper/Poster Demo

Movie Watchlist (Next.js)

API-driven app showing streaming availability, built to practice full-stack patterns and clean UI.

Next.js App Router, Server Actions
Postgres (Neon) + Prisma

Research

URECA-funded project in Dr. Pauca’s lab on tropical forest palm detection and domain generalization.

Poster: 36×36 in (URECA Day) — results, mAP, PR curves.
Paper draft (Overleaf): Introduction → Methodology → Experiments → Results.

Experience

Software / Research

Computer Vision Research Assistant — WFU
Full-stack projects in React/Next.js

Activities

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (white belt, 4 stripes)
Entrepreneurship minor — venture projects

Contact

Email: mario.auqui@gmail.com • LinkedIn: /in/marioauqui