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ccolon at mit dot edu
Hey! I'm Cristián, a senior at MIT studying Computer Science. I love building things that involve ML, cybersecurity, graphics, or probability. When I'm not coding, you'll find me practicing kickboxing, playing racing games, or at the poker table with some friends.
My Projects
Things I've built that I'm proud of.

ThreatWarden: Security Vulnerability Aggregator and LLM Query Engine
February 2026
A continuously-running, self-hosted vulnerability intelligence CLI tool that aggregates CVE and exploit data from six authoritative sources, stores it in PostgreSQL, and exposes it through a conversational LLM interface with self-critique verification.

Particle Simulation Engine
August 2025
Developed a GPU-accelerated particle simulation visualizing emergent behaviors and ecosystem dynamics among thousands of species.

Formlabs Hackathon: Sales & Services AI Agents
August 2025
Dual AI agents (Rhys for Sales, Pete for Services) built with Streamlit and Gemini. Supports RAG via Vertex AI, Google Search fallback, Zapier lead/case creation, and BigQuery-powered printer log lookups.

UFC Match Outcome Predictor with Random Forest
March 2025
A data-driven system that collects and integrates UFC match statistics, engineers rich historical and contextual features, and trains Random Forest models to predict match outcomes with calibrated confidence.
BluffBot: Poker Bot with CFR and Reinforcement Learning
January 2025
Developed iterative Bounty Hold'em agents culminating in a neural policy that uses card/bet embeddings and action masking; includes a local engine to pit bots against each other.

Reinforcement Learning / LSTM Stock Predictor
May 2024
End-to-end ML/RL project that aggregates MSFT 60‑minute price data and StockGeist sentiment, trains an LSTM price predictor, and evaluates trading strategies including a risk-aware rules engine and PPO reinforcement learning.
About Me
Experience
Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Incoming Summer 2026
Software Engineering Intern @ Nasdaq
2026 - GenAI Platform Team
ML & Cybersecurity Researcher @ MIT CSAIL
2024-2026 - ALFA Group
Software Engineering Intern @ Formlabs
2024 & 2025 - PreForm 3D Print Preparation Software
Course Staff Assistant
2025 - MIT 6.C01 Machine Learning
VR Researcher @ MIT Media Lab
2024 - Responsive Environmentss
Education
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • 2026