CristiánColón

Hey! I'm Cristián, I currently work as a Machine Learning Engineer at Palo Alto Networks in the SF Bay Area. I graduated from MIT with a degree in Computer Science, and I love building things that involve ML, cybersecurity, graphics, or statistics.

My Projects

ThreatWarden: Security Vulnerability Aggregator and LLM Query Engine thumbnail

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.

PythonPostgreSQLasyncio+5 more
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Particle Simulation Engine

August 2025

Developed a GPU-accelerated particle simulation visualizing emergent behaviors and ecosystem dynamics among thousands of species.

C++OpenGLGLSL (Compute Shaders)
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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.

PythonStreamlitGoogle Gemini+3 more
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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.

PythonpandasNumPy+6 more
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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.

PythonPyTorcheval7+3 more
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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.

PythonTensorFlow / KerasStable-Baselines3 (PPO)+7 more
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About Me

Experience

Machine Learning Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks

2026-Present - IoT, OT & Device Security ML Research

Engineering Consultant @ Stealth Startup

2026 - Real-Time Data Ingestion Pipelines

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 Environments

Education

B.S. Computer Science and Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology2026

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