cv

My CV as of July, 2025.

Basics

Name Ezra Johnson
Label CS Researcher
Email erjohnso@caltech.edu
Url https://ezrajohnson.me

Work

  • 2025.06 - 2025.08
    CEET Summer Researcher
    NSF REU
    Proved theoretical bounds on an uncertainty quantified, learning augmented, online algorithm for the online conversion with switching costs problem we designed. Simulated performance in a carbon forecasting dataset to measure empirical gains. Worked in the SOLAR group run by Professor Mohammad Hajiesmaili.
    • Algorithms
    • Optimization
    • Sustainability
  • 2025.03 - 2025.06
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Caltech
    Proposed and executed an independent project on the equity of cascading power failures in the California energy grid under Professor Adam Wierman..
    • Networks
    • Energy
    • Equity
  • 2024.01 - 2025.06
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Caltech
    Collaborated with Professor R. Michael Alvarez to design and carry out a project on identifying climate change misinformation in multi-modal video content using machine learning in the Alvarez Political Science group.
    • Machine Learning
    • Climate Change
    • Sustainability

Education

  • 2020.09 - 2025.12

    Pasadena, California

    B.S.
    California Institute of Technology
    Computer Science

Interests

Computer Science
Algorithms
Optimization
Equity