Question 1

Who is Jacob C. Smith?

Accepted Answer

Jacob C. Smith is a data scientist and ML engineer based in Buckhannon, West Virginia, transitioning from seven years of enterprise sales and account management (FleetPride, Cole Truck Parts) into applied analytics and machine learning via the NewForce Cohort 11 data science program. He builds GPU-accelerated ML systems, production analytics, and has shipped the WVRTP facility inspection system for Readyfuels and the Hermes plugin for Nous Research. He is open to full-time Data Scientist / ML Engineer roles.

Question 2

What is Jacob looking for?

Accepted Answer

A full-time Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer role, remote or on-site. He is also available for scoped operational-analytics and AI-tooling engagements — see the Services page.

Question 3

What is Jacob currently working on?

Accepted Answer

CONSIM, a GPU-accelerated signal-processing framework (20x performance uplift via CUDA/PyTorch/JAX); the GitHub Language Analysis Platform, a data-analysis capstone across 1,200+ repositories; the WVRTP facility inspection system and a 1,135-formula safety + KPI Excel workbook for Readyfuels; the Hermes agent plugin for Nous Research; and JCLAW / kairos on the local-first AI infrastructure side.

Question 4

What is CONSIM?

Accepted Answer

CONSIM is a GPU-accelerated framework for real-time pattern detection in high-dimensional time-series data, built with CUDA/PyTorch and JAX. It achieves a 20x performance uplift over a CPU baseline and includes phase-coherence tracking and spectral-analysis modules for streaming anomaly detection.

Question 5

What is JCLAW?

Accepted Answer

JCLAW is a SQLite-backed agentic runtime that treats the LLM API as a programmable execution environment. It supports persistent sessions, multi-provider routing (Anthropic, OpenAI, Groq, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio, OpenRouter), conversation branching, response diffing, agentic loops, evals, and MCP dual-mode operation.

Question 6

How do I get in touch with Jacob?

Accepted Answer

Start by emailing jacobcsmithd@gmail.com with a one-paragraph description of the role or problem. For consulting engagements, most start with a free 30-minute discovery call to confirm fit before any scoping work.

I turn messy, high-dimensional data into decisions and systems that ship.

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