# Avery Kempton

> Engineering @ TruckSmarter

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/averykempton

I am a UC Berkeley graduate from the inaugural class of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society. I am interested in the application of machine learning models, and the research and development of machine learning techniques to tackle new and challenging problems.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TruckSmarter
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Machine Learning Researcher @ Algoverse
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
• Mentored 12 students across 3 research projects
• Measuring Legal Cognitive Bias in Large Language Models
• Semantic Spillway to Balance Improving Factual Accuracy with Computational Demand in LLMs
• Theory of Mind Reasoning in Fantasy Sports Negotiations

### Co-Founder @ Cardinal (Pad-13 Batch 20) @ Berkeley SkyDeck
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

### Lead Software Engineer @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Livermore, California, United States
• Developed production ready software enabling data collection and analysis for 6 physical sensors.
• Performed research into adversarial image attacks against Vision-language models (VLMs) to contribute towards model security.
• Began development of an AI model to help detect irregularities in processing 300+ real-time data points per second.
• Led and managed a team of 9 undergraduate student interns on a cross-platform software development project.
• Designed a project workflow guide and coordinated clear communication between sub-teams to promote smooth and efficient development.

### Software Engineer @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Livermore, California, United States
• Authored 12 pages of comprehensive technical documentation detailing system architecture, project workflows, and best practices.
• Modified the existing codebase to adopt SwiftUI allowing for significantly more powerful UI development and improved scalability.
• Implemented algorithmic and thread level optimizations improving data analysis performance by over 100%.

### Computer Science Intern @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Livermore, California, United States
• Collaborated with a 10 member interdisciplinary team to develop tools for physics experimentation and signal processing.
• Participated in the full software development life cycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering through system implementation.
• Distributed software effectively to an internal testing team, leveraging third-party analytical tools for feedback collection and improvement.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Computer Science
Las Positas College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/avery-kempton

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Last updated: 2026-04-10