Josh Pearlson

My name is Josh, and I am a senior studying Computer Science and Finance at Washington University in St. Louis. My interests span capital markets, data science, and artificial intelligence. I love meeting and connecting with new people, so feel free to email me!

Education

Washington University in St. Louis
BS in Computer Science & Finance
August 2021 - May 2025

BlackRock
Financial Engineering Intern | Summer 2024

Washington University Natural Language Processing Laboratory
Research Lab Member | August 2022 - August 2024

Moody’s Analytics
Software Engineering Intern | Summer 2023

PlayBook (Startup)
Data Science Intern | Summer 2022

Harvard Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory
Research Intern | Summer 2020

Outstanding Junior Award | Department of Computer Science

Hackathon WashU 2023 Winner | Social Connections Category

Dean’s List | All Semesters

Large Language Models Recognize Decentralized Finance Entities
Lead Author - Data Problems for Foundation Models at International Conference on Learning Representations 2024
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Mapping Lesions from MP-MRI using Convolution Neural Network
Lead Author - SPIE Medical Imaging 2020
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Hobbies

Poker (Game Theory, PLO, NLTH, HU)
Chess
Basketball (go Celtics)
Tennis
Gym (former Powerlifter for 3 years)