Jason Banks jasonjbanks.com

Researcher and developer of AI solutions.

I work on augmented reality, ontology grounded agentic architecture, and applied AI, with a Master of Science in Machine Learning from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from Boston University.

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Experience

Ontology-Grounded Agentic Systems Researcher · MBZUAI
Jan 2026 – Present · United Arab Emirates

Researching agentic systems for knowledge-grounded media and documentary synthesis. Development with Claude agents for research, fact verification, and scene design.

AI Research Scientist · MBZUAI
Aug 2024 – Present · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Embodied AI research for robotics applications. Evaluation and implementation of pose estimation systems including Meta's Sapiens, MediaPipe Pose, SMPL, and ViTPose, and 3D reconstruction methods.

Intern, AI for Operations Development · Lockheed Martin
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · United Arab Emirates

Exploration of vision-language models, image recognition models, human-object interaction, and computer vision methods for industrial applications. Collaborated closely with internal stakeholders.

Consultant, Machine Learning Developer · Sportmechanica
Aug 2022 – Jun 2024 · Greater London, United Kingdom

Design and implementation of a prototype mobile application that captures action recognition and human biomechanical data. Analysis of spatial-temporal skeletal maps for anomaly detection.

Virtual Reality Developer · Center for Mind and Culture
Sep 2021 – Jun 2022 · Boston, Massachusetts

Design and implementation of an Oculus based multi-sensory platform for patients, built in Unity.

Digital Products Intern · Regeneron
May 2021 – Aug 2021 · Rensselaer, New York

Design and implementation of an augmented-reality proof-of-concept system exploring inventory, safety, and inspection use cases. Implemented a Microsoft HoloLens application using Unity and Azure.

Education

MS, Machine Learning · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
2024 – 2026
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Economics · Boston University
2018 – 2022