Carson Rivera
Senior Computer Science Student
Florida State University
FSU Computer Science senior with software engineering experience at Danfoss and Merck. AI and ML research experience at FSU, with a publication accepted at IEEE/ACM CHASE 2026.
Education
Florida State University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Experience
Software Engineer Intern — Danfoss
Angular and NestJS application controlling the Danfoss Turbocor compressor - the world's first oil-free magnetic bearing compressor for the HVAC industry
Software Engineer Intern — Merck & Co.
React and FastAPI RAG application for Merck Research Laboratories IT
Research Assistant — Florida State University
AI and ML research for Professor Xiaonan Zhang's Lab. Paper accepted for publication at IEEE/ACM CHASE 2026
Software Engineer Intern — Merck & Co.
Automating auditing for Merck Research Laboratories clinical trials
Portfolio
Running Safer
Pedestrian safety web application with Strava and OpenStreetMap integration to help runners avoid high-risk areas.
Publications
IEEE/ACM CHASE 2026
Longitudinal Behavioral Change Coaching with Multi LLM Agents: Multi-Scale Summaries and Automated Dialogue Steering
Hansong Zhou, Zachary Skalski-Fouts, Linh Nguyen, Carson Rivera, Bonnie Spring, Hongyu Miao, Xiaonan Zhang