Hutchinson Machine Learning Research Group

Quick Links:
Research Emphasis:

Our research focuses on developing machine learning (particularly deep learning) solutions to problems in a wide range of domains, including archaeology, astronomy, bioinformatics, building energy consumption, climate and earth science, computer vision, cybersecurity, education, materials science and natural language. Our work is highly collaborative, working with domain science experts to produce impactful solutions for the respective domains.

If you are a WWU student with research interests aligned with or adjacent to these, you are very welcome to send Brian Hutchinson an email or stop by during his office hours to chat about possible research opportunities. Due to time constraints, it may not be possible to respond to inquiries from prospective students who have not yet been accepted to WWU.

Current Members:

Brian Hutchinson
Professor

Logan Sizemore
Instructor

Aaron Tuor
Instructor



Nic Preisig
Student (MS)

Majd Safi
Student (MS)

Jonas Loeser
Student (MS)

Autumn Davis
Student (MS)

Michelle Fast
Student (MS)

Hidemi Mitani Shen
Student (MS)

Andrew Holmes
Student (MS)

Diego Llanes
Student (MS)

Dylan Carroll
Student (MS)



Katelynn Carlson
Student (BS)

Anuk Centellas
Student (BS)

Cooper Cox
Student (BS)

Nina Ervin
Student (BS)

Danny Alder
Student (BS)

Stella Brown
Student (BS)

Nathan Dearing
Student (BS)

Harry Qiang
Student (BS)





Alumni:

Katie Christensen
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Katie LaRue
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Jacob Coffland
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Sarah Coffland
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Matt Jensen
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2023

Seth Briney
Alum (MS)
Graduated Summer 2023

Seth Bassetti
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2023

Logan Sizemore
Alum (MS)
Graduated Winter 2023

Sally Bass
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2022

Chris Drazic
Alum (MS)
Graduated Winter 2022

Joseph Tully
Alum (MS)
Graduated Winter 2022

Piper Wolters
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2021

Alex Ayala
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2021

Chloe Dawson
Alum (MS)
Graduated Summer 2021

Ryan Lingg
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2021

Chris Daw
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2021

Loc Truong
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2020

Eric Slyman
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2020

Ryan Haight
Alum (MS)
Graduated Summer 2020

Robin Cosbey
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2020

Richard Olney
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2020

Chace Jones
Alum (MS)

Chris Careaga
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2020

Alexandra Puchko
Alum (MS)
Graduated Winter 2020

Brian Barragan-Cruz
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2019

Elliott Skomski
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2019

Simon Haile
Alum (MS)
Graduated Summer 2019

Jonny Mooneyham
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2019

Evan Ricks
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2018

Nicholas Majeske
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2018

Kyle Rader
Alum (MS)

Ellyn Ayton
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2018

Zachary New
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2018

Andy Brown
Alum (MS)
Graduated Winter 2018

Gracie Ermi
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Aaron Tuor
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2017

Alex Heye
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Caleb Nelson
Alum (MS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Jeffrey Rowland
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2014

David Palzer
Alum (MS)
Graduated Fall 2014



Dylan Huson
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Nicholas Chandler
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Indiana Cowan
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Mwangi Payton
Alum (BS)

Ian Pourlotfali
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Luke Dojan
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2024

Lyric Otto
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2024

Brenna Nieva
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2024

Pax Newman
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2023

Noah Reneau
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2023

Alex Isbill
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2023

Dani Sprague
Alum (BS)

Selah Bellscheidt
Alum (BS)
Graduated Sprign 2022

Carson Vandegriffe
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2022

Katie Taylor
Alum (BS)

Logan Pashby
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2022

Morgan Skrabut
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2020

Matthew Robbins
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2020

Ana Usenko
Alum (BS)
Graduated Summer 2020

Chad Schillinger
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2019

Haley Beavers
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2019

Yichuan Yin
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2019

Kurt Price
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2018

Josh Loehr
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2018

Nick Knowles
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2018

Nolan Price
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2018

Allison Wusterbarth
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2018

Noah Strong
Alum (BS)

Jay High
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Sarah McKee
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Madison Dyckman
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Max Shelbourne
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Ryan Baerwolf
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2017

Michael Remington
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Neal Digre
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Josh Osborne
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Katy McClintic
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Yulo Leake
Alum (BS)
Graduated Winter 2016

Alex Binkerd
Alum (BS)

Keely Killebrew
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Jacob Moorhead
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Elijah Baldwin
Alum (BS)
Graduated Summer 2016

Keenin Vye
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Brandon Taylor
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2016

Sam Kaplan
Alum (BS)
Graduated Fall 2016

Kyle Andelin
Alum (BS)
Graduated Spring 2015

Josh Weaver
Alum (BS)

Curtis Fielding
Alum (BS)



Address: Communications Facility 408
Computer Science Department
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225