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Kurt Pasque

I am working as a human resources officer in the Navy until 2027. Following this role I hope to enter industry as a data scientist!

Education

Naval Postgraduate School

M.S. in Operations Research

Graduated September 2024

Honors & Awards:

  • MORS Tisdale Graduate Research Prize finalist
  • INFORMS Military and Security Society's 2025 Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Thesis Research Award. The primary criterion for this award is exceptional military- or security-related master degree thesis research that makes a meaningful contribution to advancing the theory or methodology of operations research.

Thesis:

Additional Highlights:

  • Certificate in Data Science/Machine Learning (curriculum 269)
  • Member of Naval Innovation Exchange AI Team

U.S. Naval Academy

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Class of 2019

Highlights:

  • 6th Company (XO, Wardroom Officer, Squad Leader)
  • Service Rifle and Pistol Team

Certifications

Certified Analytics Professional-Expert

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Professional in Human Resources

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UiPath Certified Advanced RPA Developer v1.0 (UiARD)

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Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam

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Projects

Tropical CNNs

Experiment to evaluate robustness of using Tropical CNNs when exposed to adversarial perturbations.

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Anti-Submarine Drone Warfare Simulation

The project involved modeling carrier operations for anti-submarine warfare to assess how a discrete event simulation could help inform the required number of drones onboard to sustain required levels of operation.

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Investigating Naval Postgraduate School Return on Investment

This project investigated new methods and metrics that NPS leadership can use to assess and communicate the ROI an NPS offers to the DOD.

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