Detravious Jamari Brinkley

Bio

From a rural city in Georgia called Thomson in McDuffie County, I'm a Kingdom Man seeking to fulfill my Kingdom purpose - Share the Gospel of JESUS. See Mount Moriah's Brotherhood Prayer Call. This page represents the collection of (1) Good Morning readings, (2) Daily Devotional, (3) Prayer of the Day, and the (4) Closing Brotherhood motto.

FitTo

In 2018 at Claflin University, I started my FitToCode brand; now, I'm rebranding into the FitTo hub, with FitToJesus and FitToCode. Find it all at fitto.help -- yes, ".help" is a real domain extension lol.

Research Publications

Ventures Co-Founded, Developed & Consulted

$450,400

Scholarships, Fellowships & Startup Funds Raised

Hackathons & Pitch Competitions

Student

Research Website | Download CV | Google Scholar

Publications

[1] Brinkley D, Johnson E, Feng T, Gil Y (2023). Reproducibility as a Stepping Stone to Intelligent Assistants for Data Analysis: An Analysis of Physical Activity, Sleep, and Work Shift in Nurses. Association for Computing Machinery Intelligent User Interfaces Open Science. Available here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3581754.3584173;

[2] “Reproducibility as a Stepping Stone to Intelligent Assistants for Data Analysis: An Analysis of Physical Activity, Sleep, and Work Shift in Nurses.” Detravious J. Brinkley, Emmanuel Johnson, Tiantian Feng, and Yolanda Gil. Technical Report ISI-TR-741, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, 90202. November 2022. Available here: https://www.isi.edu/results/technical-reports/

[3] Calles J, Justice I, Brinkley D, Garcia A, Endy D (2019). Fail-safe genetic codes designed to intrinsically contain engineered organisms. Nucleic Acids Research (Accepted) doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz745

[4] Calles J, Justice I, Brinkley D, Garcia A, Endy D (2019). Synthetic Genetic Codes Designed to Hinder Evolution. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/695569

Education

PhD in Computer Science

2024 - Present

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Working in the UF Data Studio. View my research profile here.

GEM Fellow

Master of Science in Computer Science

2021 - 2024

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Machine Learning, Robotics, Database Systems, Multimodal Probabilistic Learning of Human Communication, Innovation for Defense Applications

TA: Warrior Scholar Project

GEM Fellow

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

2016 - 2020

Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC

Linear Algebra, Probability & Statistics, Calculus I, II, III

Entrepreneurial Ventures

Catalyst Robotics

Co-Founder & Technical Lead | Apr 2021 – Aug 2024

Remote / Los Angeles, CA

Problem: Patients lack accessible, self-service health screenings outside traditional clinics.

Solution: Autonomous mobile health clinics using computer vision for navigation and non-invasive face scans for pulse, temperature, and other vitals.

Contribution:

  • Led Perception & Navigation: CV models (detection, tracking, segmentation) in Python, OpenCV, TensorFlow; evaluated CARLA; taught CV to 7 interns.
  • Led Biomedical: implemented 3 facial pulse estimation models, standardized time-series data with pandas/NumPy.
  • Recruited and onboarded 22+ interns across 5 teams.
  • Ran 300+ customer discovery interviews (NSF I-Corps, Min Family Challenge) contributing to $200K raised.

Roeh

Co-Founder | Aug 2023 – 2024

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Contribution:

  • Competitive analysis of neuromorphic chips and spiking neural networks (SNNs) across software, hardware, and application landscape.
  • SNN model development.

Rapha AI

Developer (Backend Database & Web Security) | Current

Christian Therapy

Problem: Patients and providers both face friction in mental health care - long wait times, limited availability, insurance complexity, no support between sessions, and rare values alignment for faith-oriented patients.

Solution: Rapha (Exodus 15:26) is a faith-based, value-aligned digital mental health platform connecting patients to providers, with between-session tools (AI check-ins, mood tracking, journaling) and provider support (credentialing, billing, telehealth).

Contribution:

  • Backend database architecture and web security.

Show & Tell

Developer (Full Stack) | Current

All Educators Are Creators

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Solution: A media suite and engagement platform for educators that closes educational resource gaps by optimizing content creation and building an exclusive engagement community.

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SchedulaAI

Consultant | [Dates]

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Contribution:

  • Participated in the USC Incubator as a consultant (no development work).

Interested in consulting or building together? Schedule time with me.

Leadership & Service

Corporal, United States Marine Corps

April 2015 – 2023

Fox Company 4th LAR Eastover, SC

  • Enlisted in April 2015, graduated from Parris Island boot camp in November 2015, and completed the School of Infantry (Camp Geiger) as an 0341 Mortarman.
  • Led 14+ Marines to achieve mission success through job proficiency and physical fitness, resulting in performance improvement.
  • Ensured mission accomplishment by taking initiative, obeying all orders, and performing at the highest standard—taking care of Marines both below and above my grade.
  • Acquired highly transferable civilian skills including adaptability, time management, problem-solving, communication, critical thinking, and strategic planning.

Founder Archive Collection Team (FACT)

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

  • Collaborated with 1 of the NSBE Founders and 8 other team members to review historical founding documents.
  • Sought to improve web archive interface with accurate information, a more friendly user design, a robust searching algorithm, and additional features.

Chapter Vice President and Pre-College Initiative Chairperson

NSBE, Claflin University

  • Guided a chapter of 20+ members, coordinating executive board meetings.
  • Organized diverse events such as coding workshops and hackathons for general body members and K-12 students.

MSc Mentor

Google x USC Viterbi AI Community Project

  • Served as an MSc mentor to underrepresented undergraduates at USC, focused on teaching AI to the local Los Angeles community.

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