About
Research identity first, with a lot of building along the way.
I am Jake Frischmann, a dual-degree student in Computer Science and Applied Physics at the University of Maryland, with a minor in Quantum Science and Engineering and accelerated CS master's coursework in progress (M.S. expected May 2029).
I work across neuroinformatics, robotics, learning systems, and product software. I like problems that are hard to get right, then worth explaining clearly to someone who did not build them.
CS + Applied Physics · University of Maryland
Approach
How I approach work
Most projects on this site sit between implementation pressure and legibility. That overlap is usually where the interesting decisions live.
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Physics and software
Physics taught me to reason from constraints. Computer science lets me turn that into tools, models, and systems people can actually use.
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Research that has to work
I like technical questions most when they have to survive real code, real users, or an actual deadline. That pressure usually improves the answer.
Labs
Where I work
LEAD Lab on preschool language and neural development, NASA BioBOT at Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Zheng Lab on soft robotics, and PGSS at Carnegie Mellon on deep RL.
Life
Outside class and code
Leadership and service
I have been a Best Buddies buddy since high school, volunteer with KEEN Greater DC, lead software on the Henson Day iOS app in AppDev, and organize the quantum track at Bitcamp.
Soccer
I captain an intramural team at Maryland. The rest of the week is BJJ, climbing, swimming, and strength training.
D&D
Ten years as a player, three as a dungeon master. I treat the rulebook as a design space, not a constraint.
Music and the rest
Music, sci-fi, board games, and collecting playing cards. I also run a fantasy book club on campus, which is where most of the dungeon-master notes get tested.
See the work.
Case studies live under Projects. Research is the faculty door.