# Tarik Metin

> Computer science at Johns Hopkins (BS May 2026, MSE expected December 2026). Co-Founder & CTO of Pebl Health; Research Software Engineer at the JHU Center for Language and Speech Processing. Based in Baltimore, MD. https://tarikmetin.com is an interactive 3D house whose rooms group his work. The links below give the same content as text and data.

Current roles:
- Research Software Engineer, Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), Johns Hopkins University (since Feb 2026)
- Founder & Organizer, House of Nur, JHU Hacker House (since Aug 2025)
- Co-Founder & CTO, Pebl Health Inc (since Sep 2024)
- Outreach Coordinator & Youth Mentor, Maryland Turkish American Inhabitants (MARTI) (since Sep 2019)

## Machine-readable

- [llms.txt](https://tarikmetin.com/llms.txt): Short summary in the llmstxt.org format, with links to everything else.
- [llms-full.txt](https://tarikmetin.com/llms-full.txt): The whole portfolio as one Markdown file: profile, work, every room, and every archive item with its links.
- [profile.json](https://tarikmetin.com/profile.json): JSON Resume (jsonresume.org, schema v1): basics, work, education, projects, publications, skills, languages, awards.
- [Text version](https://tarikmetin.com/text): The same portfolio as a plain, server-rendered web page.
- [MCP endpoint](https://tarikmetin.com/api/mcp): Read-only Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP, POST JSON-RPC, stateless).
- [sitemap.xml](https://tarikmetin.com/sitemap.xml): The site's pages.
- [For AI agents](https://tarikmetin.com/agents): What these surfaces are, the MCP tools, and how to book a call.

## Highlights

- **Pebl Health** (Co-founder & CTO): Invented a patent-pending biometrics logger and led a 3-person team from 3D design through PCB, firmware, iOS, and an AI health assistant.
- **Intertek** (Security Engineer): Automated FIPS and Common Criteria security-requirement testing and supported certification work for major technology companies.
- **Quantum Sensing** (ML / Research Engineer): Built machine-learning, vision, and precision-motion systems to read quantum magnetic-field data (ODMR) and drive micrometer-scale fabrication.
- **CrossWeave** (Product & HCI): Designed a social platform that pulls people out of their filter bubble toward unfamiliar communities and perspectives. There is a live demo.

## Rooms

- **Technical Background** (2018 → foundations): VEX Team 6460 (Robot Skills Champion), PLTW engineering, the Morgan State robotic prosthetic arm, Artificial Intelligence Today, and Memory-SmolVLA: the robotics thread from first build to research.
- **Pebl + Research Lab** (2024 → now): Pebl, a patent-pending biometrics logger taken from 3D design to PCB to testing, plus ODMR quantum sensing, a homebuilt lithography machine, SPDF medical-device security, and the Raz concept.
- **Interfaces + Learning Studio** (HCI · language · reflection): CrossWeave (CSCW '26) built at the JHU Center for Language and Speech Processing, LinguaLeap, MentorTracker, PersonaPlay, and a semester assisting the HCI course.
- **Mentoring Room** (2019 → now): Seven years mentoring 5th-12th graders through MARTI: grade-group tables, a STEM academy teaching cybersecurity and programming, CPR and college-application workshops, campus visits, and trips.
- **House of Nur + Gatherings** (est. Aug 2025): The House of Nur, a JHU hacker house of eight with a basement robotics lab, an Embodied AI club, and Biryani Wednesdays, next to the interfaith dinners and MARTI outreach that came before it.
- **The Attic** (off hours): Postcards from Egypt, Rome, the Netherlands, Germany, and Madinah; skis, a telescope, and Arabic flashcards; the publication shelf (CSCW '26, Memory-SmolVLA, SPDF, Constitutional AI); and a screening corner for three YouTube channels.

## Contact

- Book a call: https://calendly.com/tarmus1291/pebl
- Phone: 657 246 6619
- Résumé (PDF): https://tarikmetin.com/Tarik-Metin-Resume.pdf
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarik-metin

## Optional

- [Résumé PDF](https://tarikmetin.com/Tarik-Metin-Resume.pdf)
- [Interactive house](https://tarikmetin.com/): WebGL; needs a browser with JavaScript.