Jerrid E. Matthews, Ph. D. Personal Resume and Portfolio

Jerrid E. Matthews

Ph. D.

Hello World

I discovered my passion for Engineering when I was a senior in high school; typing random words into the command line of an old computer in my programming class and recording the words that did something on the screen. I'm an 80's baby, so I guess my high school saw fit to teach us BASIC, a fitting language from that era. My high school didn't receive modern computers until after I graduated, so yes I was jealous! LOL. However, it was the hand of a teacher who gave me two programming books (C++/Visual Basic) before I left for College, and that jumpstarted my career.

After graduating Undergrad, I co-founded Vesta Mobile Solutions a company that provided media, entertainment, and small businesses the ability to engage with their users through text messaging. Concurrently, I also began my graduate education at UCLA. During my tenure at UCLA, I learned so much about leadership, persistence, and drive. I now take those characteristics and use them to create solutions that will change the world.

These are a few of my favorite things:
Sailing
Entrepreneurship
Basketball
Gym
ATV/Motorcycle Riding
Becoming Wiser
Becoming Smarter

Research Scientist
Software Architect
Business Strategist

Thesis-to-Product

My doctoral research on UV Guardian focused on building sensing systems that continuously interpret environmental signals and translate them into meaningful, real-time guidance. The core challenge was not simply collecting data, but transforming raw sensor input into contextual awareness, understanding what matters, when it matters, and how to act on it.

This same principle now underpins modern AI agents. Today's intelligent systems operate in dynamic environments, ingesting signals from software systems, user behavior, and physical sensors. The work I began with UV sensing signal acquisition, contextual interpretation, and timely intervention, directly maps to how AI agents achieve situational awareness.

We extend this foundation to build agent-driven systems that perceive operational context, reason over evolving conditions, and take meaningful action. Whether monitoring infrastructure, supporting clinical decisions, or orchestrating enterprise workflows, the objective remains the same: transform continuous streams of signals into precise, context-aware outcomes.

What began as environmental sensing has evolved into engineering intelligent systems that understand their environment—and act with purpose.

Notable Articles

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Education

01

University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D., Computer Science

Thesis: Quality of Information Driven Environment Crowdsourcing and its Impact on Personal Wellness Applications.
Member of the Network Research Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Research interests were around data mining with an emphasis in health informatics.

2009-2014
02

University of California, Los Angeles

MS, Computer Science

Member of the Network Research Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles.
My research focus was in the areas of internet protocols and routing.

2007-2009
03

Michigan State University

B.S., Computer Science

2001-2006

Awards/Honors

2009 - 2012, Kotas Robles Fellowship, UCLA
2010 – 2012, GEM Fellowship PhD
2007 – 2008, GEM Fellowship Masters of Science
2001-2003 and 2005-2006, Michigan State Dean’s List / National Dean’s List: Michigan State University
2002, National Society of Collegiate Scholars Outstanding Scholarship, Leadership and Service

Publications/Journals

Publications

MobileHealth (Mobihoc 2012), Ultraviolet Guardian - Real Time Ultraviolet Monitoring
mHealthSys (ACM SenSys 2011), PowerSense: Power Awareness in Dengue Diagnosis Mobile Application Moving Towards a Power Conscious Computing Framework
MDM 2010, Ontology-based Quality of Information Library for Sensor Data, Matthews J., Bisdikian C., Kaplan L., Pham T.
Biodevices 2009, A Wireless Embedded Device For Personalized Ultraviolet Monitoring, Amini, N. Matthews J, Dabiri F., Vahdatpour A., Noshadi H, Sarrafzadeh M
MobiCase 2009, A Light-weight Solution for Real-Time Dengue Detection using Mobile Phones, Matthews J., Kulkarni R. Whitesides G., Gerla M., Sarrafzadeh M., Tammara Massey T.
ASMS 2008, A Cross-Comparison of Advanced TCP Protocols in High Speed and Satellite Environments, Marcondes, C. Matthews, J. Chen, R. Sanadidi, M.Y. Gerla, M.