Lance T. Wilhelm
Human-Computer Interaction, Large Language Models, Leadership

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
I am currently a Ph.D. Student within the Computer Science Department at Virginia Tech. I am also an experienced team and laboratory leader with a demonstrated history of working in the Department of Defense (DoD) research industry. I am enthralled by the state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) research and development. My diverse academic and professional experiences have allowed me to explore various fields and ultimately led to my passion for ML/DL.
Education
M.S., Analytics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022
B.S., Physics, United States Air Force Academy, 2013
Research Interests
- Large Language Models
- Human-Computer Interaction
- System Design
- Multimodal Learning
News
Sep 9, 2023 | Joined the SAIL Lab at Virginia Tech advised by Dr. Eugenia Rho! ⛵ |
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May 30, 2023 | Accepted to the Virginia Tech Ph.D. in Computer Science program for Fall ‘23. Go Hokies! |
May 7, 2023 | USAF AAD Selection for AY23 |
Dec 16, 2022 | Graduated from The Georgia Institute of Technology with an MS in Analytics! ![]() ![]() |
Latest Posts
Nov 26, 2023 | Understanding Causal Attention |
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Oct 26, 2023 | Vue.js Chatbot - Part 3: GPT-3.5 and MongoDB |
Oct 26, 2023 | Vue.js Chatbot - Part 2: The Back-End |
Selected Publications
2015
- Methodology of evaluating the science benefit of various satellite/sensor constellation orbital parameters to an assimilative data forecast modelRadio Science, 2015