Mario Xerri

About Me

Hi, I am Mario Xerri, a first-year Master's student at Stony Brook University studying Computer Science. I completed my undergraduate degree at Cornell University with a bachelor's in Computer Science and a minor in Applied Math. My research interests include machine learning applications for data science, computer vision, and Markov decision processes. I am currently conducting research under Professor Joe Zhou, focusing on Vision-Language Model (VLM) agents.

Most recently, I interned at Evernorth Health (The Cigna Group), where I developed solutions using large language models to extract key information from internal documents. My responsibilities included building the initial solution on company infrastructure, crafting and refining prompts, and assessing model performance within their PBM group. Previously, I interned at UL Solutions as a Data Scientist, developing predictive models for physical flame tests. Additionally, I have worked on ML modeling projects related to human position estimation, object detection, and financial portfolio optimization.

Outside of academics, I enjoy running and have participated in varsity athletics throughout college. I am also an avid trumpet player and perform with community bands during the summer. Feel free to reach out to me by email if you have any questions or inquiries.