Research
Research informs how I evaluate evidence, retrieval quality, uncertainty, and system limits. Current work includes hybrid information retrieval for Urarina–Spanish archival material while I pursue a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence at the University of St. Thomas.
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Interdisciplinary work grounded in careful data processing, evaluation, and technically accurate system boundaries.
Current AI research
Current language research examines hybrid information-retrieval methods for Urarina–Spanish archival material, with work spanning information retrieval, natural language processing, multimodal AI, retrieval-augmented generation, and computational linguistics. The system supports retrieval and alignment research; it is not presented as full machine translation.
Earlier scientific research
At Augsburg University, I contributed to research on electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves and magnetospheric dynamics using observations from multiple spacecraft and ground-based instruments. The resulting collaborative 2018 Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics study combined EMIC-wave observations with radiation-belt measurements from REPT and MagEIS aboard NASA's Van Allen Probes to examine relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron flux behavior. Work with large-scale scientific data led through systems engineering to current AI and information-retrieval research.
Areas represented across two distinct eras: current graduate AI research and earlier space-physics work.
Accepted research is listed separately from work that already has a formal publication record.
David Braun and Michael Dorin
IEEE LA-CCI 2026 · Accepted Conference Paper
Published journal research with a DOI, byline, and affiliation verified against the publisher record.
M. J. Engebretson, J. L. Posch, D. J. Braun, W. Li, Q. Ma, A. C. Kellerman, C.-L. Huang, S. G. Kanekal, C. A. Kletzing, J. R. Wygant, et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Web of Science: WOS:000445731300021
Author record
D. J. Braun
Department of Physics, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN, USA
The collaborative study incorporated radiation-belt electron observations from REPT and MagEIS aboard NASA's Van Allen Probes, together with EMIC-wave observations and other data sources. This is instrumentation and data context for the study, not a claim of instrument development.
Meeting abstracts are kept distinct from peer-reviewed journal publications.
Mark J. Engebretson, Jennifer L. Posch, David Braun, et al.
2017 AGU Fall Meeting · SM51B-1176
December 15, 2017
Mark J. Engebretson, Jennifer L. Posch, David Braun, et al.
2017 AGU Fall Meeting · SM31B-2629
December 13, 2017
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