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Hi, I'm Tobin Albanese.. A Computer Science student and writer passionate about strategic intelligence, global affairs, and current events. This blog shares my thoughts, analyses, and personal insights across a wide range of topics including politics, technology, and culture.

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Featured / Spotlight Projects

NAOMI - Facial Expression Software

An advanced AI platform designed to detect and analyze micro-expressions — tiny, fleeting facial movements that often reveal hidden emotions like stress, deception, or confidence. Neural Analysis Of Micro-Intent in real-time micro-expressions → inferred intent.

NAOMI - Facial Expression Software

STELLARIS — OSINT NLP Engine

From noisy text to interactive knowledge graphs with provenance-first extraction.

STELLARIS — OSINT NLP Engine

COSMOS — Cyber Threat Dashboard

Behavioral baselines, TTP clustering, and audit-ready incident workflows in one pane.

COSMOS — Cyber Threat Dashboard

VAULT — End-to-End Encrypted Storage

Client-side keys, ciphertext-only sync, and tamper-evident sharing with recovery that stays private.

VAULT — End-to-End Encrypted Storage

NOTES — Zero-Knowledge Notes

Offline-first writing with CRDT/OT sync and on-device encryption by default.

NOTES — Zero-Knowledge Notes

Computer Science Projects

NAOMI PROJECT

An advanced AI platform designed to detect and analyze micro-expressions — tiny, fleeting facial movements that often reveal hidden emotions like stress, deception, or confidence. Neural Analysis Of Micro-Intent in real-time micro-expressions → inferred intent.

NAOMI PROJECT

STELLARIS Project

An AI-driven platform that ingests, processes, and analyzes large volumes of unstructured text and relational data from open sources such as news, social media, government releases, and intercepted communications.

STELLARIS Project

COSMOS Project

A centralized cybersecurity platform designed to monitor, analyze, and respond to evolving cyber threats. It focuses on real-time malware detection, dark web intelligence, vulnerability tracking, and cyber attack pattern analysis—comprehensive situational awareness to protect critical information.

COSMOS Project

VAULT PROJECT

Provides users with a secure platform to encrypt, store, and manage files and folders locally and in the cloud. Utilizing strong encryption algorithms, VAULT ensures that sensitive documents remain private, enabling secure sharing and access control while maintaining user sovereignty over data.

VAULT PROJECT

NOTES PROJECT

Zero-knowledge notes with offline-first sync and rich editing. a privacy-first note-taking app that encrypts user data end-to-end, ensuring all notes are stored securely and accessible only by the user. Future linked towards Vault Project as 1:1

NOTES PROJECT

Portfolio & Research Hub

My personal website for exploring my portfolio, stories about me & my interests, along with the curation of my blog page; Midnight Bureau where I dive into topics I'm most interested in & real time Intelligence analysis!

Portfolio & Research Hub

Research & Analysis Projects

Behavioral AI for Threat Detection

Probabilistic micro expression cues that support human risk assessment; carefully measured and calibrated, never presented as certainty.

Behavioral AI for Threat Detection

Open-Source Intelligence Methodologies

Intake, de-duplication, verification, and fusion with provenance and reproducible workflows—practical OSINT at scale.

Open-Source Intelligence Methodologies

Analytical Writing & Publications

AI Ethics in National Security

Operational guardrails for high-stakes AI: mission fit, accountability, auditability, and clear lines of responsibility.

AI Ethics in National Security

The Rise of Behavioral Surveillance

How behavioral sensing turns signals into power, what can go wrong, and the civil liberties guardrails that keep it honest.

The Rise of Behavioral Surveillance

Current & In-Progress Work

Midnight Bureau Blog Expansion

Smarter discovery, faster archives, and cleaner long reads. Adding topic and entity filters, cross search with the portfolio, and a print friendly mode for deep dives.

Midnight Bureau Blog Expansion

Real-time Facial Recognition Prototype

Low latency video with explicit policy gates, opt in testing, and hard limits. Focus on evaluation, latency budgets, consent flows, and repeatable audits before any pilot.

Real-time Facial Recognition Prototype

OSINT Data Aggregation Pipeline

High throughput intake with dedupe, provenance tracking, and PII safety. Next steps include source scoring, alert thresholds, and reproducible exports that analysts can defend.

OSINT Data Aggregation Pipeline

Skills & Technologies (Non-clickable)

Python

My go-to for prototyping, data tooling, and small services. Comfortable with pandas, FastAPI, asyncio, and testing to keep things repeatable.

Python

JavaScript (React, Node.js)

Builds frontends in React/Next.js and lightweight APIs in Node. Focus on clean state, accessible UI, and SSR where it improves UX.

JavaScript (React, Node.js)

Docker & Kubernetes

Containerize apps for reliable dev/prod parity. Compose for local; Helm and basic K8s objects for staging/production deploys.

Docker & Kubernetes

AWS Cloud Services

Hands-on with EC2, S3, CloudFront, IAM, and CloudWatch. Bias toward simple architectures with clear cost/observability tradeoffs.

AWS Cloud Services

TensorFlow & PyTorch

Train/evaluate small models and fine-tunes; track metrics and calibration, keep data/labels organized, and document failure modes.

TensorFlow & PyTorch

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Text classification, NER, and retrieval pipelines using spaCy/HuggingFace. Emphasis on data quality, baselines, and error analysis.

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Computer Vision & OpenCV

Real-time preprocessing, detection/tracking, and landmarks. Careful about latency budgets, lighting variance, and dataset bias.

Computer Vision & OpenCV

Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking

Threat modeling, secure defaults, and hands-on recon/appsec basics. Aim is resilient systems and clear audit trails—not theatrics.

Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking

SQL & NoSQL Databases

Design schemas, write explainable queries, and index what matters. Postgres for consistency, Mongo when flexible docs win.

SQL & NoSQL Databases

Git & CI/CD Pipelines

Branch strategy, code review discipline, and pipelines that run tests/lints before deploy. Shipping small and often.

Git & CI/CD Pipelines

Education & Certifications (Non-clickable)

B.S. Computer Science (Undergraduate, In Progress)

California State University, Sacramento — undergraduate; expected May 2026. Focus: algorithms, systems, security, ML. Clubs: Cyber Security, Data Structures & Algorithms.

B.S. Computer Science (Undergraduate, In Progress)

A.S. Computer Science (Folsom Lake College)

Associate’s degree in Computer Science. Clubs: AI & Data Science and FLC++ Programming.

A.S. Computer Science (Folsom Lake College)

Certificate in Information Assurance and Security (CSUS)

12-unit certificate focused on cryptography, forensics, and system countermeasures; planning and managing incident response with clear governance.

Certificate in Information Assurance and Security (CSUS)

Information Technology Certificate (FLC)

Foundations in IT, networking, and cybersecurity—prepares for entry-level roles and further study.

Information Technology Certificate (FLC)

Computer Programming Certificate (FLC)

Core programming proficiency for junior software roles; strong base for CS transfer and projects.

Computer Programming Certificate (FLC)

Algorithmic & Logical Thinking Certificate (FLC)

Problem decomposition, algorithmic reasoning, and structured problem-solving fundamentals.

Algorithmic & Logical Thinking Certificate (FLC)

Speaking & Media (Non-clickable)

Collaborations (Non-clickable)

C-R-US — Dental Clinic Management System (CSC 131, Spring 2025)

Team DCMS: records, appointments, histories, performance analytics.

C-R-US — Dental Clinic Management System (CSC 131, Spring 2025)
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