Alex Towell

Research engineer and computer scientist working at the intersection of machine learning, statistical computing, and cryptography. Currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at Southern Illinois Un

Joined on Oct 13, 2025 https://metafunctor.com

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GitHub Repositories

btk

A modern, database-first bookmark manager with CLI, REST API, Chrome extension, full-text search, and plugin system

HTML • 1 star

complex-network-rag

Topology-aware RAG using complex network analysis. Features community detection, hub/bridge identification, and a YAML DSL for configuring field embeddings and similarity computation.

Python

ctk

Python • 2 stars

jaf

Python

AlgoGraph

Immutable graph data structures and algorithms library with interactive shell

Python

AlgoTree

Python • 16 stars

algebraic.dist

R package: Algebra over distributions (random elements) with automatic simplification to closed forms

algebraic.mle

Algebraic maximum likelihood estimators

HTML • 1 star

jsl

HTML

wei.series.md.c1.c2.c3

Weibull series system estimation from data with censored lifetimes and masked component cause of failure.

R • 2 stars

sandrun

Anonymous batch job execution system with Linux namespace/seccomp sandboxing, resource limits, and WebSocket streaming

C++

cognitive-mri-conversations

Cognitive MRI of AI Conversations: Conference paper analyzing ChatGPT conversations through network science. Presented at Complex Networks 2025.

Python

hypothesize

A consistent API for hypothesis testing in R. Provides generic methods for p-values, test statistics, degrees of freedom, and significance testing. Includes LRT and Wald test implementations. Available on CRAN.

R • 2 stars

fuzzy-infer

Unix-composable fuzzy logic inference with elegant Pythonic API

HTML • 1 star

fuzzy-soft-circuit

Automatic fuzzy rule discovery through differentiable soft circuits - learn fuzzy logic systems from data without expert knowledge

Python

dreamlog

Logic programming with LLM integration and wake-sleep learning cycles

Python

dotsuite

Python

reliability-estimation-in-series-systems

Maximum likelihood estimation for series system reliability with Weibull components under right-censoring and masked failure data, including likelihood ratio tests for model selection

HTML • 1 star

ebk

Powerful eBook metadata management tool with SQLite backend, AI-powered enrichment, web interface, and comprehensive CLI. Features full-text search, automatic metadata extraction, and LLM integration for intelligent tagging and categorization.

Python • 2 stars

elasticsearch-lm

ElasticSearch Query Fine-Tuning Training Data for Large Language Models

Python • 37 stars

jsonl-algebra

JSONL Algebra (relational algebra over JSONL documents)

Python

mcts-reasoning

Monte Carlo Tree Search for LLM-based reasoning with fluent API and advanced sampling strategies

Python

rerum

RERUM - Rewriting Expressions via Rules Using Morphisms. A pattern matching and term rewriting library for symbolic computation.