Lac Blanc above Chamonix, with hikers and the Aiguille Verte behind it

Justin
James

Data science student at UC San Diego. I build data tools, start things, and spend my free time in the mountains.

Portrait of Justin James in a navy suit

Hi, I'm Justin

I study Data Science at UCSD's Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, graduating March 2028. I like turning messy data into something a team can actually use.

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4.0

GPA, Provost Honors every quarter

10,000+

posts/hour through the piracy pipeline I led data for

300+

data series cataloged for CREDE's quarterly market report

2nd

DataFest 2026, Best Use of External Data

Featured projects

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2026 Automating CREDE's Quarterly Market Report Azure · CI/CD · data pipelines 2026 Stream Enforcement: Piracy Detection PostgreSQL · Docker · scraping 2026 Hawaii Restaurant Success Predictor scikit-learn · random forest · KMeans 2026 Plaza: Campus Opportunities Platform Founder · product · ML recommendations

Outside of work

Where I've been, and what I make when I'm not coding.

Justin and two friends in front of the Sagrada Família Crowd celebrating with a Spain flag at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona at night Kayaks inside a sea cave Justin filming with a camera on a tripod

A summer in Barcelona

I spent four weeks studying film at UPF in Barcelona, fully immersed in Spanish culture. I filmed a skateboarding documentary, made short films, and visited museums with my class.

A Skater's Paintbrush A short film made for Documentary Workshop at UPF Barcelona. By Justin James and Jay Parmeshwar. Coproduced and edited by Trinity Digiacomo, Montunrayo 'Raye' Kehinde and Chae Young Kim. Self Portrait A short video made for First Person Cinema at UPF. I Love Spain A short film made while stuck inside sick in Spain during the last week of my summer abroad. Made for First Person Cinema at UPF Barcelona.

Mont Blanc

A journey of discovery, adventure, and endurance. My friends and I took on the 10-day Mont Blanc challenge, where we gained more elevation than climbing Everest. Our time away from our phones, a bed, and the city taught us about ourselves and brought us even closer together.

Landmarks

A Jack of all Trades

If it gets me outside and has a learning curve, I'm in. These days that means climbing, snowboarding, scootering and freediving.

Climbing

Snowboarding

Scootering

Freediving

For the community

With Homes of Hope, I got the chance to help build a home for a family in need in Mexico. Seeing what that home meant to them warmed my heart. Closer to home, I show up for beach cleanups and the Manhattan Beach Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, and I founded South Bay Chill to bring people together for beach ice baths in Hermosa Beach.

“Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.”
Mario Quintana