Experience
Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Aug 2024 - Present
- Taught CS 234 (Database and Web System Development), CS 590 (Deep Learning), and CS 456 (Analysis of Algorithms), mentoring 100+ students in full-stack development and Python ML workflows
Founding President & ML Engineer
SIUE Machine Intelligence Community • Jan 2024 - May 2025
- Established SIUE’s student-led Machine Intelligence Community (MIC) in collaboration with Harvard MIC, recognized as the fifth MIC in the U.S., alongside MIT, Brown, Harvard, and Boston College
- Mentored students on full ML workflows: data preprocessing, model development, and deployment using Ten- sorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, SQL
- Oversaw projects in computer vision, NLP, and predictive analytics, delivering cloud-based, production-ready solutions
Research Assistant & Software Engineer
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Jul 2023 - May 2024
- Developed and deployed an agricultural simulation platform in TypeScript with 102+ Illinois county datasets and economic analysis algorithms, recognized by SIUE Chancellor
Education
M.S. Computer Science
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • 2024 - 2025
Accelerated Combined BS + MS Program (3.5 Years)
B.S. Computer Science
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • 2022 - 2025
Minor in Mathematics
Certifications
- Computer Science for AI Professional Certificate (Harvard)
- Machine Learning Specialization (Stanford)
- Generative AI Leader Professional Certificate (Google Cloud)