Curriculum Vitae

πŸŽ“ Education

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 2024 - Present
β€’ Focus: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Autonomous Driving, AI for Smart Mobility
β€’ Advisor: Prof. [Advisor Name]
β€’ GPA: 4.0/4.0

M.S. in Computer Science

New York University (NYU) | 2022 - 2024
β€’ Specialization: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
β€’ Thesis: "Advanced Methods for Trajectory Prediction in Urban Environments"
β€’ GPA: 3.7/4.0

B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering

University of California, Davis (UC Davis) | 2018 - 2022
β€’ Summa Cum Laude (Top 5%)
β€’ Senior Project: YOLOv5-based Mask Detection System
β€’ GPA: 3.5/4.0

πŸ’Ό Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

UCLA Mobility Lab | 2024 - Present
β€’ Leading research on intersection safety systems for autonomous vehicles
β€’ Developed AI algorithms that secured $750k U.S.DOT funding
β€’ Published papers on trajectory prediction and semantic trajectory mining
β€’ Mentoring undergraduate researchers in machine learning projects

Research Intern

TikTok | Summer 2023
β€’ Worked on large-scale recommendation systems and content understanding
β€’ Implemented deep learning models for user behavior prediction
β€’ Collaborated with cross-functional teams on production ML systems
β€’ Optimized model performance for real-time applications

Undergraduate Research Assistant

UC Davis Computer Science Department | 2020 - 2022
β€’ Developed computer vision applications for COVID-19 safety compliance
β€’ Implemented object detection algorithms using YOLOv5
β€’ Contributed to research on knowledge-graph constrained text generation
β€’ Received Outstanding Research Award

πŸ† Honors and Awards

β€’ 2025: Tier 1 Winner, U.S. DOT Intersection Safety Challenge ($750k award)
β€’ 2024: Best Paper Award, IEEE ITSC 2024
β€’ 2024: Graduate Research Fellowship, UCLA
β€’ 2022: Summa Cum Laude, UC Davis (Top 5%)
β€’ 2021: Dean's List, UC Davis (Multiple Terms)
β€’ 2020: Outstanding Research Award, UC Davis Computer Science Department

πŸ› οΈ Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, R, MATLAB, SQL
Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, OpenCV
Big Data & Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Docker
Web Technologies: React, Node.js, Flask, Django, HTML/CSS
Tools & Platforms: Git, Linux, Jupyter, VS Code, LaTeX, SUMO, CARLA
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis

🎀 Talks and Presentations

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🀝 Professional Service

Conference Reviewer:
β€’ IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC) 2024-2025
β€’ Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2025
β€’ IEEE International Conference on Big Data 2024
Journal Reviewer:
β€’ IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
β€’ Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Professional Memberships:
β€’ IEEE Member
β€’ Transportation Research Board (TRB) Member
β€’ Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Member

🌐 Languages

β€’ English: Native/Fluent
β€’ Mandarin Chinese: Native
β€’ Spanish: Conversational

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Last updated: January 2025