I'm interested in big data, cybersecurity, computational linguistics, and philosophy.
My current project is Abacus (abacusquizbowl.com), a webapp for scorekeeping in quizbowl. I’m also working on a paper introducing an existential perspective of Hegel’s Weltgeist and its implications on free will.
// EDUCATION
2014-
U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, California
B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
B.A. Philosophy
2010-2014
Westview High
San Diego, California
// EXPERIENCE
SUMMER
2013
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California
I used Python to analyze copy-number variant DNA mutations, identifying CNVs and potential links to disease. I also created a
PBS/TORQUE pipeline to automate analysis on the Garibaldi supercomputer.
Accomplishments
Co-authored a publication titled Scripps Genome Annotation and Distributed Variant Interpretation SERver
Pending acceptance to the Genetics in Medicine research journal
SUMMER
2012
San Diego Supercomputer Center
La Jolla, California
I used Fortran to merge Amber (a molecular dynamics package) and NWChem (a quantum mechanics simulator), thereafter benchmarking various basis sets on the Gordon supercomputer. I also extended Amber to support Q-Chem, another quantum simulator.
Accomplishments
Authored a publication
detailing my work, including analysis of various basis sets in Hartree-Fock simulations