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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Livermore, Ca, Us

Natural language processing, Multimodal information retrieval, Temporal learning and healthcare, Physics-based machine learning, Protein sequences understanding, Deep learning tooling

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

- Data cleaning: leverage Reinforcement learning to formulate the right questions fed into question answering systems in order to clean/fix tabular data- Adversarial learning: built attack-agnostic defenses against adversarial inputs that target deep neural networks, by exploiting attention mechanism of the nets; analyzed deep layers to understand why adversarial samples work and how to counter them- Paper: Nguyen, Chanh, et al. ”Where Classification Fails, Interpretation Rises.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.00558 (2017), https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.00558.pdf

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

- Machine Learning: trained hierarchical task networks for different actions in Minecraft game, such as mining and crafting, from plan traces produced by automated Minecraft agents using Malmo platform. The learned tasks are then utilized in a companion agent Rthat can effectively help a human player perform various tasks in Minecraft.- Paper: Nguyen, Chanh, et al. “Automated Learning of Hierarchical Task Networks for Controlling Minecraft Agents.” IEEE’s Conference on Computational Intelligence in Games. 2017. IEEE CIS Outstanding Student-Paper Travel Grant Award. http://www.cig2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/paper_34.pdf.

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Developed outlier detection algorithms and visualizations to detect discrepancies in tens of millions of incentive payments- Created visualizations for the data-driven evaluation of incentive programs by decision makers. Final policy decisions will lead to potential savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

- Machine Learning: used various object classification methods to classify proteins by binding specificities- Web Dev: built pClay.net, a web app that shows 3D proteins structures and live constructive solid geometry analysis

New York, Ny, Us

- Worked on front-end and back-end software as well as team management skills: agile practices, scrum- Developed a web app that halves the time required to manage investment portfolios using concise data representations and streamlined actions. The new software is believed to have saved nearly 20 thousand dollars.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Computer Science And Business