Intern at Uber AI.Researched on semantic understanding in embodied environments (Embodied Navigation) and exploration in text-based games.Mentors: Chandra Khatri, Alexandros Papangelis, and Gokhan Tur

Led the UC Davis team of 12 people advised by Prof. Zhou Yu. In charge of natural language understanding (NLU) and retrieval for natural language generation (NLG).• Designed and implemented NLU pipeline including segmentation, dialog act, topic detection, parsing, NER, coreference, and ASR correction.• Developed retrieval methods for NLG.• Improved average user rating by 19%.• Resulted in getting 1st place of 195 applications.• Submitted one paper to NAACL (under review).

Advised by Prof. Keith W. Ross. Researched on natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and computer networks.• Researched reinforcement learning methods for NLP tasks. Developed applications for information retrieval from texts.• Revised the book Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, by Kurose and Ross for a new edition

Advised by Prof. Azza Abouzied. Worked on information extraction.• Developed algorithms inspired by the R-tree and graph theory to extract data from PDF files by identifying features and structured data to store in a tree structure to achieve a higher rate of accuracy with the help of human-computer interaction (HCI). Applications vary from resumes to scientific papers.

Advised by Prof. Dennis Shasha and Theodore S. Rappaport. Researched on data analysis and propagation measurements. • Conducted 5G millimeter-wave (73 GHz) propagation measurements to test path loss models, post-processed experiment data, and analyzed data with machine learning algorithms, including k- power-means• Developed a millimeter-wave propagation database with python and MySQL

• Discussed business demands with clients and built Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system with Salesforce to keep track of data flow.• Provided technology solutions and software support for actual implementation on the CRM system, including data collection and test data analysis.• Helped analyze the risk of commercial banks based on financial models with Excel VBA.• Researched corporations and industries, analyzed the development .

• Built software to display information from a pool of data and to digitize paperwork

• Implemented improvements in trading systems and designed Java software to back up transaction data.• Redesigned and built systems for traders to check data with valuable updates and refined functions.• Helped collect data and integrate systems with another merged company in the commodities team.