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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle

Researching creative solutions for increasing access to healthcare at the intersection of computer science and human health.Advised by Dr. Shwetak Patel in the Ubiquitous Computing Lab (Ubicomp) in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. Also working in the Molecular Information Systems Lab (MISL) with Dr. Jeff Nivala and Dr. Luis Ceze, and others.Additionally, served as K-12 Outreach Coordinator for PhD students in the Allen School for 2 years, coordinating virtual and in-person activities for younger students to learn about science research, focusing on schools and students who may not have as much access to higher education as others.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel

Internship with an international startup focused on preventative healthcare using emergent digital technologiesDeveloped algorithms to predict severity of preventable health conditions using data gathered from an unmodified smartphone cameraDeveloped deep learning pipeline in Azure ML Studio for rapid prototyping, visualization, reproducibility, and reusability

Seattle, Washington, United States

Internship with Measure Labs (now PreemptiveAI), a fast-paced pre-seed startup in AI2's incubatorDeveloped signal processing, feature extraction, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms for enabling digital health using ubiquitous smartphone camera sensors

Redmond, Wa

-Planned and executed software/firmware development on differentiated hardware products, implementing necessary customizations in UEFI firmware and Windows drivers for non-standard Windows devices (HoloLens 2 and Surface Duo); specifically focused on the areas of battery charging and device fusing/security-Assisted with manufacturing of novel devices by developing requirements, implementing tests, and traveling overseas to diagnose and fix issues directly on the factory line during ramp-up to production-Discovered and made product quality improvements using telemetry and data analysis in Microsoft Cosmos-Communicated with partners (ISVs and IHVs) to make progress on technical issues and improve future designs-Specified, planned and delivered battery charging drivers and firmware on first party hardware-Specified and supported development of firmware for new hardware for Microsoft datacenters, supporting Azure and other services

-Responsible for firmware and driver development and integration for Microsoft Surface Hub, an evolution of the Perceptive Pixel technology and organization purchased by Microsoft in 2012-Coordinated and drove design, development and testing across internal teams and external partners to deliver high quality experiences in end-to-end scenarios at the hardware, firmware, OS, and application layers-Designed and implemented prototype hardware and software to validate hardware concept designs for performance and demonstration of user experience of novel sensors, analyzing results and documenting test cases for re-use-Developed UEFI DXE drivers and test automation to add features and quality checks for the Surface Hub team-Experience in firmware development, including UEFI and device firmware; diagnostics and debugging at the hardware, firmware, and kernel level; performance analysis, particularly graphics processing and media bandwidth; sensor development, including digitizer, audio, visual and 3D/depth sensing

Greater Seattle Area

-Developed unit test framework for cross-validating updates to backend machine learning algorithm, increasing the ease and speed of validating new updates-Volunteered to contribute development skills to help bring to market an application designed to provide cheaper health diagnostics using machine learning analysis of common smartphone sensor data, learning how to translate research into a shipping product

Berkeley, Ca

-Developed Python software packages to process incoming video and track moving objects using OpenCV, sending data to robot controller-Created a prototype VR drone control system using Oculus VR as the controller and viewer of a gimbal-mounted camera

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Director of USC's oldest and largest student-run philanthropy organization that provides long-term mentorship for students in the Los Angeles area-Oversee the programming of a 15 member Executive Board and 150 general members-Manage all aspects of the organization including counselor recruitment and training, weeklong summer camp, in-school programming and tutoring, middle school programming, new high school programming, and executive board and general meetings-Led the creation of a high school program-Created a quantified system for assessing the effectiveness of programming used in applying for grants and funding to expand the reach of the organization-Organization website: TroyCamp.org

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Plan and direct leadership and teamwork building programs for 50 middle school children as Director of Leaders-in-Training program-Work with fellow Executive Board members to plan and coordinate programs of 150 member student-run organization that serves over 500 children annually

Redmond, Washington

-Windows Ecosystem, IHV Scenario Adoption Team-Analyze current and future technologies related to user input to Windows devices, particularly regarding hardware capabilities and user experience, such as depth sensors (eg. Kinect for Windows and Leap Motion) and speech recognition (eg. Cortana)-Organize and lead meetings across departments within Microsoft and with external hardware partners to inform decisions about development of user input on future Windows devices-Create and maintain relationships with Windows hardware partners to synchronize development timeline and maintain a cohesive input system on Windows devices

Los Angeles, Ca

-Assisted graduate students in many aspects of design, fabrication, validation and testing of an implantable, electrically actuated pump for localized drug delivery-Designed, coded, and implemented algorithms for automated data processing and analysis using Excel Macros and Matlab, increasing process efficiency and accuracy tenfold-Developed a modularized and extensible software package to process data from experiments that could be used by future lab members

Kansas City, Kansas

-Retrospectively analyzed patient charts for parameters for blood culturing in burn wound patients-Authored literature review on commercially available artificial skin-Coauthored a scientific research paper, which was accepted and presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association and considered for the Moyer Award for student-conducted research-Paper can be found in the Program Book for the 44th Annual Meeting, entitled: Parameters for Ordering Blood Culture in Major Burn Injury Patients: Hyperthermia Alone Is Not Adequate (#77)-Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22454842

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Computer Science And Engineering

Advised by Shwetak Patel in the Ubiquitous Computing Lab in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical/Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Troy Camp, Order of the Torch, USC Presidential Scholarship, Engineering Merit Research Award, iPodia, Tau Beta.

High School

Overland Park, KS