FB Core Ads Experience

- Senior Thesis: "Beyond Language Barriers: Extending Semantic Supervision to Multiple Languages" - Developed Multilingual-SEMSUP, an enhanced version of SEMSUP, to improve cross-lingual generalization in zero-shot classification tasks. - Trained and evaluated the model on class descriptions in 5 languages, achieving strong results across different language combinations.- Advised by Professor Karthik Narasimhan

- Manage 100+ graders for Introduction to Java and Algorithms & Data Structures courses- Direct weekly grading sessions by writing grading briefs, setting up online grading platform, and answering questions

- Selected to be a grader for COS126: Introduction to Java and COS226: Algorithms and Data Structures based on high proficiency in the courses- Debug and evaluate programming assignments for code correctness, efficiency, and style- Provide individualized feedback to students about effective coding practices

Small Business Products & Growth: Advertiser Growth team- Executed 3 core full-stack projects and multiple stretch goals on the Instagram Ad4Ad product for the Small Business Advertiser Growth team to improve top-line metrics such as CTR, impressions, and monthly active advertisers- Initiated and scoped 3 new projects to optimize Ad4Ad candidate selection logic, improve Ad4Ad preview display, and unify metrics logging- Devised A/B testing and launched 3 features into experimentation with exposure to 20+ million business users- Proactively identified blockers and collaborated with XFN teams such as product designers, data scientists, and other engineers to stay ~4 weeks ahead of schedule- Used Hack and Django for Instagram backend development, worked in Native mobile app development for IOS and Android, wrote scripts for unit testing, and conducted e2e tests

- Adopted data science mindset to navigate open-ended deep dive analysis project on settings for the Trust Data Science team, resulting in 4 actionable product recommendations- Implemented scalable workflow code to aggregate data from existing tables to construct own datasets for analysis- Leveraged SQL, Python, and pandas to reduce run-time and storage space when working with big data

- Developed educational software to supplement Nemobot, a Facebook Messenger AI chatbot- Implemented an estimation game modeled after Fermi Questions using NodeJS and debugged on Messenger

- Tutored high school and middle school students in mathematics- Identified each student's proficiency level and plan sessions accordingly- Received frequent positive feedback directly from clients (both students and parents)

Research Assistant for Professor Bess Ward- Analyzed 40,000+ gene sequences using Cd-Hit, MAFFT, EMBOSS, and RAxML-ng to create microarrays for nirK and nosZ- Compiled data and used Excel to create a database representing nirK and nosZ genes- Wrote and debugged shell-script and SLURM-script code to streamline data manipulation- Designed MATLAB program from scratch to complete the final step of choosing probe regions

- Collaborated with a team of student and professional workers to efficiently operate the dining hall- Managed student workers during shifts and mentored new workers- Earned promotion after just one semester