Marina Kisley Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Nz

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Supporting this great tool in every way I can including marketing, user support, writing, content creation, newsletter, tutorial and curriculum development, social media, business relationships, webinars, etc.

I write about science or science-adjacent topics like academia and research for both a scientific and general audience. My work for clients includes weekly newsletters, long-form guides and technical content, content strategy, and social media content creation and management.

Communicated with, assisted in work management and provided overall support for a fully remote team

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Implemented machine learning classifiers to predict astronomical transients using host-galaxy data using kernel density estimation; collaborated with researchers in computer science and astronomy (Python; github.com/marinakiseleva/thex_model)• Implemented probabilistic model to infer mineralogy of hyperspectral data using superpixel segmentation and Markov random fields, with MCMC inference (Python; github.com/marinakiseleva/spectral_analysis)• Collected data on the retention of computing students, to improve the representation of underrepresented groups (supported by the Northeastern University Center for Inclusive Computing, through their Diagnostic Grant).

Teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Computer Science (software development, computer vision, and introduction to programming using Java).

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Updated anti-money laundering models for large bank (Python)• Enhanced database system for large insurance company (SQL)• Enhanced .NET systems for two clients (C#, SQL) • Developed website for the Virginia Department of Taxation; won 2017 Webaward for Best Technology Website (Drupal8, Twig, PHP)• Built web page hosting Tableau visualizations of VA workforce data for the 2016 Virginia Datathon (HTML, CSS, Tableau)

Los Alamos, New Mexico

• Internship in High Performance Computing division researching compiler optimizations using the open-source Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM, C++) • Improved program execution time up to 90%, by converting sequential I/O calls to asynchronous ones.

Blacksburg, Va

Assistant for two semesters of an undergraduate Java course: Introduction to Software Design. Proctored labs, graded assignments, and assisted students one-on-one in office hours.

Reston, Va

Interned at a satellite communications software company:- Updated and integrated a terrestrial module for a client into the main software system (Enterprise Capacity Manager) - Worked with C#, SQL Server Databases, and did frontend development in Microsoft Visual Studio

Reston, Va

Taught courses to third to sixth graders in:- Scripting and programming via GameMaker Studio- Robotics using NXT Legos and NXT-G graphical programming software

Sterling, Va

- Programmed Epson robot using SPEL+ scripting language- Developed website

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Focus in machine learning.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Senior

Activities and Societies: President, The Association for Women in Computing Member, Astronomy Club Member, Mobile Application Development.