Maya Shende Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, California, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Camera Calibration Thesis Research- Investigated the use of glitter (a multi-faceted reflective surface) as a calibration object for single-image camera calibration. This research was presented at two conferences (CCD Workshop at CVPR 2019 & the Grace Hopper Celebration in 2019). - Developed a codebase comprising of modules to tackle technical problems associated with computational geometry & optimization techniques in MATLABRange of active research: August 2017 - July 2018January 2020 - Present

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Basic duties include:- helping the professor in lecture with in-class activities- conducting a discussion section once per week in which I aid students in working through problems pertaining to the material covered in lectures- grading homework and quizzes weekly- holding office hours for students (3 hours per week)August 2016 - December 2016: Discrete Structures IIJanuary 2017 - May 2017: Discrete Structures I- created homework solutions weekly, and set exam questions for the midterm & final examsAugust 2018 - December 2018: Discrete Structures II (taught class for 6 weeks)- stepped in as main lecturer for the first 6 weeks of the course- created lesson plans, homework exercises and quizzes weekly- managed a team of undergraduate teaching assistants January 2019 - May 2019: Database Systems- created lesson plans & homework exercises for a MongoDB module, taught over the course of 3 weeksAugust 2019 - December 2019: Discrete Structures II

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Lead instructor for the BSA-sponsored Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program classroom in Washington, DC. Responsibilities included:- leading a classroom of twenty 16-17 year old high school women through a course designed to introduce them to computer science- managing a team of two undergraduate teaching assistants- implementing a curriculum in the classroom for 7 weeks, as well as filling in the curriculum with educational activities and projects related to the topics being taught. Topics include Python, HTML, CSS, Web Development, Database Structures, etc.- facilitating curricular excursions to local tech companies and speaker engagements inside and outside of the classroom- preparing students for the steps they are taking towards applying to college, as well as facilitating college-readiness discussions

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Courses:- Introduction to Computer Science 1 & 2- Introduction to Data Structures & AlgorithmsResponsibilities included:- helping students during the lab portion of introductory courses- providing guidance for students in reasoning through algorithms & code structures- providing ~1 hour per week outside of the classroom for students to ask additional questions

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Responsibilities included:- running database queries for faculty on campus- compiling results of queries in reports for the faculty to use

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mathematics, Computer Science And Physics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor's Society, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor's Society, Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer.

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