Mirela Silva, Phd Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Division of Analytics and Surveillance focused on MISO.

Gainesville, Florida Area

- Worked on multiple concurrent phishing defense projects to identify fraud susceptibility profiles and improve surveillance for online and in-person fraud risk in aging.- Led a behavioral experimental, micro-longitudinal field approach study that spanned over several weeks and in the ecologically-valid context of the participants' homes.- Conducted interdisciplinary research into political and COVID-19 mis/disinformation, as well as gender bias in media.- Assisted in organizing a… Show more - Worked on multiple concurrent phishing defense projects to identify fraud susceptibility profiles and improve surveillance for online and in-person fraud risk in aging.- Led a behavioral experimental, micro-longitudinal field approach study that spanned over several weeks and in the ecologically-valid context of the participants' homes.- Conducted interdisciplinary research into political and COVID-19 mis/disinformation, as well as gender bias in media.- Assisted in organizing a large-scale international online survey to generate a nationally-representative dataset of participants from Brazil and the U.S. in the context of intimate partner violence in the online sphere. Show less

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

- Worked in a small team to research more reliable trajectories that balloons produced for customers (e.g., Google Loon) could take in order to remain in the stratosphere for longer periods of time.- Experimented with machine learning algorithms in an attempt to decrease the error of weather data forecasts by training several models using Python libraries with data provided by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.- Trained intern on research and code accomplished during the… Show more - Worked in a small team to research more reliable trajectories that balloons produced for customers (e.g., Google Loon) could take in order to remain in the stratosphere for longer periods of time.- Experimented with machine learning algorithms in an attempt to decrease the error of weather data forecasts by training several models using Python libraries with data provided by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.- Trained intern on research and code accomplished during the summer so that project could be continued. Show less

Gainesville, Florida Area

- Created a chatbot using Python to generate rap lyrics based on training data from various rappers' lyrics.- Performed natural language processing (NLP) to add more semantic meaning to the bot's output.- Taught the bot how to find rhymes and slant rhymes by breaking words down into phonemes.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude