Teaching assistant for General Assembly's data science immersive course. Responsibilities include aiding instruction, maintaining in-depth understanding of course materials, facilitating small group learning and marking coursework.

Comprehensive course ranging from basic Python up through cloud computing and neural networks. Specific emphasis was placed on building critical thinking capacities and data science capabilities.Capstone:Over the last five weeks of the course, I collected almost 500,000 images from the New York Metropolitan Museum online collection along with their accompanying information using a combination of API calls and web scraping. Using these images, I constructed a Generative Adversarial… Show more Comprehensive course ranging from basic Python up through cloud computing and neural networks. Specific emphasis was placed on building critical thinking capacities and data science capabilities.Capstone:Over the last five weeks of the course, I collected almost 500,000 images from the New York Metropolitan Museum online collection along with their accompanying information using a combination of API calls and web scraping. Using these images, I constructed a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) with Keras and TensorFlow which I trained to generate images based on the data. To allow for faster, more efficient testing of various architectures, I wrote a generalized function library that allowed me to rapidly create GANs with different sizes and hyperparameters. This allowed for a systematic search of a parameter space in order to optimize results. The results were a collection of generated images in which pattern formation is evident. Project readme can be found here: https://github.com/spencer-wallace/gan_project/blob/main/README.md Show less

Utilising a novel approach, I investigated potential links to environmental sustainability through research papers at St Andrews using metatags to identify areas of research in other departments that overlapped with the School of Sustainable Development. I was also responsible for reaching out to academics to invite them to write for the Institute's publication.

Working in a Spanish primary school, I collaborated with English language teachers to design and execute lesson plans pertaining to the English language and American Culture.

I worked with a class of first year students to aid in the development of writing and speaking skills during their first semester. This involved carrying out intensive weekly training sessions in pedagogy and 1-2-1 interactions.

In this role I planned and created promotional materials, supported logistics and implemented multiple road demonstrations and events. I also carried out policy research and created legislative white pages.

I led teams of other fellows and volunteers during community outreach, carrying out more than 3,500 calls in data-driven telemarketing.