Matthew Taing Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

Bothell, Washington, United States

• Used Python, R, Hadoop, and Spark to identify flaws within an existing data pipeline improving the efficiency of scoring by 2.5x.
• Documented code from existing projects to improve long-term maintainability and ease of use.

Greater Seattle Area

• Course: CSE 373 (Data Structures and Algorithms)
• Collaborated with other TAs on refining course content to improve student learning through producing more informative unit tests and grading criteria for programming projects.
• Co-taught weekly quiz sections of 30 students to teach them data structures, sorting algorithms, graph modeling, and algorithm analysis.
• Co-lead weekly quiz sections of 30 students to teach themdata structures, sorting algorithms, and other skills relevant tosoftware engineering.
• Hosted weekly office hours which helped students develop skills such as pair-programming, debugging, and unit testing.

Greater Seattle Area

• Organize and run weekly video game tournaments underconstraints of time, equipment, and space, creating anenvironment where players throughout the Pacific Northwestcan compete.

Greater Seattle Area

• Course: INFO201 (Technical Foundations)
• Independently lead weekly quiz sections of ~25 students with material I design to teach them R Git and other technical skills relevant to Data Science.
• Designed new quiz section materials which increased in section participation by encouraging student interaction.
• Assisted students one on one throughout our 150 student lecture and at weekly scheduled office hours, ensuring course content was understood.