experiences

Professional


2020-Present
Google
Machine Learning Engineer
2018-2019
Text Analysis in the Public Interest (TAPI) Lab
Research Assistant
Advisors: Aron Culotta (Tulane University)
  • Understanding online users (Twitter, Spotify) behaviors and their impact on social graph. Notable work include: tie-strength brand perception, music taste analysis
2019
BMW
Machine Learning Research Intern
  • Created a model which predicts possible attainable destinations given a car’s gas level.
2018
Prof. Edward M. Reingold Lab
Research Assistant
Advisors: Edward Reingold (Illinois Tech)
  • Used Short Time Fourier Transform to create a music genre-conversion model.
2017
Lynx Project – University of Chicago’s Bioinformatics group
Research Assistant
Advisors: Natalia Maltsev (UChicago), Gady Agam (Illinois Tech)
  • Created a database and visualization tool for human protein sequences.
2015-2019
Crafinity
Software Engineer
  • Worked on Order Processing Pipeline for 10 Etsy stores. Handling ~50K orders and 1.5M in revenue.
2014
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Research Assistant
Advisors: Advisors: Manh Nguyen, Khoi Nguyen (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)
  • Researched on controlled release fertilizer using starch and clay for Vietnam’s mountainous climate

Teaching


2017-2018
CS331: Data Structures & Algorithms (Illinois Tech)
Teaching Assistant
2016-2017
CS115-116: Object Oriented Programming (Illinois Tech)
Teaching Assistant

Others


2017
Illinois Tech Association of Computing Machinery
Board Member
  • Organized ScarlettHack - the first Major League Hacking Hackathon in Illinois Tech, attracting 200 developers.
2014
G'LAMS
Founder
  • First Vietnamese spoken student musical.
2014
After War Photography Exhibition
Designer & Photographer
  • An exhibition documented life after Vietnam war in Quang Tri (Vietnam), raising the society’s awareness of the war consequences