Here is some of my professional experience! Feel free to also check out my LinkedIn for more up to date information on where I am working.
🐻 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
B.S. in Computer Science
September 2021 - exp. June 2025
Los Angeles, California
Coursework: Introduction to Programming in C++, Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Construction, Computer Organization, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Secure Computing Systems, Deep Learning & Neural Networks, Computer Network Fundamentals, Computer Architecture, Programming Languages, Compiler Construction, Trustworthy AI, Efficient Cryptography-Based Systems.
🛰️ Security Software Engineer Intern
September 2024 - present
Hawthorne, California
Working on the Starlink Product Security Engineering Team. More information soon.
🔐 Security Researcher Intern
June - September 2024
Redmond, Washington
Worked on the Global Hunting Oversight and Strategic Triage (GHOST) team. More information soon.
💾 Security Engineer Intern
December 2023 - January 2024
New York City, New York
Part of the Winternship program. More information soon.
🔬 Undergraduate Researcher
November 2022 - present
Los Angeles, California
Currently working on security research advised by Dr. Yuan Tian.
🦅 Software Engineer Intern
June - September 2023
Irvine, California
Worked on the Cloud Ingestion Team. More information soon.
☁️ AI Intern
August 2022 - May 2023
San Jose, California
Worked on the AI & Multimedia Apps Team. Helped to develop the initial version for the LatticeWork License Plate Recognition Network Video Recorder (LPR NVR), a computer vision based IP camera monitoring software helping to track & log automobiles based on license plate recognition. The LatticeWork LPR NVR was developed for the Amber Pro, an edge cloud device & the company's core product, and proprietary machine learning inference acceleration hardware. This later became a core feature of the AmberOS operating system.
📊 Data Science Intern
July - August 2020
New York, New York
Spent 8 week at the Learning Science Internship program. Worked under a data scientist on an independent research project to analyze the impact of unemployment benefits within the United States. Learned data science applications of Python, Git, and Jupyter Notebook and about data sourcing and cleaning.
🔬 Student Researcher
June - July 2020
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Accepted as a Scholar among the top 72 of NJ high school students with a less than 1% acceptance rate. Published research paper, Integrating Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision into an Interactive Learning Platform, to 2020 GSET Research journal. Developed an educational video conferencing platform with Python that had machine learning features. Research was presented at both the 2020 NJ GSET Symposium and the 2020 MIT IEEE URTC.
🔐 Co-President
February 2023 - March 2024
Los Angeles, California
Currently helping grow cybersecurity education at UCLA!
⛳️ Team Director
February 2022 - present
Los Angeles, California
Currently leading UCLA's competetive CTF team!
⛳️ CTF Director, Founder
February 2022 - February 2023
Los Angeles, California
Currently managing Psi Beta Rho, UCLA's competitive Capture The Flag (CTF) cybersecurity team. Facilitated weekly practices involving learning industry standard cybersecurity tools such as common Linux programs, Python scripting, reverse engineering tools, and forensics tools. Organized guest speakers and collaborations with other colleges to provide exposure to vast cybersecurity experiences. Managed team members and other students while competing at external CTFs.
🔐 Cyber Officer
February 2022 - February 2023
Los Angeles, California
Currently helping grow cybersecurity learning at UCLA! Helping organize Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series promoting cybersecurity fundamentals such as file analysis, cross site scripting, & steganography to about 20-30 computer science students. Facilitated organization's DevOps through weekly deployment of challenges to an AWS EC2 server for events using Git and CI/CD tools. Maintained the Cyber website platform written in Rust and improved documentation for maintenance and deployment. Developed challenges for workshops involving C and common Linux tools.
🔐 Cyber Intern
November 2021 - February 2022
Los Angeles, California
Helped organize Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series promoting cybersecurity fundamentals and focusing on forensics for Winter Quarter 2022. Contributed to the weekly cyber newsletter focusing on current trends & tips for cybersecurity. Developed challenges for workshops and CTF After Dark covering cybersecurity tools such as Linux and other forensics tools.