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https://rmorais.itch.io | https://linkedin.com/in/RodrigoHMorais |
[email protected] | https://github.com/rodigu |
PhD in Informatics, University of Illinois | 2022 ~ Today |
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Information Science Teaching Assistant at UIUC | August 2022 ~ Today |
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- Taught 2 discussion sessions, 60 students in total
- Graded assignments
Mathematics Research Assistant at Soka University | Sept 2021 ~ May 2022 |
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- R.A. for Katherine Perry, professor of Mathematics
- Designed algorithms for market networks
- Research Network algorithms and cycle enumerating optimizations
Physics Research Assistant Fall at Soka University | Oct 2021 ~ May 2022 |
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- R.A. for Phat Vu, professor of Physics
- Research digital simulation methods and software
- Create Python notebooks on modeling and simulations
- Hold Python tutoring hours for students
Software Developer at PushStart | Mar 2021 ~ Jun 2021 |
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- Junior JavaScript developer
- Analyzed and implemented design documents for web games
- Used Git, Slack and Jira to coordinate with team, and PIXIjs, GSAP, Yarn and JavaScript to develop web applications
Writing Center Research Assistant Fall | Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2020 |
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- R.A. for the Director of the Writing Center at Soka University
- Conducted academic research on alternative housing in Orange County
- Developed academic website with WordPress: kristiwilsonphd.com
DS4A Fellow Spring 2021 | Spring 2021 ~ Summer 2021 |
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- Awarded merit-based fellowship to highly selective (4% acceptance rate) Data Science program with Harvard Professor Natesh Pillai
- Nominated a SoftBank Endowed Scholar based on outstanding work and noteworthy professional promise
Network Science Library | Spring 2020 |
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- Wrote the first general-purpose Network Science library for Deno in TypeScript
- Implemented breadth first search, clustering, closeness centrality, assortativity and other graph data structure algorithms
- https://deno.land/x/[email protected]
Network Visualization Tools | Sprint 2020 |
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- Visualization apps that demonstrate uses for the network2020 library
- Chirp-firing game: https://rmorais.itch.io/a-monstrous-constelation
- NetworkX graph generator: https://github.com/rodigu/nxtool
Email Automation Bot | Summer 2020 |
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- Built a fully automated bot for email handling and database reading/writing
- Automated emailing at non-profit project created by students of color
- Fundraising saw significant gains when the bot was deployed
- Used the Mailchimp API and the Google Drive API