My name is Jay Kang

I am a computer science major who enjoys designing and making websites, and hope to make that my career. Besides that, I love drawing and writing, which I try to incorporate into personal projects I work on.

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Education

New York University Tandon School Of Engineering

Sep 2018 - Present

B.S. in Computer Science, minor in Game Engineering

▸GPA 3.9/4.0

▸Relevant courses: Web Development, AI in Games, Machine Learning, Design Project, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Databases, AI, Object Oriented Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures

▸The Myron M. Rosenthal Computer Science Award: awarded to recognize outstanding academic achievement, service, leadership, and contributions within the NYU Tandon community

Experience

Xiris

Remote

Jan 2021 - April 2021

Intern

▸Utilized machine learning and computer vision to approach and develop the core software to detect road defects and identify other objects through image nad video recognition technology via mounted cameras.

▸Colloborated with a team of software engineers to monitor and aid project development

▸Utilized tensorflow to implement detection of object and defects on roads.

NYU-Undergraduate Research Program

Remote

June 2020 - August 2020

Researcher

▸Contributed to an open-source project called Indra, which is an agent-based modelling system

▸Developed a new epidemic model to effectively and accurately track the disease spread in a population

▸Implemented changes to the project back end, utilizing Python to improve and develop the base model system

▸Actively participated in agile software development environment, holding frequent meetings to discuss progress and any difficulties

Cook Medical

Bloomington, IN

June 2019 - August 2019

Summer Hire

▸Worked in the vascular division, tasked with market and product research and data mining and organization

▸Aided the vascular team by performing industry research and data organization analyses comparing competitor products and efficacies, which were utilized to plan the company’s launch approach in the Asian markets

▸Prepared a comprehensive presentation on the Chinese medical devices market and presented to the vascular team, helping to guide the team’s strategic decisions and views on new market penetrations and market shares

TechPro

Irvine, CA

June 2017 - August 2017

Server Developer

▸Developed internal and external servers specialized to transfer files at high speed, efficiency and security by both assembling the hardware and the software components

▸Deployed virtual machines for Linux and Windows to establish server firewalls, security and transfer methods

Cyber Patriot

Fullerton, CA

Sep 2015 - May 2018

Cisco Specialist

▸Participated in the 2017 Cyber Patriot Competition and placed as the National Finalist (top 10 in the nation)

▸Led the team to platinum division (top 30% of the nation) in 2015 and 2016 in a nationwide cybersecurity competition where participants compete to fix various security vulnerabilities a given computer system has

▸As the Cisco specialist, focused on fixing connectivity issues between routers and servers in simulated scenarios, by fixing security issues and establishing proper connection routes.

Projects

Skills

Coding Languages

Python

C++

C#

CSS

HTML

javscript

Technical

Office

Github

Unity

Databases

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Contact me through:

jkjaykang@gmail.com

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