Computer Science Engineer

Amanda Crawford

* *** ***** ******* ******, Chicago, IL 60621 E-Mail: a *******@********.*** 2 70 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320

P hone: (773) 673 - 8680 Box #3290, Connecticut College

Education

Connecticut College, New London, CT BA expected May 2014

Posse Foundation Scholar, National Science Foundation Science Leader Major: Computer Science

Technical Skills: Experienced in: Python, Java, MatLab, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, MySQL, Microsoft Office and Visual Studio, Git,

Adobe CS6, Eclipse IDE, Windows, Linux; Exposure to: Ruby, ActionScript 3.0, BasicStamp 2, Apache Tomcat 7 Servlet

Relevant Course Work: Data Structures, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Algorithms, Mobile Applications & Web

Technologies, Computer Organization, Multimedia, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Database Systems, Computer Networks

An Android Application to Teach Programming Skills to Middle School Girls Using Culturally Responsive Instructional Methods

Senior Research Project, Computer Science Department September 2013-Present

Design, develop and deploy an android application to teach Python programming skills

Build back end of the application using Java, XML, JavaScript, HTML, and Skulpt in the Eclipse IDE

Create activities to incorporate cultural responsiveness and address lack of internet accessibility using an integrated

Python compiler

Awarded grant for hardware needs

Keck Undergraduate Science Program- KUSP, Connecticut College May 2013-August 2013

Undergraduate Research Intern

Researched and analyzed journal articles, books, conference proceedings on educational technology and education

pedagogies with the goal of an application to teach programming skills and computer science concepts to

underrepresented groups(e.g. Kodu, Alice, Nicole Pinkard)

Developed differentiated methods to improve the user experience of the targeted audience

Presented summer research at Connecticut College Science Research Poster Session

Machine Learning and Data Mining Course

Hidden Markov Model Finite Signal Analysis October 2013

Used statistical theories to develop the HMM FSA Algorithm

Implemented the Hidden Markov Model Finite Signal Analysis Algorithm in Python

Algorithms Course January 2013-May 2013

Proved fundamental theorems in the design and analysis of algorithms Designed algorithms and

proved their correctness along with their computational complexity in weekly problem sets using techniques such as

greedy, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, network flow

Analyzed the complexity of problems, identifying whether or not they were NP-hard

Data Structures Course

Employee Content Management System Team Project December 2012

Worked in teams to engineer a content management system using Java and data structures

The program implemented file handling and information retrieval using data structures in O(n) time

Professional Experience

AmeriCorps, New London, CT June 2012–August 2012

Summer VISTA Associate; Teacher/ Counsel for 120+ urban middle school youths

Assisted with researching, developing and implementing academic and enrichment curriculums

John Hope College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL June 2007-January 2011

Produced and managed 600+ student and 60+ staff class schedules for academic year using Microsoft Excel and

Chicago Public Schools online administrative database system

Maintained electronic filing system of 600+ students, which included enrollment, attendance, and academic information

Activities

Co-Founder, Lean-In Anita Borg Institute Women in Technology at Connecticut College (November 2013)

Student Representative, Dean of Student Life and Dean of the College Search Committee (July 2012 – April 2013)

President, Umoja the Black Student Union, Connecticut College (September 2011-December 2012)

Selected Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation, Grace Hopper Scholarship Recipient (2013)

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Scholar (2010-2016)

Keck Undergraduate Science Program and Research Grant (2013)

Volunteer with Khan Academy in East London- South Africa Service Trip and Research (2013)

Conference Participation

Y-Hack Hackathon, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (2013) • Write/Speak/Code Conference, New York, New York (2013) •

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2013)

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