HARVEY WANG

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EDUCATION

University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

B.A. in Physics & B.A. in Linguistics August 2020

GPA: 3.676

WORK EXPERIENCE

San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec Talking Dictionary Los Angeles, CA November 2019 – Present

Language Documentation Volunteer

Record native speaker of San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec to compile talking dictionary

Create and edit new audio, written, and visual entries

Analyzed entries and vocabulary lists and identified over 100 missing descriptions and files

Shared detailed reports of missing or new entries during monthly meetings with professor

UCLA Electrical Engineering Department Los Angeles, CA February 2020 – June 2020

Audio Transcriber

Assisted graduate students and professor in developing more effective AI for child speech

Transcribed 5 20-min. recordings of child speech into text and/or linguistic notation weekly

Carefully analyzed and segmented audio files on Praat using IPA notation

Shared detailed reports of mispronunciations and unintelligible speech during weekly meetings

UCLA Student Media Los Angeles, CA October 2017 – June 2020

Videographer

Documented current events at UCLA through informative videos that were watched by 1000s of students

Liaised and planned with staff writers to draft their ideas into videos

Effectively lead video shoots and conducted interviews with students, faculty, and staff

Pitched unique video topics and provided detailed updates in weekly meetings with the head of the video department

UCLA Department of Linguistics Los Angeles, CA January 2020 – March 2020

Research Assistant

Assisted graduate student in investigating syllable weight in Shanghainese

Segmented 70 audio files weekly in Praat based on syllable type

Identified and meticulously analyzed mispronunciations and inconsistent data

Wrote detailed transcriptions of mispronunciations to share during weekly meetings

MIT Koch Institute – BioMicro Center Cambridge, MA June 2016 – September 2016

Programming Intern

Automated all 3 of the laboratory’s DNA sequencing services to parse and load information from JSON files to database, using Java programming language in Eclipse environment

Tested and monitored 20 entries everyday using white-box testing

Improved robustness of code to deal with blank entries and out-of-date services

Wrote a comprehensive document explaining how program works and how to edit program

SKILLS

Computer: Microsoft Office, Eclipse, FileMaker Pro, Mathematica, Praat

Programming: Python, Java, Java Servlet and JSP, JSON

Language: Fluent in Mandarin and English; proficient in Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, Nahuatl, Quechua, and Zapotec

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