Computer Programmer

Mira Welner

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EDUCATION

University of California, Davis September 2018 — June 2022 Computer Science Engineering, BS Overall GPA: 3.4 — Major GPA: 3.5 PROGRAMMING ROLES

Computational Biology Researcher Min Xu Labs November 2024 — Present

• Recently begun a research project with Professor Min Xu, where I will be using state of the art anomaly detection tech- nologies to determine if a lab procedure was conducted correctly based on a live video. Bioinformatics Engineer Signature Diagnostics July 2023 — November 2024

• Worked with Professor Paul Cohen at SignatureDX, an early stage biomedical sciences startup which develops non- invasive methods of prenatal screening.

• Conducted analyses on RNA-Seq data to determine which classification method and set of genes will yield the best classifier for various genetic diseases.

• Turned a proprietary algorithm which served as a binary classifier into a multiclass classier, and augmented the classifier with a data filtering algorithm which used linear regression.

• Used RAG to assist LLMs in distinguishing between severe and mild forms of preeclampsia. Spectroscopy and Vision Science Researcher Purdue University August 2022 — November 2024

• Collaborated with Professor Thomas Beechem at Purdue University's Mechanical Engineering department to develop a data-lean algorithm which processes spectroscopy data using non-negative matrix factorization to detect contaminants in mediums such as water.

• Wrote the manuscript describing the processing algorithm, currently in the process of editing and submitting it.

• Served as lead programmer in a mechanical engineering lab. Created a GitHub repository for the lab and taught lab members how to use it.

Machine Learning and Vision Science Undergraduate Researcher CMU June 2021 — September 2021

• Collaborated with Professor Aswin Sankaranarayanan at CMU Image Science Labs to develop a modified autoencoder which had the standard convolutional neural network encoder, but the decoder used matrix manipulation, resulting in the hyperspectral image being compressed into its three primary component spectra.

• Presented research at the AAAI Undergraduate Symposium and sole-authored a student paper which can be found here which was accepted and presented at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Robotics and Programming Undergraduate Researcher UC Davis September 2019 — March 2022

• Designed a user study for young children utilizing a video game interface connected to a myoelectric detection system and Raspberry Pi 4. Collected and analyzed muscular behavior data using a MatLab program

• My research was included in a proposal which successfully earned the lab an NSF grant

• Received a Provost Undergraduate Fellowship Award and made a poster that was accepted in the Annual UC Davis Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference

• Co-authored a publication submitted to the IEEE ICORR conference which can be found here, responsible for designing figures and describing my portion of the programming. LLNL Summer Scholar National Ignition Facility June 2019 — September 2019

• Updated and refactored the six million-line Java codebase responsible for operating the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.

• Developed and implemented unit tests for specific sections of the codebase that lacked adequate testing coverage LEADERSHIP ROLES

UC Davis HyperLoop Team President September 2019 — March 2021

• Led the UC Davis OneLoop team in the research, design, and manufacturing of the Davis pod for the annual HyperLoop competition

• Developed the control system programming for the pod using Structured Text

• Successfully competed in the 2018 OneLoop college competition, earning a spot among the top 21 teams selected to attend the event in Hawthorne

NASA L'Space Academy Deputy Leader December 2018 - March 2018

• Acted as deputy leader of a ten-person programming team responsible for designing a NASA-style mission proposal.

• Presented the mission proposal to NASA executives and incorporated their valuable feedback by making necessary modifications to enhance the proposal

UC Davis Cybersecurity Team Competition Leader December 2018 - March 2019

• Led our five person team in participated in various cybersecurity competitions, including the Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition held at Stanford University

• Helped instruct new members during cybersecurity workshops

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