Ken X. Zhou
Thousand Oaks, CA (***) ***–**** *****@****.***
Technical Skills
Programming Languages: Python, C/C++, SQL, GDScript, Java, C#, Rust, PHP, HTML, CSS Libraries & Frameworks: Flask, NumPy, pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MatPlotlib, Pycord, pillow, Scipy
Software: Git, Jira, MS Office, Visual Studios, Eclipse, Davinci Resolve, Godot Engine, Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Photoshop
Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Android, MacOS, iOS Education
University of California San Diego – La Jolla, CA Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2024 M.S. in Machine Learning and Data Science (ECE)
University of California Irvine - Irvine, CA Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2021 B.S. in Computer Science, GPA 3.6
Academic Honors: Dean’s Honors List (7 quarters)
Experience
Abbott
Software Verification Engineer I, May 2022 – August 2022
● Used C# to write automated test scripts for a mobile app interfacing with a Bluetooth device Projects
Orthogonal Matching Pursuit – Sparse Recovery
• Built Python simulation for 50K+ OMP runs; optimized for runtime efficiency. Feline Keypoint Detection
• Implemented Keypoint R-CNN in PyTorch with ConvNext/ResNet; benchmarked models. Quantum vs Classical Reinforcement Learning
• Compared QRL with CNN agents on CartPole task using OpenAI Gym. TF-IDF Search Engine
• Created a fast, ranked search system over 50K+ UCI CS documents. Twitter Analytics Tool
• Extracted tweet usage and engagement stats; built early NLP pipelines. Other Highlights
• Discord Utility Bot: Feature-driven dev, live client support.
• Security Camera: IoT + cloud ML on AWS/GCP.
• Minesweeper AI: Solver using CSP & search strategies.
• Game Jam Leader: Designed & produced “Return from Dust” in 3 days.