Timothy Huo

Interests

Software Engineering , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Educational Technology

Skills

Languages and Frameworks: AWS, Bootstrap, HTML/CSS, Java, Javascript (ReactJS), Meteor, Python, Semantic UI

Databases: DynamoDB, Firebase, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, Git/GitHub, Trello

Education

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

M.S., Computer Science (expected Fall, 2023)

  • ICS 661 - Adv Artificial Intelligence
  • ICS 691E - Software Quality Assurance

2022 - Present

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

B.S., Computer Science (expected Spring, 2023)

  • ICS 311 - Algorithms
  • ICS 314, 414 - Software Engineering
  • ICS 321 - Database Systems I
  • ICS 427 - Software Quality Assurance
  • ICS 451 - Data Networks
  • ICS 466 - Design for Mobile Devices

2019 - Present

Work

Lead Web Developer, Technology Outreach Hawaii

hitorch.org/

  • Spearhead and manage a high school after school pilot program (20+ students) teaching foundations of software engineering including web development, project management, and hosting
  • Develop and maintain the organization’s websites and digital security with a development team of 5 using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, Jekyll, Sass, and GitHub
  • Analyze participants’ demographics and statistics to visualize trends using Python libraries
  • Participate in technology workshops and live coding sessions teaching 6-12 grade students

2021 - Present

Software Engineering Intern, DataHouse

datahouse.com/

  • Built RESTful APIs using AWS Lambda and API Gateway to create a stable and scalable hoteling platform for 200+ employees to establish communication with users, databases, and other AWS tools
  • Designed and developed recurring reservation features to reduce load time using Python and PostgreSQL
  • Created automated tests to monitor and debug API endpoints using Postman and pytest
  • Led daily scrum meetings and sprint retrospectives with a development team of 7

2022 - 2022

Research Assistant, Collaborative Software Development Laboratory

csdl.ics.hawaii.edu/

  • Maintained a production-level software system using ReactJS, Typescript, and MongoDB
  • Implemented web scrapers to collect 1000+ internships from sites using Puppeteer.js
  • Presented RadGrad2 summer research project and pilot study at the 2021 SURE Symposium

2021 - 2021

Activities

Vice President, Mentor, ICSpark

icspark.github.io/

A Registered Independent Organization (RIO) at the University of Hawaii that offer college student-lead coding programs to youth.

  • Mentor 6-12 grade students in 3-month courses about the fundamentals of web development
  • Oversee activities relating to mentor-in-training sessions, recruitment (reached a max capacity of ~30/40 6-12th grade students yearly), and in-person/remote course preparation

2020 - Present

Director of Marketing, Hawaii Undergraduate Initiative (HUI)

manoa.hawaii.edu/omsshui/

A leadership program providing free courses and workshops for a select group of incoming freshmen at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

  • Planned engaging workshops that explores academics/careers and develop skills for the freshman cohort
  • Designed promotional items and advertising materials for events and marketing purposes

2019 - 2020

Awards

3rd Place and Peoples' Choice Hawaii Annual Code Challenge, Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC)

Interactive, accessible online application that encourages people to learn more about the internet and technology

October 2022

1st Place Hawaii Annual Code Challenge, Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC)

Online reporting platform that helps Hawai’i Marine Animal Response organize sighting reports from the public

November 2021

1st Place Meteor Hackathon, Meteor

Community application to help organize events (e.g., cleanups and workshops) and communicate through forums

October 2021

Dean's List, University of Hawaii at Mānoa

Awarded during semesters: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Dec 2019 - May 2022

References

Available upon request