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Computer Science PhD Student

University of Wisconsin--Madison

A PhD Student at the Univeristy of Wisconsin--Madison. Advised by Dr. Yuhang Zhao and doing research in AI x Accessibility.

• AI
• Mixed Reality
• Accessibility

Undergrad Research Assistant

Make4All Lab | University of Washington--Seattle

• Working with PhD student Kate Glazko at the University of Washington on her research investigating disability bias in Generative AI.
• Helped perform qualitative analysis and paper writing.

Applied Research Intern

Microsoft Research | New York, NY

• Advised by Dr. Danielle Bragg (MSR), Dr. Alex Lu (MSR), and Dr. Richard Ladner (University of Washington).
• Led a research project on improving existing feature-based sign language search systems.

Research Intern

NSF Research Expereince for Undergrads | Galladuet University, Washington D.C.

• Worked on research, led by Dr. Raja Kushalnagar, that aims to address the public health disparity amongst the U.S. Deaf population by providing Deaf participants informed consent through ASL and leveraging Machine Learning.
• Research includes developing an iOS prototype using Swift, CoreML, Vision, and Figma to run user studies with Principal Investigators and Deaf. Currently experimenting with custom Sign Language Recognition models in PyTorch to improve sign language navigation in prototype.

Undergrad Research Assistant

Other Smaller Research Assistant Volunteering (See Full CV)

Cybersecurity Teaching Assistant

GenCyber Camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing High School Students

Helped as a camp counselor for a cyber-security camp and helped teach a one week class on the fundamentals of cybersecurity.

President

American Sign Language (ASL) Club at UW

• Being a Child of Deaf Adult (CODA) and fluent in sign language, I’m was president of the ASL Club at the UW., a club focused on providing an ASL and Deaf culture community for people of all signing backgrounds and experience levels.
• Along with being the face of the club, the main point of communication, and managing the entire club and all of its officers, I hosted two meetings a week and multiple larger-scale community events, socials, and/or workshops per year. Meetings include teaching ASL to beginners to discuss complicated topics concerning the deaf and hard of hearing community.

PhD

University of Wisconsin--Madison

Computer Science

Bachelors in Science

University of Washington--Seattle

Computer Science

• CSE 446 - Machine Learning
• CSE 447 - Natural Language Processing
• CSE 455 - Computer Vision
• CSe 493Z - Advanced Machine Learning
• CSE 528 - Computational Neuroscience
• LING 403 - Linguistics of Sign Languages
• CSE 493E - Accessibility
• CSE 440 - Intro to HCI