I am currently a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying Computer Engineering and pursuing a Mathematics minor, seeking an internship for Summer 2020. I have an interest in computer science and technology. I can currently recognize most popular consumer smartphone and computer models that are used around me, and I am working on knowing the internal specs, too.
Current Technical Coursework (Spring 2020)
CS 412 - Data Mining
ECE 391 - Computer Systems Engineering
MATH 415 - Applied Linear Algebra
Planned Coursework:
ECE 374 - Algorithms & Models of Computation (Fall 2020)
ECE 385 - Digital Systems Laboratory (Spring 2021)
I'm working with Thong Nguyen at the University of Illinois Electromagnetics Laboratory as an Undergraduate Research Assistant to develop a web-based circuit simulator and assignment submission platform. Both tools will be used by ECE 400/500 level courses. I presented my progress over the course of the Spring 2019 semester at the PURE Research Symposium. My Research Poster
I am on the infrastructure development team for MechMania, the AI hackathon at Reflections | Projections, the annual UIUC student-run tech conference. The infrastructure handles matchmaking, team registration, tournament logic, and connecting teams.
Experience:
I was a Software Engineer Intern at Hayward Quartz Technology, Inc., where I developed a Raw Material Tracker using Java, MongoDB, and Microsoft Access, as well as worked with other engineering interns to measure and manage furance output data. Specifically, I created a GUI using Python.
I was a Software Development Intern at Wonderate, Inc., where I contributed to a mobile application that will streamline the mortgage loan process. I worked with technologies such as Golang, React Native, MongoDB, and GraphQL.
Past Projects:
UITraffic (CS 196 Semester Project):
https://github.com/matthew-pham/UITraffic
Helping people avoid crowded areas for walking traffic purposes and predict ahead of time if a location will be populated to help make plans. For development purposes,
the locations were notable areas around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus.
Technlogies used: React Native, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Spotify Music Recommendation:
https://github.com/matthew-pham/SpotifyMusicRecommendation
Creates a playlist of songs that a user is likely to enjoy based on an input of 5 songs. I am planning on adding some aspect of machine learning to this project.
Technologies Used: Java, Java Spotify Wrapper API, last.fm REST API
Perspective (EVHacks III Most Useful Hack Winner):
Worked with: https://github.com/jamqd
An website that takes a user's search query and finds 2 news articles with differing viewpoints about that topic and displays them side by side on the webpage. I wrote a custom MongoDB REST API for communication between the Java backend and the website's server.
Technlogies Used: Java, c9.io, HTML, CSS, Custom MongoDB REST API
IoTSmartHouse (HSHacks III):
https://github.com/KevinAndMatthewsProjects/IoTSmartHouse_HsHacks
Allows a user to control Internet of Things (IoT) devices using a mobile application. For development purposes, LED's wired to an Arduino represented devices. A basic implementation of machine learning (devices enabling/disabling based on a user's regular schedule) was also incorporated.
Technologies Used: Arduino, PubNub, Android SDK
IoT SmartHouse (API World 2017 - Largest API Integration Hackathon in the Nation - Dell Boomi Challenge 1st Place Winner):
https://twitter.com/divmanickam/status/912090863395733504
Allows a user to control various IoT devices using an app on the Dell Boomi platform. I worked directly with Dell software engineers to develop a method to write a string to the screen of a Boomi application.
Technologies Used: Dell Boomi, Twilio API, c9.io
PositionPrediction (AP Calculus BC Final Project):
https://github.com/KevinAndMatthewsProjects/PositionPrediction
Utilizes Euler's method to live approximate a projectile in order to predict where the projectile will land.
Technlogies Used: Java
LeagueOfMasteries (Riot Games 2017 API Challenge):
https://github.com/KevinAndMatthewsProjects/LeagueOfMasteries
Recommends new characters for a League of Legends player to play based on their current mastery of characters.
Technologies Used: Java, PHP, c9.io, HTML, CSS, Riot Games API
Goals (Los Altos Hacks II):
https://github.com/KevinAndMatthewsProjects/Goals
Allows a user to anonymously post their goals and receive positive feedback and encouragement from others, while managing their goals in a dashboard.
Technologies Used: c9.io, PHP, HTML, CSS
MusicByText (EVHacks I Most Technical Hack Winner):
An application that receives a community's song requests by text and sorts requests by popularity. The prioritized songs are played. Teacher who were judges at EVHacks I said that EVHS Leadership could utilize the app.
Technologies Used: Java, Twilio API
IoT Traffic Analysis (Integrate 2015 - Largest API + Integration Hackathon in the Nation - NetApp Challenge 2nd Place Winner):
An application that analyzes traffic data and can plan an efficient route through traffic for emergency response vehicles. With more time and resources, affecting traffic such as changing stop lights for the vehicle could be added.
Technologies Used: Java, NetApp Cloud ONTAP for AWS
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