resume

Education

  • 2022-2026
    UC Berkeley
    B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    • Clubs
      • Machine Learning @ Berkeley
      • Society of Women Engineers
      • Association of Women in EECS
    • Coursework
      • Machine Learning, Algorithms, Computer Security, Data Structures, Linear Optimization Models, Discrete Math and Probability, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Designing Information Devices and Systems I and II

Experience

  • May 2024 - Present
    Machine Learning Engineering Intern
    Autodesk
    • Developed a Wiki security screening pipeline using GPT-4 that processed over 15,000 pages to identify confidential information such as API keys, usernames/passwords, and IP hostnames
    • Finetuned and deployed text classification models (DeBERTa and Llama3) using AWS Lambda to automatically route Jira tickets, reducing engineer overhead by 80% per ticket
    • Selected among all Autodesk interns to demo both projects in a fireside chat with the Chief Information Officer
  • June 2023 - Aug 2023
    Project Engineering Intern
    Cubic Transportation Systems
    • Developed a full-stack web application for the Boston MBTA transportation system using Flask and React to monitor over 300 devices, as well as various sales and ridership statistics
    • Deployed a separate web app for tracking the location of over 100 active bus and subway trains across 6 different MBTA transit lines with real-time refresh every 2 minutes
    • Configured devices in the testing environment, identified key requirements for test cases, and executed stress testing for the coin and bills cashbox in the fare vending machines
  • Oct 2022 - Present
    Undergraduate Machine Learning Researcher
    Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
    • Optimize a convolutional sparse coding model on MNIST and incorporate computational features to improve memory usage and efficiency in image factorization tasks
    • Compare classification methods such as K-means, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and high dimensional computing to evaluate effectiveness of convolutional sparse features
    • Invited to present research at Dean's Society event at Synopsys HQ

Publications

  • 2024
    • C. Kymn*, S. Mazelet*, A. Ng, D. Kleyko, and B. Olshausen. Compositional Factorization of Visual Scenes with Convolutional Sparse Coding and Resonator Networks. In Proc. of Neuro Inspired Computational Elements (NICE) Conference

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • Cal Alumni Association Leadership Scholar (2023, 2022)
  • 2023
    • Google Cloud Next Student Innovator

Projects

  • Provable Robustness for Deep Classifiers
    • Implemented the Fast Gradient Signed Method (FGSM) adversarial approximation attack on a trained MNIST classifier and created a robust training regime by optimizing over the non-convex dual value
  • Generating New Yorker Cartoons with Stable Diffusion
    • Finetuned stable diffusion using Dreambooth to output images in the style of New Yorker cartoons