Experience

Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
Fairfax, VA
September 2024 – Present
  • Built multi-sensor volumetric capture system with 4 Azure Kinect cameras and RabbitMQ messaging, achieving real-time 360° reconstruction at 30 FPS.
  • Developing federated learning framework (MetaFL) for privacy-preserving biometric authentication, improving accuracy from 93.8% to 94.3% through hard negative sampling and pre-trained models while scaling to 50,000+ user datasets.
Software Engineer
Purgeon
Remote
September 2024 – May 2025
  • Architected file management application using Svelte, Tauri, Python, and Rust, processing 10,000+ files and reducing search time by 45 minutes weekly per user.
  • Implemented ML classification pipeline achieving 80% accuracy on file categorization with sub-second processing for 500+ file batches.
Computer Science Tutor
PassCS
Fairfax, VA
September 2023 – Present
  • Tutored 25+ CS students with personalized instruction, achieving 99% satisfaction rating and 18% average grade improvement.
  • Created visual learning materials and interactive exercises for data structures and algorithms, with 80% of students reporting improved problem-solving abilities.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
College of Engineering and Computing
Fairfax, VA
January 2023 – January 2025
  • Supported 600+ students in C, Java, and Python through office hours and code reviews, improving assignment completion rates by 15%.
  • Led 20+ review sessions on data structures and algorithms, with participants demonstrating improved performance on examinations.