1. JIM YU
949-870-6896 • jly29@cornell.edu
Current Address: Permanent Address:
516 University Avenue 2 Brentwood
Apartment B1 Irvine, CA 92620
Ithaca, NY 14850
EDUCATION
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY
Intending Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, Expected graduation May 2016
Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.56
HONORS/ AWARDS
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Scholarship
WORK EXPERIENCE
Python Consultant Spring 2014-current
Department of Computer Science
Cornell University
Assisted peers in learning Python and basic programming skills. Answered students' questions about the material and gave advice on how to program.
Java Consultant Summer 2014-current
Department of Computer Science
Cornell University
Consultant for intermediate level programming course in Java. Helped students become familiar with Java syntax, various data structures, program efficiency analysis, and threading.
Academic Excellence Workshop Facilitator Fall 2013
Engineering Learning Initiatives
Cornell University
Assisted peers in learning Linear Algebra. Gave brief lectures and created worksheets with a co-facilitator to help students currently in the course learn the material.
ACTIVITIES
Hackathon - HackRU, Participated in building a Mahjong android game. Gained experience in working quickly to build something in a group environment. Practiced with Java programming as well as becoming more comfortable with the Eclipse IDE and working with Android.
Cornell University Violet Nanosatellite Project Team, Member of the Mission Ops subsystem. I program commands for the satellite. Worked with a simulation of the satellite in Matlab to visualize how the satellite works.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu)
Software: Eclipse, LaTeX, Quartus II, InControl, Android Development Studio
Programming Languages: Python, Java, JAS, Matlab, C++, OCaml, UNIX
Web Development: HTML, JavaScript, some PHP and Django
RELATED COURSEWORK
Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures Fall 2013
Topics include program design and development, debugging and testing, object-oriented programming, proofs of correctness, complexity analysis, recursion, commonly used data structures, and abstract data types. Java is the principal programming language.
Discrete Mathematics Fall 2013
Topics include sets, functions, relations, mathematical notation and proof techniques, induction, combinatorics, discrete probability theory, basic number theory, graphs, and finite-state machines.
Additional coursework available upon request.
