Si Chen's professional resume. For more information, please feel free to contact her at sichen08@gmail.com.

1. Si Chen
E D U C A T I O N
2012 – 2016 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, MINOR IN MUSIC
The George Washington University, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Programming Java, Matlab, C, C++, JS, HTML, PHP, MySQL, CSS. Caffe, OpenCV, Torch7
Creative Software Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Classical Music 1st Violinist, The Minor Fourths Quartet: Performed at the Kennedy Center,
coached by Julliard’s Resident Graduate String Quartet, the Aeolus Quartet.
A C A D E M I C M E R I T
2012 - 2016 DEAN’S SCHOLAR Recipient of the highest merit scholarship awarded by SEAS.
2012 - 2016 UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM A set of supplementary courses that
encourage connections between art, science, and philosophy.
2014 GOOGLE TRAVEL GRANT Travel scholarship to the Grace Hopper Conference.
2015 GEORGE ELLOWITZ MEMORIAL AWARD Travel scholarship with the purpose
of enriching and encouraging engineers’ cultural and artistic experiences.
2015 ACM STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION Research submission accepted to
compete in the Grace Hopper Celebration’s student poster session in October.
E M P L O Y M E N T
May 2015 - present SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN – Apple, Special Projects Group
May - August 2014 NSF REU RESEARCH FELLOW – University of Central Florida, Center for
Research in Computer Vision, Dr. Mubarak Shah & Dr. Niels de la Vitoria Lobo
+ Implemented neural networks and optical flow techniques to improve
tracking performance above current state of the art trackers by over 12%.
May – August 2013 CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTERN – F# Music Advertising Agency
+ Implemented a database to store and interpret data gathered from
Facebook users to research trends in subcultures.
2011 – 2012 RESEARCHER – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Zaven Kaprielian &
Dr. Hannes Buelow
+ Isolated the rz-1 mutation in C. elegans strains to observe the effects of
dendritic abnormalities, which are found in disorders such as Fragile X
Syndrome, and to find the gene responsible for the change.
2010 – 2011 RESEARCHER – New York University, Dr. Marisa Carrasco & Dr. David Carmel
+ Tested the affect of attention on the visual phenomenon Boundary Extension.
L E A D E R S H I P
President: 2014 - present THE ENGINEERS’ COUNCIL Advocated for SEAS student organizations.
President: 2013 - 2015 THE ALTERNATIVE GREEK COUNCIL Encouraged Alternative Greek life’s
sense of community through Alternative Greek Week and philanthropy events.
V. President: 2013 - 2015 SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Promoted engineering in DC through
networking events, mentoring high school girls, and planning for the conference.
Mentor: 2014 - present SEAS PEER ADVISORY NETWORK Selected by the Dean to integrate freshmen
into the engineering community through the summer and at the SEAS Getaway.
Show Host: 2012 - present WRGW DISTRICT RADIO Hosted a weekly radio show and managed content
on the music blog. Assisted artists with press through interviews and reviews.
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