1. Last Updated on 20th October 2016
Vankhanh ‘Lilas’ Dinhhttp://www.hatfolk.com
LVKDinh@gmail.com | 571.882.2175 | U.S. Citizen
EDUCATION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Volgenau School of Engineering
MS, COMPUTER SCIENCE
Fall 2016 - Expected Spring 2018
BS, COMPUTER SCIENCE
Fall 2012 - Spring 2016
Accepted into Accelerated Masters
Cum. GPA: 3.26 | Major GPA: 3.56
LINKS
Github:// hatFolk
LinkedIn:// lilasvkdinh
YouTube:// hatFolk_Lilas
COURSEWORK
GRADUATE
Operating Systems
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography*
Algorithms*
UNDERGRADUATE
Virtual Reality
Computing Law and Ethics
Introduction to Data Mining
Comparative Programming Languages
Computer Systems and Architecture
Systems Modeling and Requirements
Introduction to Algorithms
Formal Methods and Modeling
Introduction to Data Structures
Introduction to Low Level Programming
and Unix Systems
Objective Oriented Programming
Introduction to Programming
SKILLS
PROGRAMMING & ENGINES
Python • Java • Haskell • C • MIPS •
Bash • Scheme • Racket • Common Lisp •
LATEX• C# • Unity • Arduino •
SYSTEMS AND TOOLS
KVM • VirtualBox • Linux Mint • Red Hat
• CentOS • Debian • Ubuntu • Gentoo •
Windows 7 • UNIX • Emacs • Vim •
IntelliJ • Eclipse • Nginx • Gitlab • Test
Driven Development • GPG • Leap
Motion • Google Cardboard •
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS | FAIRFAX, VA
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INTERN
May 2016 - August 2016
• Worked on a system of automating virtual machine creation
• Created requirement documents with conforming features to DoD IA
specifications
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE STATION, TX
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER UNDER NSF REU COMPUTING FOR
DISASTERS
July 2015 - August 2015
• Automated geotagging for unmanned aerial vehicle for use in emergency
search and rescue.
• Produced research and poster on programmatic control of a UGV-UAV pair
using radios
• Presented research to first-responders and at a symposium for undergraduate
research.
“REMOTE CONTROL OF UNMANNED VEHICLES”
Worked with Dr. Robin Murphy and Tracy Sarmiento to create a radio
communication system between a UGV and UAV pair, for use in remote
response to emergency.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | FAIRFAX, VA
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Since Fall 2016
• Continue work with SPARC, Google’s 3x3 Initiative
• Manage classrooms, recitations, and UTAs, as well as grade papers and hold
office hours
• Serving Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
“LOJBAN AS AN INTERLINGUAL” | UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Fall 2015 - May 2016
• Awarded URSP grant in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 ($1000 each)
• Investigated Lojban for use in Natural Language Processing and Rule-Based
Machine Translation systems under Dr. Christopher Kauffman
• Presented research at NCUR 2016 and at Research Celebration GMU 2015
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Fall 2013 - Spring 2016
• Selected to participate in SPARC, a flipped classroom experiment funded by
Google’s 3x3 initiative, as a UTA from 2015-2016.
• Created material, graded, managed and taught classes and labs
• Served Introduction to Programming, Preview to Computer Science,
Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, and Introduction to Low Level
Programming
PROJECTS
StressLess | HackDC 2015
• Telemedicine mobile web application for use as part of treatment for PTSD
• Did integration and testing between front end and back end
• Won Most Impressive Hack and the $1000 prize at Healthcare hackathon
HackDC 2015