Matthew Zhang

About

Hello! My name is Matthew Zhang, and I am a sophomore at Princeton University studying computer science. I'm interested about discovering how new software and technologies may be used to positively impact the people in my community and the world around me as a developer and innovator.

In my previous positions I have acquired a diverse skillset. I have quality technical experience through programming for physics research at QuarkNet and other personal projects, and I also have a thorough understanding of the logistics of a technology company through research with my university investment team as well as experience with my own technology startup. This has aided in my professional growth as a software engineer and taught me to consider the bigger picture when solving complex problems.

Make sure to check out my awesome projects.

Work

CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION AT NOTRE DAME – Food Information Networks Intern

• Assisted with development of FINs app which provides shopping recommendations to residents in food deserts.
• Surveyed a district of 1500+ households to evaluate feedback on UI/UX features of the mobile app.
• Cooperated w/community leaders to develop a community center to eventually recruit residents for app testing.

MATHNASIUM – Level II Instructor

• Collaborated with the instructor team to strategize a targeted educational approach for effective teaching.
• Analyzed learning progress for 100+ students, evaluating mathematical proficiency and shaping future lessons.

Tiger Investments – Healthcare Technology Team

• Performed analysis of healthcare software companies through qualitative and quantitative research.
• Leveraged financial analysis using Excel and pitched our stock to the Investment Team using PowerPoint.

QuarkNet Physics Program – Student Researcher

• Applied machine learning to classify high-energy quarks in a CERN database of 100,000 dimuon events.
• Collaborated with peers to present our project to physics and CS professors at the University of Notre Dame.

Projects

Monte Carlo Options Pricer

• Applied the Monte Carlo simulation in Python to price options based on stock price, strike price, time to maturity, risk free interest rate, dividend yield, and volatility.
• Implemented the simulation using Python Tkinter to create an input GUI to a histogram to visualize data.

BitDuels Sportsbook Startup

• Pitched a crypto-based sportsbook website and secured over $2600 in seed funding with 15 unique investors.
• Achieved 3rd place in the prestigious DeSo x Princeton startup competition, showcasing the project's innovation in the crypto realm and benefiting from mentorship by leading figures in the cryptocurrency industry.

Seam Carving

• Designed a content-aware image resizing technique (seam carving), preserving image features during resizing by intelligently removing least important pixels along paths known as "seams."
• Implemented the SeamCarver API, featuring efficient energy calculations, identification of minimum-energy seams, and successful removal of seams, contributing to optimized image resizing capabilities.

Burrows-Wheeler

• Implemented the Burrows-Wheeler data compression algorithm, surpassing gzip and PKZIP compression rates.
• Orchestrated a three-step process involving Burrows-Wheeler transform, move-to-front encoding, and Huffman compression.
• Collaborated on CircularSuffixArray creation to facilitate efficient sorting of circular suffixes.

Contact

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• YouTube
• GitHub

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