Houming Chen

(He/Him)

Undergraduate Student at the University of Michigan

Education

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2020 Sep - Present

B.S. Computer Science, Honor Mathematics

GPA: 4.0/4.0

University of Wisconsin - Madison

2019 Sep - 2020 Aug

B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Beijing No.4 High School

2016 Sep - 2019 May

Skills

AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Data Science

Computer Science and Programming

Mathematics

Experiences

Research Asistant at the University of Michigan

05/2021 - present
  • Worked on several computational social sciences research projects at Dr. Paramveer Dhillion’s research group, which involved applications of a variety of machine learning and NLP models on social media data.
  • Developed a better understanding of some machine learning and NLP algorithms and gained skills in applying those algorithms to real world problems.
  • Enhanced my ability in programming, data analysis, training and interpreting machine learning models, data visualization, model visualization, communication, and time management. Acquired experience in writing and submitting conference papers.
  • Improved skills in programming with the following tools: spacy, nltk, gensim, fasttext, pytorch, huggingface/transformers, statsmodels, matplotlib, hadoop, pyspark, Twitter API, Google Translation API.

Instructional Aide at the University of Michigan

10/2020 - 12/2021
  • Worked as IA for SI671 Data Mining: Methods and Applications (21FA), responsible for grading the homework and answering students’ questions.
  • Worked as IA for SIADS 642 Introduction to Deep Learning (21SP, 21WI), responsible for grading the homework.
  • Improved my communication and management skills as well as my understanding of the course materials.

Team Member of ICPC teams

09/2019 - present
  • ICPC Team Member at the University of Michigan during 10/2020 - Present.
  • ICPC Team Member at the University of Wisconsin - Madison during 10/2019 - 12/2019.
  • Collaborated and communicated with team members to learn to solve complex algorithm problems and prepared for the ICPC contest.

Teaching Assistant for AP Computer Science Principles Class in Beijing No.4 High School

09/2018 - 05/2019
  • Assisted the class by answering students’ questions and grading assignments and tests.

Beijing Youth Science and Technology Talents Reserve Program

11/2016 - 03/2018
  • Studied in the Research Center of Massive Language Information Processing and Cloud Computing Application under Dr. Heyan Huang in Beijing Institute of Technology.
  • Completed a research project titled “Research on smartphone-based fall detection system for the elderly” and released an android application based on the research.
  • Learned knowledge in machine learning and acquired skills in conducting machine learning researches, writing papers, giving research presentations, and thesis defense. Improved my communication skills and time management skills.

Honors & Awards

Silver Medal in ICPC 2019 North Central NA Regional Contest

11/2019
  • Eighth Place in ICPC 2019 North Central NA Regional Contest

Dean's List at University of Wisconsin - Madison

2019
  • Named to the College of Letters & Science Dean’s List of FA19 and SP19.

Second Prize in Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition

2018

First Prize in National Olympiad in Informatics in Province, Beijing

2017