Hello World, I am Marlea.

Provides assistance in Intro to Computer Systems, concentrating on C programming and parallel & distributed computing, as well as Intro to Computer Science, focusing on Python and fundamental programming skills.

Collaborating with AT&T and a partner university under Professor Vasanta Chaganti to design and assess differential privacy algorithms for mobile user trajectory data.

Member of the pioneering team tasked with integrating PostgreSQL, a departure from the company's usual SQLServer environment. My contributions included leveraging PostgreSQL to optimize data management, planning database infrastructure, and addressing operational needs for PNC Bank.

As a SWE Intern at a startup company, I helped develop the foundational ServerAPI solution, wearing many hats to meet diverse challenges. I assisted with endpoint and service testing, as well as system enhancement and troubleshooting. Additionally, I developed a web app utilizing the ChatGPT API to create a natural language summarization tool, which directly integrated with the DoCurious database.

Created in January '24 under the mentorship of Pop Tufty, MIT '78, for DoCurious Inc. Challenge Summarizer is a tool designed to streamline the process of summarizing complex real-life challenges, making it easier to extract key insights and information. After summarization, the data is then entered into a mock-database for further review.

Key Features:

• Advanced Integration: Leverages the ChatGPT API for natural language processing and summarization.
• Efficient Data Handling: Utilizes the Google Sheets API for seamless data management and integration.

Conway's Game of Life simulator which aims to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of cellular automata; robust and efficient simulation of life-like patterns and behaviors.

• Terminal-based Simulation: Runs in the terminal environment, providing a command-line interface for interaction.
• Input File Integration: Accepts input files containing coordinates to initialize the initial state of cells, enhancing flexibility and usability.
• Performance Optimization: Utilizes multithreading and parallelization techniques to enhance computation speed and efficiency.
• Memory Efficiency: Implements advanced memory management strategies to optimize resource usage and minimize overhead.

Note Drills is a mobile app developed to enhance learning and practice of music sight-reading, designed to provide a comprehensive and interactive learning experience for child musicians.

Key Features:

• Mobile App Dev: Developed using Swift, ensuring a robust and responsive application for iOS devices.
• Interactive Learning: Offers engaging exercises to improve proficiency in recognizing music notes.

Achievements:

• Increased middle-school children's music literacy: Improved from 16.35% to 92.8% in a week-long study.
• International Science and Engineering Fair Entry: Recognized for innovation and impact in music education.
• North Carolina State University Special Award: Awarded for outstanding contribution to technology and education.