aaron alphonsus
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
software engineer amazon web service ( aws )
passionate empowering people education . exploring data science , machine learning , data mining , related field . particularly interested nascent discipline educational data mining , learning analytics , adaptive personalization . worcester polytechnic institute '21 m.s . computer science south dakota school mine technology '18 b.s . computer science , b.s . applied & computational mathematics
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services
- Designed and built ETL pipeline to automate top-down reconciliation of hierarchical forecasts
- Built workflow to generate weekly refreshing forecasts that were manually run semi-annually before
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Software Development Engineer Intern
The ASSISTments Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-assistments-foundation
- Master’s thesis on Behavior Detectors to Support Feedback Generation advised by Prof. Neil Heffernan
- Research work aimed at helping reduce workload on teachers and allowing them to spend more time providing individual attention to students.
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Graduate Student Researcher
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services
AWS Forecasting: building infrastructure to run predictive models of AWS service usage and store/display the results in an accessible format for AWS service owners

 - Created dashboard to display AWS service usage metrics. Webpage written in vue.js and a scala backend. Backend interfaced with an Aurora instance and provided CRUD operations to interface with metrics

 - System design and implementation to extend existing model running infrastructure to implement the backtesting of these models in order to scale up to 100s of concurrent backtests previously run individually on a local machine
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Software Development Engineer Intern
Google
https://www.linkedin.com/company/google
10-week, 450-hour applied ML training program taught by Google engineers and Claremont Colleges faculty.
Created localized style transfer capstone project after completing coursework on end-to-end ML pipeline.

https://github.com/hmc-hhuang-2020/style-transfer-flask
Greater Los Angeles Area
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Applied Machine Learning Intensive Student
Dartmouth College
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dartmouth-college
Performed inverse uncertainty quantification on a model that tracks iceberg positions.  
Built Python scripts to calibrate iceberg drag coefficients due to ocean and wind currents using Bayesian inference, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling.

https://math.dartmouth.edu/~reu/reu18/iceberg.pdf
Hanover, New Hampshire
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Undergraduate Researcher
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology
Developed tool-chain to facilitate adding mixed-reality content to STEM courses.
Rapid City, South Dakota Area
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Undergraduate Researcher
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology
- Mentored incoming international students and helped them adjust to college and life in the US.
- Built personal relations with students through informal and formal meetings.
Rapid City, South Dakota Area
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International Peer Mentor
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology
- Guided students through C programming on the Windows platform and on Arduino micro-controllers.
- Assisted professors in conducting lab sessions in class and explaining program bugs.
- Held office hours to review code, explain programming concepts and language details.
- Graded course programming assignments.
Rapid City, South Dakota Area
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Teaching Assistant -  Programming for Engineers and Scientists
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology
Clarified concepts and assisted students with solving problems - Computer Science, Math and Physics courses.
Rapid City, South Dakota Area
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Tutor - Tech Learning Center
Raven Industries
https://www.linkedin.com/company/raven-industries
Used Qt framework to work on the Raven Operating System running the Raven Viper 4+ field computer.
Modified graphical components written with OpenGL, created widgets and other GUI components.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area
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Software Engineer Intern
Sencore
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sencore
Took on modification of automated and searchable transport stream indexer to add new functionality. 
- Project used Python, Apache, MySQL, PHP, HTML, ExtJS. Mainly worked on back-end Python scripts which indexed the files.

Project bug-fixes and front-end modifications to enhance UI. 
- Edited JavaScript and PHP code, and made use of Ext JS.

DevOps tasks: Created Python scripts to automate project’s build and deployment processes
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area
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Software Engineer Intern
Google
https://www.linkedin.com/company/google
- Completed a technical development curriculum centered on data structures, implemented in Java. 
- Regular meetings with a Google mentor, focusing on technical interviews and career growth.
- Collaborative final project to create a search engine using Java. Presented project at Google HQ to Google engineers and other participants.
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CodeU Student
Goa Amigo(Formerly Fomento Travel)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fomento-travel
Assisted team by creating GUI elements for food delivery mobile application.
Panaji Area, India
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Intern - Mobile Application Development
Master of Science - MS
Computer Science
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
https://www.linkedin.com/school/worcester-polytechnic-institute/
Bachelor of Science - BS
Computer Science
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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Bachelor of Science - BS
Computational and Applied Mathematics
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/school/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology/
Abstract:
Advanced decision making using machine learning should be both accurate and interpretable. Many standard machine learning techniques suffer from an inherent lack of transparency with regard to how the resulting decision was made. In the current work we aim to overcome this issue by introducing a hybrid learning approach using classical decision trees alongside artificial neural networks, dubbed a "neural shrub". The Neural Shrub methodology presented in this paper aims to maintain as much interpretability as possible without sacrificing either classification or regression accuracy. Experimental results are presented on several benchmark data sets to validate the proposed approach as well as provide insight into future research directions.
Advanced Decision Making and Interpretability through Neural Shrubs
IEEE
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8999253
The third-annual analytics event inviting teams of graduate and undergraduate students to explore real-world data while enhancing and showcasing their skills.  The 2018 MinneMUDAC challenge focused on an investigation of the factors/characteristics that influence the number of voters who cast a ballot in the 8 congressional districts across Minnesota.
MinneAnalytics
First Place Overall MinneMUDAC 2018 - Novice Division
Microsoft, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Microsoft Programming Team Scholarship
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
School of Mines Mathematics and Computer Science Scholarship: 4 Years (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
https://www.tbp.org/memb/ScholarArchives/ScholarBios/ScholarBios17-18.pdf
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi Scholarship
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
School of Mines Scholarship
Awarded to 5 high school science students from the state of Goa, India to pursue undergraduate education at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Fomento Scholars, Sociedade Fomento de Industrial
2014 Fomento Scholarship
Analysis of Algorithms
CSC 372
Assembly Language
CSC 314
Calculus III
MATH 225
Computer Organization and Architecture
CSC 317
Cryptography
CSC 412
Data Structures
CSC 300
Database Management Systems
CSC 484
Finite Structures
CSC 251
Linear Algebra
MATH 315
Machine Learning
CSC 416
Mathematical Modeling
MATH 451
Probability and Statistics
MATH 382
Programming Languages
CSC 461
Technical Communications II
ENGL 289
Design and Analysis of Large-Scale Online Experiments
CS 525
Graphical Models for Reasoning Under Uncertainty
CS 566
MinneMUDAC
Education
Stanford University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-university
Part of a volunteer teaching team that taught 10,000+ students from around the world to learn to program in Python during the COVID-19 pandemic. (April 2020, April 2021)

Prepared and taught a weekly discussion section of 10-12 students to supplement professors’ lectures in a 5-week introductory online Python programming course based on material from the first half of Stanford’s introductory programming course, CS106A.

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/06/08/code-in-place-makes-cs-accessible-to-thousands-worldwide/
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Section Leader (CS 106A)
Social Services
Mines Buddies
Giving young adults with intellectual disabilities opportunities to have campus experiences at SD Mines
Mines Buddy
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kensonhui
Toronto, ON
Kenson Hui
2A CS/BBA @ University of Waterloo | Seeking 2023 Winter Internships
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-videckis
Seattle, WA
Luke Videckis
Software Engineer at Meta
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mepaste
Redwood City, CA
Manasi Paste
Software Engineer at Facebook
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/charles-liu-%F0%9F%94%8C-294391152
Toronto, ON
Charles Liu 🔌
CS and Business @UW | SWE intern @beondeck | Interested in startups
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiranrajnair
South Jordan, UT
Kiran Rajachandran Nair
Senior Software Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-j-roth
Parker, SD
Brandon Roth
Engineering Team Lead at Raven Industries
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecsweber
Rapid City, SD
Alec Weber
Mining Engineering and Management Student at South Dakota Mines.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-jaward-87677a174
Chicago, IL
Brianna Jaward
Clinical account specialist at Biosense Webster
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rio-johnson-86a75111a
Rapid City, SD
Rio Johnson
Working for the amazing City of Bend Oregon!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekah-pacha-729013147
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Rebekah Pacha
Structures Engineer at Kiewit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-lammers
Virginia, MN
Joel Lammers
Management Associate - Mining Engineer at United States Steel Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-hector-6384bb177
Omaha Metropolitan Area
Benjamin Hector
Student at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-hagel-75b5a51b5
Rapid City, SD
Emma Hagel
Sophomore studying mechanical engineering at SD Mines
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/cs-henry-guo
Waterloo, ON
Henry Guo
Frontend Web Developer @ Axonify | Candidate for BCS at University of Waterloo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-cooney-transformation
Livonia, MI
Pete Cooney
Helping others understand how to use Data and Machine Learning effectively
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danalytics
Minneapolis, MN
Dan Atkins
Chief Community Entanglement Particle, MinneAnalytics (Cofounder, President, Mentor Lead)
Advisory Board: UMN Astrophysics Data Science PhD, UST Supply Chain Mgmt, UMN Health Informatics MS, Mankato Data Science MS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-li-5229104
New York, NY
Andy Li
PHD, CFA, PLDA, FRM | Harvard Business School Alumni| Executive MBA Candidate 2022
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-silveira-6188a7b5
Rapid City, SD
Gavin Silveira
Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lylevaz
Denver, CO
Lyle Vaz
PhD Student - Advanced Energy Systems | Mechanical Engineer
https://in.linkedin.com/in/aaron-alphonsus-0ba11097
South Goa
Aaron Alphonsus
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Code in Place Section Leaders
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Chief Learning Officer
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The R Project for Statistical Computing
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Microsoft University Recruiting Team
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Coding Together | Harvard CS50x
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South Dakota Mines Alumni
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Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
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Stanford Code In Place Group
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