Zizhen Song

Computer Engineering

Experiences

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
― Paulo Coelho

Education

University of Washington

Sep 2018 - Current

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Computer Engineering, B.S.

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  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Security
  • Database Systems
  • Data Structures and Parallelism
  • Distributed Systems
  • Networks
  • Hardware Software Interface
  • Software Design and Implementation
  • Systems Programming
3.8/4.0 GPA


Seattle, WA

Careers

Amazon Search Science and AI

June 2021 - September 2021

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Software Development Engineer Intern

Designed and built first-iteration of governance and tracking website for managing Search M5's infrastructure. The M5 team aims to build super-large-scale universal, state-of-the-art semantic representations of entities for machine learning (ML) systems across Amazon. The representations will be multi-entity, multi-modal, multi-lingual, multi-locale, and multi-task (M5). In support of our mission, the governance and tracking website synthesizes information from systems such as AWS Batch and MLflow to help scientists and engineers identify training status and infrastructure usage. Implementation includes full CI/CD pipeline using Amazon CDK with AWS CloudFormation.

Seattle, WA

Allen Institute for Cell Science

January 2021 - December 2021

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Software Engineer Intern

Working closely with scientists to support single-cell RNA sequencing analysis. Developed web applications to present research findings and assist with other open-science initiatives. Implemented version-controlled workflows for existing data-processing pipelines.
Check out our cell catalog !

Seattle, WA

UW Transportation Services

May 2019 - March 2020

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Web Application Developer

Tackled parking space management across campus amidst numerous construction projects.Designed and developed a web application that organizes 360-degree images of parking spots on the University of Washington campus into an interactive map using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Set up and deployed a backend ETL pipeline for data transfer and storage on UW servers using Python. Implemented Agile development methodology by facilitating exercises such as sprint planning and weekly customer feedback review.
Current progess can be found here !

Seattle, WA

UW Cell Biomechanics Lab

May 2019 - Jan 2020

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Image-Processing Lab Assistant

Researched image processing techniques for analysis of heart tissues and platelet mechanics to understand causes of heart disease. Automated biological image analysis by segmenting fluorescent protein imaging of platelets using morphological opening, and flood-fill operations. Calculated contractional force of platelet cells through displacement evaluation of proteins in contact using MATLAB proprietary programming language.
Work from my lab can be found here !

Seattle, WA

Volunteering

Maple Hall Council

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Maple Hall Council is an organization ran by students aimed to help to make Maple Hall feel more like a home for approximately 900 residents. As Assistant Director, I coordinated weekly activities at general meetings and facilitated large quarterly events. In addition, I was in charge of community recognition efforts for distinguishing individuals who have gone above and beyond for our community.

Seattle, WA

Bellevue Arts Museum

Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

Internship - Activity Coordinator

I was in charge of running a weekly arts and crafts workshop for elementary children at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM). Over the course of six months, I planned and organized ten different activities including Gingerbread House Decoration December.

Bellevue, WA

Projects

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Andre Gide

Project Spotlight: Radius

- Waiting Room Reimagined -

With COVID-19 rapidly changing the way society functions, my friends and I wanted to aid small businesses in providing safe, effective ways to serve their customers. It's been difficult for businesses to adapt to social distancing guidelines, forcing them to reconsider their waiting room experiences. Instead of setting restrictions and turning away customers, we created Radius, our virtual waiting room system.


Visit us at radiusq.online to learn more!

  • React
  • React Native
  • Node JS
  • Firebase
  • TypeScript
  • NoSQL

Contact

“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche