Elizabeth Hagearty
I am a 4th year at the University of California, Berkeley from Cohasset, Massachusetts. I majoring in Computer Science, with a Gender Women's Studies minor. The combination of these two disciplines has made me very passionate about the field of computer science and the importance of computing education.
Working as a portrait and event photographer I have lengthy experience with photography, photoshop and graphic design. Having this creative outlet has influenced my academic career through furthering my passion for building and creating.
I am looking for a career where I will expand my love for computer science while utilizing my creativity and programming experience.
KICKSTARTER SUCCESS PREDICTOR
PYTHON, SQL
Created an interactive success predictor for kickstarter projects by analyzing 87,000 past projects with logistic regression using SQL and python.
CONNECT FOUR, MAPREDUCE IN THE COULD
JAVA
Designed an application using the Hadoop framework to traverse a game tree of possible moves in Connect Four to reduce the time it takes the AI to solve the game. Ran and tested the program using Amazon EC-2 servers
GRAPH API
JAVA
Wrote a library package (working as an API) to provide facilities for manipulating graphs, plus two clients, make and trip, which used this package.
IMAGE RECOGNITION
C
Created a program that took in an image and returned what digit the image is by comparing the image with a set of template number images. Template images were flipped, rotated, transposed, and translated onto the given image to determine the closest match.
Implemented changes to improve the merchant experience in square’s dashboard through overall UI changes and more inutitive d3 visualizations. Improved experience for buyers through reformatting square’s receipt look up portal. Used ruby, coffeescript, handlebars, slim and sass.
Became an integral part in the launching of Spokepoint’s software through redesigning the UX and UI leading up to the product’s release. Improved email look up tool by doubling the hit rate and creating a database of journalists. Used a variety of languages extensively, such as Clojure, Python and SQL.
on updating and improving ComputalPortal.org through collections. Involved in the process of moving the site to Drupal 7.
CONTACT ME
Tel. 617.347.4037
Mail. elizabethhagearty@gmail.com