Alex Weiss

Junior Tutor at University of Chicago Department of Mathematics
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New York City Metropolitan Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Junior Tutor
      • Sep 2023 - Present

      • Conducting twice-weekly tutorial session for an introductory calculus course. • Grading homework assignments and weekly quizzes for students. • Conducting twice-weekly tutorial session for an introductory calculus course. • Grading homework assignments and weekly quizzes for students.

    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

      • Developed a sales forecasting model in R using historical sales data to estimate sales growth and seasonality in the consumer goods market with a goal to optimize brands’ spending on promotions. • Implemented using Python and Rust, integrated into the software’s Trade Promotion Optimization functionality. • Gained consumer goods industry knowledge by working with company domain experts, which was incorporated into model specifications and objectives. • Contributed to overall… Show more • Developed a sales forecasting model in R using historical sales data to estimate sales growth and seasonality in the consumer goods market with a goal to optimize brands’ spending on promotions. • Implemented using Python and Rust, integrated into the software’s Trade Promotion Optimization functionality. • Gained consumer goods industry knowledge by working with company domain experts, which was incorporated into model specifications and objectives. • Contributed to overall product enhancement by implementing performance improvements and resolving bugs. Show less • Developed a sales forecasting model in R using historical sales data to estimate sales growth and seasonality in the consumer goods market with a goal to optimize brands’ spending on promotions. • Implemented using Python and Rust, integrated into the software’s Trade Promotion Optimization functionality. • Gained consumer goods industry knowledge by working with company domain experts, which was incorporated into model specifications and objectives. • Contributed to overall… Show more • Developed a sales forecasting model in R using historical sales data to estimate sales growth and seasonality in the consumer goods market with a goal to optimize brands’ spending on promotions. • Implemented using Python and Rust, integrated into the software’s Trade Promotion Optimization functionality. • Gained consumer goods industry knowledge by working with company domain experts, which was incorporated into model specifications and objectives. • Contributed to overall product enhancement by implementing performance improvements and resolving bugs. Show less

  • University of Chicago Medicine, Rubin Lab
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    • Research Assistant
      • Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

      • Collaborated with a team to rewrite an iOS application into a Flutter-based cross-platform application. • Leveraged the phone's gyroscope and accelerometer to analyze a patient's gait, which the research uses to estimate metabolic function, an important metric for predicting patient readiness for surgery. • Collaborated with a team to rewrite an iOS application into a Flutter-based cross-platform application. • Leveraged the phone's gyroscope and accelerometer to analyze a patient's gait, which the research uses to estimate metabolic function, an important metric for predicting patient readiness for surgery.

    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Machine Learning Research Engineer Intern
      • Aug 2022 - Sep 2022

      - Developed an inter-operativity layer between popular Python machine learning frameworks and an optimizing compiler for ML pipelines. - Part of the development effort; contributed parts of the NumPy interface and worked on optimizations for the graph compiler, allowing the conversion of complete pipelines between frameworks and into bytecode. - Code was pushed to the codebase repository for inclusion in Ivy’s next release; reviewed and edited code contributions from other team members. - Developed an inter-operativity layer between popular Python machine learning frameworks and an optimizing compiler for ML pipelines. - Part of the development effort; contributed parts of the NumPy interface and worked on optimizations for the graph compiler, allowing the conversion of complete pipelines between frameworks and into bytecode. - Code was pushed to the codebase repository for inclusion in Ivy’s next release; reviewed and edited code contributions from other team members.

Education

  • University of Chicago
    Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Economics
    2021 - 2024
  • Millburn High School
    High School Diploma
    2016 - 2020

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