Sion Kim
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Korean Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4
SASAug, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
SAS Programming 1: Essentials
SASJun, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
SASJun, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
SASJun, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
STEM-Away Virtual Internship Certificate
STEM-AwayAug, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
CourseraMay, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
CourseraMay, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
National Registry of Emergency Medical TechniciansAug, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
Basic Life Support (BLS)
American Heart AssociationJul, 2018- Sep, 2024
Experience
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UVA Engineering Link Lab
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Programmer
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Aug 2023 - Present
• Develop and evaluate a hybrid deep neural network (current f1: 90%) to detect and assess emergency response treatment actions using Python and TensorFlow • Refactor Python codebase into modularized and parallelized architecture: implement class inheritance, grouping 6 classes into 1 parent; parallelize 3 threads by creating orchestrator; reduce verbose code into concise syntax, achieving 55% line reduction • Develop and evaluate a hybrid deep neural network (current f1: 90%) to detect and assess emergency response treatment actions using Python and TensorFlow • Refactor Python codebase into modularized and parallelized architecture: implement class inheritance, grouping 6 classes into 1 parent; parallelize 3 threads by creating orchestrator; reduce verbose code into concise syntax, achieving 55% line reduction
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Self-employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Private Tutor for Primary and Secondary Students
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Dec 2019 - May 2023
• Instructed up to 7 students/week between 10-18 years old seeking assistance through one-on-one tutoring sessions for Math, English, Chemistry, and SAT Prep • Communicated directly with students or parents to discuss lesson schedules, behavioral concerns, and handle payments • Instructed up to 7 students/week between 10-18 years old seeking assistance through one-on-one tutoring sessions for Math, English, Chemistry, and SAT Prep • Communicated directly with students or parents to discuss lesson schedules, behavioral concerns, and handle payments
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer Intern
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
• Optimized and documented a qualification testing pipeline, cutting around 130 hours weekly administrative manual labor by using Python scripting, a REST API (AskEC2 Coral), and a server capacity management service (re:Stack) • Designed a build-time unit test system to boost line coverage from 0% to 80% using Mockito, TestNG, and Kotlin for payloads in development • Optimized and documented a qualification testing pipeline, cutting around 130 hours weekly administrative manual labor by using Python scripting, a REST API (AskEC2 Coral), and a server capacity management service (re:Stack) • Designed a build-time unit test system to boost line coverage from 0% to 80% using Mockito, TestNG, and Kotlin for payloads in development
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SAS
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India
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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Software Engineer Intern
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May 2021 - Aug 2021
• Implemented 11 REST API and UI features using Golang and React in a 4-person Agile team for a clinical trial enrollment simulator (CTrES) • Improved the UI of an internal icon-picker tool using React, implementing search and display functionality for over 3,500 icons • Implemented 11 REST API and UI features using Golang and React in a 4-person Agile team for a clinical trial enrollment simulator (CTrES) • Improved the UI of an internal icon-picker tool using React, implementing search and display functionality for over 3,500 icons
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Medical Dataset Research Programmer
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
• Automated information extraction and data correction/completion for around 36,000 rows of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data using NumPy and pandas; analyzed data for co-occurrence relationships between aspects of response • Developed Python script that generates a treatment sequence diagram and adjacency list for any of the ~100 EMS protocols using graph algorithms • Published first-authored 12-page technical paper at the 2021 IEEE/ACM CHASE conference (acceptance rate 30%); won… Show more • Automated information extraction and data correction/completion for around 36,000 rows of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data using NumPy and pandas; analyzed data for co-occurrence relationships between aspects of response • Developed Python script that generates a treatment sequence diagram and adjacency list for any of the ~100 EMS protocols using graph algorithms • Published first-authored 12-page technical paper at the 2021 IEEE/ACM CHASE conference (acceptance rate 30%); won Best Papers Finalist Award out of 24 papers • Presented on panel “How to Get Involved In Undergraduate Research at UVA" for incoming underprivileged first-years at UVA Summer Bridge Program
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Full Stack Developer
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Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
• Delivered a colposcopy education web app as the sole developer for the UVA School of Medicine using Ruby on Rails, HTML, Javascript, PostgreSQL, and Heroku; app is used by 50-100 medical students/residents annually and improves colposcopy performance for users by an average of ~20% after 6 months • Collaborated with 6-person multidisciplinary team of gynecologists and medical school students to define implementable features and UI/UX from user stories
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STEM-Away
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Full-Stack Technical Internship
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
• Increased usability of the Discussion Forum by 37% by distinguishing thread replies from post comments • Implemented UI design using Javascript, HTML, and CSS through international collaboration with 10 team members • Increased usability of the Discussion Forum by 37% by distinguishing thread replies from post comments • Implemented UI design using Javascript, HTML, and CSS through international collaboration with 10 team members
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Education
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2019 - 2023
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science -
2019 - 2023
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics -
2015 - 2019
Lake Braddock Secondary
Advanced Diploma
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