Jennifer Nakano

Interests

Data Science , Big Data , Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Robotics

Skills

Languages and Frameworks: C, C++, Javascript, Python

Toolsets/OS: MacOS, Windows, Ubuntu, Git/GitHub, VI/VIM, UNIX Environments, g++/gcc

Education

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

B.S., Computer Science - Data Science (expected Spring, 2024)

2022 - 2024

University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI

B.S., Computer Science (Transfer to UHM)

2020 - 2022

Work

Math Learning Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa

manoa.hawaii.edu/learning-assistant-program/

Student Learning Assitant for MATH 134 courses at UH Manoa

  • Assist students in completing in-class worksheets for pre-calculus courses
  • Hold office hours for students who require assistance outside of the classroom
  • Help instructors maintain the classroom and create a comfortable learning environement

2022 - Present

Math Tutor, University of Hawaii at Hilo

hilo.hawaii.edu/kilohana/tutoring.php

Tutored college students in math courses from MATH 100(college algebra) up to MATH 243(calculus III)

  • Manage a zoom room and tutoring center emails for students who are asking for assistance
  • Aided students understanding of rigorous math concepts

2021 - 2022

High School Tutor, Waiakea High School

Tutored high school students in the respective content areas they needed assistance

  • Manage the resource room and handled the students who came in for help or needed resources for their studies
  • Assisted teachers and faculty in duties around campus including grading, sorting papers, etc.

2021 - 2022

Professional Experience

Undergraduate Research Trainee Internship, Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium

Conducting research to evaluate the effectiveness of an active learning algorithm

  • Secured a NASA Hawaii Space Grant Consortium (HSGC) research trainee internship and grant
  • Working with the Robotic Space Exploration Lab to evaluate the efficacy of the incorporation of Gaussian processes with active learning on rovers for space exploration

2023 - Present

Akamai Workforce Intitiative Trainee, Gemini North Observatory

Worked on classifying variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud through multiple machine-learning models

  • Utilizing a ensemble of different machine learning models and comparison metrics
  • Participated in professional development throughout the internship and presented final results at the Akamai symposium

2023 - 2023

Undergraduate Student Researcher, University of Hawaii at Hilo

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031320322005878

Worked directly under an assistant professor in their human-in-the-loop AI fish-tracking research project.

  • Worked with fellow undergraduate researchers to test, evaluate, and optimize an AI code base
  • Created ablation scripts and code to assess the functionality and performance of the algorithm against ground truth values
  • Presented our results and progress to the public, including fellow scientists and researchers

2022 - 2022

Student Mentor, Waiakea Technology Learning Center

Guided students in programming and robot design for the high school FIRST Robotics Competition

  • Offered mentorship to students along the design process of their robot for competition
  • Assisted the programming team in developing software for the sensors and drivetrain of the robot

2022 - 2022

Awards

Deans List, University of Hawaii at Hilo and University of Hawaii at Manoa

Distinction awarded to students with an average GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Fall 2020-Fall 2022