Angela Zhang

Hi! I am student studying Computer Science at New York University. Welcome to my website!

Experiences

Growing up, I was fueled by an insatiable curiosity about how things work, which naturally drew me to the world of technology. Throughout my computer science journey, I've been fortunate to immerse myself in various professional and research roles that have strongly deepened my passion for the field. As I continue my studies, I will strive to use software development to enhance and simplify our lives, making technology more intuitive and accessible for everyone.

June 2024 - August 2024

AI Software Engineer Intern

@ Nanyang Software Technology Co.,Ltd.

Designed and Integrated Azure OpenAI REST API to develop a smart Customer Manager for banks, enhancing client needs analysis and operational efficiency.

Implemented Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to automate customer queries, leading to a 30% reduction in response time.

Identified key customer service challenges and tailored AI solutions to meet specific business requirements.

May 2023 - July 2023

Software Engineer Intern

@ Pionex.US

Accelerated data analysis and enabled insight discovery for non-technical audiences by building JavaScript interactive dashboards.

Debugged and refined service webpage with frontend coding languages like React.js, HTML, and CSS.

Utilized Python data processing scripts to analyze and summarize financial transactions within the Cryptocurrency realm on the Pionex service website.

June 2022 - Dec 2022

Research Assistant

@ New York University C2SMART Research Center

Designed and developed a user-friendly graphical interface for work zone image annotation utilizing Python's Tkinter framework.

Trained work zone image labels with machine learning libraries like PyTorch and Sklearn.

Built large scale traffic violation detecting model for New York city CCTV with YOLOv5 model, achieving accuracy over 90%.

Engineered an interactive mapping application showcasing New York City work zones through the implementation of Plotly Dash.

Skills

Programming Languages

Java
Python
C
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Typescript
SQL
Golang

Technical Skills

Visual Studio
Figma
Git
Azure Data Studio
Full Stack Web Development
React.js
Express
Pandas
Matplotlib
MongoDB
Linux
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Node
AWS
Postgres

Relevant Courses

Data Structures
Computer Architecture
Basic Algorithms
Operating Systems
Discrete Mathematics
Linear Algebra
Data Science
Web Design
Computer Security
Information Technology in Business
Web Application

Lifestyle

Cooking at Home

Cooking is very therapeutic and stress-reliefing for me. From buying fresh groceries to plating and serving hot dishes on the table, I enjoy every step of the process. What I like about cooking the most is that I get to customize everything. I mainly use recipes as guides and add my own twist based on my preferences. This is the Youtube channel I watch the most for inspirations.

Here are some dishes I made for me and my friends:

Favorite Restuarants in NYC

New York offers a wide variety of food choices and that's what I love about it. My favorite cuisines include Japanese, Korean, and Mexican. Here is a list of my top five restuarants in New York:

Books I've been reading!

Recently, I have been getting in the habit of reading. It is important to wind down and spend time by myself every night before bed. I try to take at least one hour out of my day to read a bit. Below are some books I want to share:

This is a book about how an American-Born-Korean Artist found her roots after the passing of her mother due to cancer.

A very heartfelt but somewhat somber book.

Connects back to traditional korean dishes to bring special memories to us. It is a good way to savor these good times through good food

Lesson I learned: Family always comes first. You never realized how important it is until you lose them.

Speaking of so, I kind of miss home food right now.

Strongly recommend.

A very basic book that I think everyone has read (or at least heard of).

Honestly, I feel like the book was stating the obvious.

Funny book though.

A very "light" book, so not a lot of commitment to read it.

A took some notes while reading it, but I don't really remember any essential take-aways. Might go back to read my notes if I ever need some wise words.

Read this during quarantine when I got COVID at the end of 2021.

Pretty self-explanatory.

I don't have much to say about it, but I think it did help me review some python concepts I was not strong about.

I plan on reading this book next.

I think it will shed light on how technology could be a horror to the real world.

I want to read this to expand my knowledge on techonology's impact on our society.

I just bought this book today.

Never really a mystery genre type of person but I want to try it out.

This was a gift from my friend when I was taking the course Linear Algebra.

Personally, I find it troubling to learn math from a textbook. I prefer watching videos on it.

The MIT professor, Gilbert Strang, is a great way I found to learn Linear Algebra.

Don't think this should be on my book list because I never read it, but I am going to leave it here anyways.

Another book that I plan on reading soon.

Side note to myself: I should stop buying books because I have too many books I need to read.

The speed of me buying books is way faster than the speed I read.

This is a self-help book that I found online. It's pretty thin so I think I can finish it in a few days.