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Shih-Yu (Esther) Lai

Los Angeles, CA | shihyula@usc.edu | +1 (213) 519-8355 | www.linkedin.com/in/ShihYu


EDUCATION
University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA
Master of Science in Computer Science Sep 2019 - May 2021
Yuan Ze University (YZU) Taoyuan, Taiwan
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering; Overall GPA: 3.87/4.0 Sep 2015 - Jun 2019
Awarded valedictorian honor
SKILLS
Experienced in: C, C++, Python, HTML
Basic (familiarity with): C#, JAVA, MySQL, Pascal, OpenCV
Other: LaTeX, Microsoft Office, GitHub Desktop, Visual Studio, PyCharm, Google Colab, Jupyter Notebook, Linux
PROJECTS
3D interactive multimedia device, Easy 3D (http://myeasy3d.weebly.com) Taoyuan, Taiwan
Independent study, Inventor Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
 Created a novel 3D menu for customers by combining 3D hologram, gestures and ultra-low-cost voice recognition;
pending Taiwan patent: 107109219, Activity Recognition with Hologram.
 Devised an algorithm in C/C++ with a recognition rate of 90% to recognize gestures using image processing by
low-resolution cameras.
 Acquired aid in production from Taiwan government due to selection as one of the 100 I.T Innovative Elite
products.
 Published a conference paper: S.Y. Lai and B.H. Chen, “Easy3D: A Holographic Advertising Platform”, 2018 IEEE
7th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2018), Nara, Japan, Oct 2018.
Emotion recognition based patient recovery system Taoyuan, Taiwan
Team project, Leader and Software Programmer Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
 Developed a deep convolutional neural network to recognize the patients’ emotions with an accuracy of 90%.
 Collected audio resources through web crawling in Python to keep patients in a good mood.
 Created a website with Django to show up the analyzed emotion data of patients.
 Led team to write a Software Requirements Specification document in Latex and drew UML diagrams.
Ultra-low-cost Chinese voice recognition system Hsinchu, Taiwan
Side Project, Inventor Jan 2014 - Jul 2016
 Implemented a 1.6 USD speaker-independent voice recognition system by simplifying syllables and database.
 Devised a new algorithm in C/C++ to recognize voice efficiently with a recognition rate of 85% and multiple
companies seeking technical cooperation.
 Explored knowledge of voice recognition and found methods to overcome challenges after classes to complete
ultra-low-cost Chinese voice recognition system.
Class Projects Taoyuan, Taiwan
Final Project Sep 2015 - Jun 2019
 Led team to design an app in Java to notify activities and connect family members to accompany with elderly
people and wrote software design documents.
 Implemented a portrait makeup system in OpenCV to beautify image and changed filters.
 Made a Catch the Fruit game and a Card Matching game in C# and got the highest grade in the class.
 Set up a company website and built a roulette game in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
EXPERIENCE / EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Teaching Assistant @ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, YZU
 Mentored at least 50 freshmen and sophomores in Computer Programming, Algorithm, Data Structures.
 Assisted students do assignments and easily explained professional knowledge after classes.
General Coordinator of 2019 Girls Tech Camp @ Google Taiwan
 Organized three-day courses to teach high school girls Python and inspired students’ interest in tech through
well-designed activities.
Scholar of 2019 UCLite Berkeley Program
 Awarded a $2900 scholarship and invited to UC Berkeley to attend the two-week MBA and CS courses.
 Cooperated and brainstormed ideas with different-background members to complete the capstone project by
using strong critical thinking and got runner-up.
 Demonstrated initiative driven leadership and shared takeaways in community and won The Character Award.
Scholar of 2018 Google’s Women Techmakers Scholars Program
 Received the award based on proven academic record and achievements, leadership, and demonstrated passion
from over 25,000 applications of Asia Pacific.

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