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Ashley King

M.R. Computer Science Candidate

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About Me

Detail-oriented Computer Science Graduate student interested in Machine Learning and Data Science roles. Completed an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with honors in 2021, graduating with a minor in Mathematics, Summa cum Laude, and as an Outstanding Senior. Has completed an honors thesis focused in applying Poisson Matrix Factorization to Recommendation Systems. For the past year, has worked with SAS Instute in various roles. Seeking Machine Learning or Data Science internships for next Summer, 2022.

Experience

SAS Institute

Graduate Intern

  • Worked with the Solutions Factory Testing Team to test cloud deployments.
  • Assessed existing product architectures to identify areas of improvement and possible test cases.
  • Containerized test suites, integrated with a CI/CD pipeline, and utilized terraform to create and maintain cloud resources.
  • Utilized Python, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, and Terraform.

SAS Institute

Year-Round Cyber Test Engineering Intern

  • Worked with the CyberSecurity Testing Team to test a SAS Cyber Product, Talon
  • Automated building and executing Docker containers using Jenkins to reduce manual error and decrease test times
  • Containerized Python projects using Docker for seamless integration with CI/CD Pipelines
  • Utilized Git, Jenkins, Docker, JavaScript, Azure, and Cypress

SAS Institute

Technical Intern

  • Worked with the Continuous Testing Group and Accessibility Team to create a SAS-specific wrapper based on an open-source Accessibility testing tool
  • Collaborated with teams across SAS to expand the tool into multiple programming languages
  • Integrated the tool within a CI/CD pipeline
  • Utilized Node.js, JavaScript, Docker, Selenium, and Katalon

Appalachian State University

Undergraduate Computer Science TA

  • Undergraduate TA for Data Collection and Visualization, and for a Graduate Data Programming class
  • Taught students how to scrape information from websites and build effective data pipelines
  • Utilized Python, Selenium, and Pandas

Education

North Carolina State University

Aug 2021 - May 2023

M.R. in Computer Science

Non-thesis Masters in Computer Science.
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Appalachian State University

Aug 2017 - May 2021

B.S. in Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with a minor in Mathematics
Graduated with Department honors, Summa cum Laude, and Outstanding Senior.
Completed an honors thesis titled "Poisson Matrix Factorization for T.V. Recommendations"
Relevant Coursework:

Projects

Reinforcement Learning

A collection of Reinforcement Learning projects of environments created by OpenAI Gym.
Cart Pole: Balancing a pole on top of a moving cart
Acrobot: Swing up a two-pole robot

Parkinsons Classification

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Y-86 64 Simulator

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Skills

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