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Web Portfolio
Welcome!
You have stumbled upon my humble little online portfolio! You are probably either an employer who found this site through my resume, or a "friend" of mine who thinks it'll be funny to use this to make fun of me. Either way, thanks for coming and make yourself at home!
If you are an employer, thank you for taking the time to checking this portfolio out! This is a little side project of mine to help people learn more about me. Here, you will be able to find all of my experiences, or anything else that I may have been unable to fit onto a dinky little one-page resume.
I'm no graphic designer, but I tried my best to make this look good :)
About me
Who are you?
It's always "who are you" and never "how are you" :(
Kidding- I'm David Liang, currently working as a software engineer. I studied Psychology at the University of California San Diego, and obtained a Masters degree in Data Science at Northwestern University.
I was born in GuangZhou China, but immigrated to the United States when I was 8 years old, and have lived here ever since.
I like playing video games, reading manga, cooking, brewing and drinking artisan coffee, as well as all things tech- most notably computers and keyboards.
Who's grom?
It me
My Chinese name is Guang Yu (广宇), and back in high school my friends used to call me "Guang." It eventually evolved to "Guam," and that became my nickname. I realized later that using "Guam" as an alias is confusing as it's the name of a US territory. Thus I decided to use "Grom." Now you know the story behind this site's URL!
How Do I contact you?
My email is dgyliang@gmail.com, which is my preferred contact method.
You can also find other methods by opening the navigation bar by hovering over the "burger" icon on the top left, or tap on it if you are on a touch device. You will find my contact and socials at the bottom!
Education History
Northwestern University
M.S Data Science
Evanston, IL
Example Coursework:
- •Math for Data Scientists
- •Database Systems/Preparation
- •Data Visualization
- •Natural Language Processing
- •Capstone Project (Studying EMS need vs. Air Quality)
September 2021 - March 2023
University of California San Diego
B.S Psychology
La Jolla, CA
Example Coursework:
- •Psychology Honor’s Research Methods
- •Language Processing
- •Sensation and Perception
- •Conceptions of Intelligence
- •Clinical Neuropsychology
September 2019 - June 2021
City College of San Francisco
N.A
San Francisco, CA
Example Coursework:
- •General Education Courses
August 2017 - May 2019
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
High School Diploma
San Francisco, CA
Example Coursework:
- •High School and AP Courses
August 2013 - May 2017
Work Experience
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Bellevue WA
- •SDE at Amazon AGI and Alexa.
- •Work on projects involving generative AI.
September 2023 - Present
Software Development Engineer Intern
Amazon
Seattle WA
- •Design framework for data annotation.
- •Enable flexibility and scalability in choosing models to sample data.
- •Improve contexual carryover of customer utterances for Alexa.
May 2022 - August 2022
Database Administrator
Chinatown Community Development Center
San Francisco CA
- •Manage Salesforce databases and Tableau visualization dashboards.
- •Build data-scraping Python scripts.
- •Perform data and visualization analysis on areas of interest for San Francisco’s historical Chinatown, such as eviction patterns.
October 2021 - May 2022
Research Assistant/ Data Analyst
UCSD Eating Disorder Clinic
San Diego CA
- •Spearheaded data analysis efforts in study examining learning deficits in eating disorder patients.
- •Used Excel, Python and its statistical libraries to perform automated data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting.
- •Managed small team of research assistants.
March 2020 - June 2021
Administrative Assistant
UCSD School of Medicine
La Jolla CA
- •Writing and reading emails.
- •Curate events at the medical school.
- •Organize, store, and documents; occasionally proofread course plans.
September 2020 - April 2021
Teaching Assistant
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA
- •2020 Spring quarter undergraduate teaching assistant for UCSD’s Psychology 60 Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods course.
- •Hosted weekly sessions and office hours.
- •Taught undergraduate students course material.
- •Assisted in exam creation and course logistics
March 2020 - July 2020
Library Assistant
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco CA
- •reshelving and refurbishing books.
- •maintenance of art works
- •Currate Art Gallery.
October 2017 - June 2018
Cashier
Foods Co.
San Francisco CA
- •Operate cash register.
- •Handle customer relations and resolution of customer complaints.
- •Perform janitorial duties around the store.
May 2017 - October 2017