艾怡華

Eva Virginia Arévalo Rivara

Hsinchu City, 300 · Taiwan · 93.evar@gmail.com

Passionate Machine Learning Researcher striving to incorporate machine learning to the workflow of real-world tasks to expedite the process and render it more efficient. Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) models (BERT) and implementing deep learning models (Tensorflow/PyTorch) for NLP and Computer Visioin applications; as well as more traditional supervised and unsupervised learning tools. Acquainted with performing classification and more general heuristic tasks through Genetic Algorithms and Pattern Recognition techniques. Experience crawling and processing datasets from Social Media platforms (Twitter), performing Data Analysis and leveraging resulting Datasets for diverse Machine Learning (ML) tasks. Fundamental understanding of Parallel Programming .


Education

National Tsing Hua University

Ms. in Computer Science
Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Research work performed under the guidance of Prof. Chen Yi-Hsin. Focused on the application of Machine Learning techniques for the task of eatly prediction of Manic Episodes in Bipolar users in Social Media Platforms.

GPA: 4.27

September 2018 - Present

National Tsing Hua University

Bs. in Computer Science
Hsinchu City, Taiwan


September 2014 - June 2018

National Taiwan Normal University

Intensive Mandarin Studies
Taipei City, Taiwan


September 2013 - August 2014

Skills

Programming Languages


C, C++, Python, SQL, Java, MATLAB, Verilog

Machine Learning & AI

  • Clustering (k-means/DBSCAN)
  • PCA / TSNE
  • Classification / Linear Regression
  • Time Series
  • Genetic Algorithms (GA)
  • Pattern Recognition

Deep Learning

  • Tensorflow / Keras / Tensorhub
  • CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, GANs
  • Deep contextual representations (ELMo, BERT)
  • Computer Vision (OpenCV)

Web Development

  • HTML5 / CSS / JavaScript
  • NodeJs / Flask
  • React / Bootrstrap
  • MySQL / PostGreSQL / mongoDB
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, S3, RDS Services
  • Docker
  • Web visualizations with d3.js & Neo4j

Miscellaneous

  • Parallel Programming
  • CUDA Programming
  • Arduino

Work Experience

National Tsing Hua University

Teacher Assistant
Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Teacher Assistant for the Data Mining: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications course, offered by Prof. Chen Yi-Hsin, National Tsing Hua University, Institute of Information Systems and Applications (ISA 5810, Fall 2019). Course contents included basic data structures (arrays, graphs, trees, hash tables, etc.), associated algorithms and performance analysis. Main programming language: C++.

September 2019 - January 2020

National Tsing Hua University

Teacher Assistant
Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Teacher Assistant for the Data Structures course offered by Prof. Chen Yi-Hsin, National Tsing Hua University, Computer Science Department (CS 2351, Spring 2019). Course contents included data analysis and visualization, the use of machine learning techniques to extract knowledge from data and solve classification, regression and clustering problems. Main programming language: Python.

February 2019 - June 2019

Embassy of Canada

Immigration Program Registry Clerk
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Assisting and expediting the processing of visa applications. Managing and maintaining the storing of visa applications. Performing general office administration duties.

July 2013 - August 2013

Embassy of Canada

Receptionist and Switchboard Operator
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Greeting, welcoming and announcing visitors to the Embassy of Canada in Guatemala. Receiving and forwarding incoming calls. Providing information and guidance. Performing general administration duties.

June 2013 - June 2013

TELUS International

Customer Service Representative (French Language Division)
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Customer Service Representative for online game platform Zynga. Assisting and providing information to customers.


October 2011 - March 2013

Languages & Soft Skills

Languages

  • Spanish - Native Proficiency
  • French - Native Proficiency
  • English - Native Proficiency
  • Chinese - Professional Working Proficiency
  • Japanese - Beginner Proficiency

Soft Skills

  • Likes to keep learning and improving her skill set.
  • Strong sense of responsibility
  • Aim for Efficiency and Excellency
  • Good Organizational Skills
  • Adaptability
  • Proactive
  • Pragmatic approach

Licences & Certificates

Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language Certificate (TCFL)

Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Taipei City, Taiwan

Obtained a Level 3 Certificate for the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language

May 2014

Legal Translation Certificate (English-Spanish)

Ministry of Education, Guatemala (MINEDUC)
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Authorized by the Ministry of Education , Guatemala to provide legal translation and interpretation services (Spanish-English).

December 2012