About
- PhD in Computer Science & Engineering
- Sepetember 2023 - June 2028 (Expected)
- B.S in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude
- Sepetember 2018 - June 2022
-
Error-controlled Interaction Discovery in Deep Neural Networks
- Winston Chen, Yifan Jiang, William Stafford Noble, Yang Young Lu
- NeurIPS 2024 workshop on Interpretable AI: Past, Present and Future
[Paper]
[Poster]
-
DeepROCK: Error-controlled interaction detection in deep neural networks
- Winston Chen, William Stafford Noble, Yang Young Lu
- Machine Learning in Computational Biology (MLCB), 2023
[Paper]
[Poster]
-
Heterogeneous Treatment Assignment Effect Estimation Under Non-compliance with Conditional Front-door Adjustment
- Winston Chen, Trenton Chang, Jenna Wiens
- Under Review
-
Error-controlled Non-additive Interaction Discovery in Machine Learning Models
- Winston Chen, Yifan Jiang, William Stafford Noble, Yang Young Lu
- Under Review
Services
Honors and Awards
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assitant, University of Washington
- Programming For Signal and Information Processing Applications (Spring 2022)
- Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Winter 2021, Winter 2022)
- Digital Circuit and System (Autumn 2021)
Industry Experience
- Software Engineering Intern,
RealNetworks
- Built a FIDO2 roaming authenticator prototype that allows passwordless authentication on web services supporting support Webauthn.
- Integrated the authenticator with SAFR facial recognition technology to enable biometric verification.
- Demonstrated the authenticator in collaboration with StrongKey at the flagship FIDO conference, Authenticator 2022.
- Python Engineering Intern,
NVIDIA
- Built and deployed a testing infrastructure for analyzing and visualizing NVIDIA's genomics computing software logs.
- Drove discussions with core developers regarding testing infrastructure's feature requirements.
- Presented the final project results through a slide deck, confluence page, and detailed README.
Leadership Experience
- Assistant Resident Director,
Housing & Food Services, UW
- Facilitated moving 500+ residents into Elm Resident Hall in the course of four days.
- Advised Elm Hall council in organizing 20+ building-wide events during the 2022-2023 academic year.
- Assisted the Elm Hall resident director in managing 10 resident advisors through performing administrative tasks such as scheduling on-calls.
- Corporate Relations Officer,
IEEE-HKN Honor Society
- Attended weekly meetings to provide updates on current corporate relationship projects.
- Collaborated with industry recruiters (e.g. TI, Tesla, Wyze) to organize 10+ industry networking events.
- Maintained positive relationship with industry sponsors through emails and check-in meetings.
- Resident Advisor,
Housing & Food Services, UW
- Collaboratively planned and executed 30+ events every year to engage 150+ residents.
- Created and maintained floor decorations to form a welcoming residential environment.
- Regularly being on-call 5PM-8AM to provide residents with emergency assistance and secure the safety of the entire residence hall.
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages:
Python
, JavaScript
, Java
, C/C++
, R
, SQL
- Frameworks:
PyTorch
, TensorFlow
, Numpy
, Pandas
, NetworkX
- Tools:
Git
, Latex
Projects
- KiwiLink,
June 2020 - Oct. 2021
- KiwiLink is an Android/iOS mobile app for online study buddy finding in college setting.
- Rapidly built the prorotype app using JavaScript, React Native, and Firebase (Summer 2020).
- Led a team of 10 engineers maintaining app operation and developing new features to serve 1500+ users at the University of Washington. (Sept 2020 - Oct. 2021)
- Fasr,
Jan. 2021 - June 2021
- Fasr is a portable facemask sanitizer device that allows user to efficiently clean their mask using heat and disinfectant.
- Led a team of 6 people developed the hardware prototype and a business plan.
- Participated in the UW Dempsey Startup Competition (2021).
- Open sourced all the technical and business documentations.