Daniel Jian Huang

📧 jhuang12@scu.edu 📞 (818)946-6483 📍Santa Clara, CA

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-jian-huang/ 🌐Portfolio: https://lordchipotle.github.io/tech.html

👨🏻‍💻 Technical Experience

Natural Languages Processing Research Assistant

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA– [05/2022 - Present]

Lead developer of Project TailorEd - Performed Textual Extraction, Classification, ****and Named Entity Recognition on various syllabi of different universities using BERT and spaCy to understand the changes adapted in different types of classes throughout the pandemic.

Fullstack Developer Intern

HaveYouHeard (Pty)Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa – [06/2019 - 08/2019]

Developed the backend of the platform, designed models, queried twitter services using REST APIs, processed the data, and collaborated with a front-end team of 6 to integrate the website fully.
Wrote unit tests to ensure code quality and deployed code to Heroku

Research Contributor

The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY – [10/2015 - 09/2021]

Annually conduct research addressing various global challenges from repurposing CO2 emissions to energy preservation of buildings.
- Led a research team of 3 and designed a syndromic surveillance system. The system estimates presymptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases using a deep neural learning model ML-SIM (a fine-grained disease transmission simulator) trained on NSAIDs data collected with blockchain. (Finalist Award, Tracking Coronavirus Challenge 2020)
- Coordinated with members from Yale University and developed an environmental solution addressing the greenhouse effect by converting CO2 into Sodium Carbonate to promote solar cell production. (First Place - Energy Challenge)

💼 ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES

King’s College London AI Society - President:

Led a team of 7 and transformed a small academic discussion group into a thriving open learning club with 300+ members coming from all walks of life in the City of London. Replaced previous rigid AI curriculum with fun, quirky, and student-relatable workshops to substantially increase engagement rate throughout the pandemic.

MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp - CTO:

Led a 10-week-long food waste start-up project of a team of 5. Conducted research in the beachhead market, customer pain points, and FDA product safety, and developed a business plan to replace traditional expiration labels with food spoilage detection stickers based on existing Ethylene/Ammonia gas sensor technology. The project won the top 3 out of 12 teams.