Hunter Smith

Experience

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  Smith Center for Infectious Disease

  May 2020 - Sept 2020

  COVID Testing Volunteer

  Administered COVID-19 swab tests to patients, ensuring accurate sample collection and adherence to safety protocolsCollected and recorded patient contact information, ensuring smooth communication throughout the testing processCommunicated test results to patients promptly via email, providing clear instructions for next stepsProvided patients with up-to-date information on CDC guidelines and answered related health inquiries

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  Mount Sinai Ma’ayan Laboratory

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Summer Research Intern

  Led the development of a machine learning model to standardize and align transcriptomic data from two distinct output formatsTrained and optimized machine learning algorithms, including a Passive Aggressive Classifier in Python, to analyze variations in transcriptomic dataConducted research on gene expression in kidney samples from human and mouse models of HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN)Compiled and presented research findings to a team of 30 lab members, effectively communicating complex results Show less

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  IBM

  Jun 2023 - Sept 2023

  Research Intern

  Conducted in-depth research for an IEDM paper, comparing the performance and architecture of GPT and BERT modelsDeveloped and executed quantization simulations using Python to optimize model efficiencyCollaborated on integrating the AI Hardware Toolkit (AIHW Kit) with the proprietary analog computing simulatorQuantized fully connected (FC2) layers in the BERT model implementation, improving computational efficiency on the AIHW Kit