Sam Gu

Experience

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  Igniter NPO

  Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

  Director of Communications & Web Developer

  Managed website for nonprofit organizations Igniter and YSL (Website: www.ignitergo.org) as a backend web developer. Also during this internship period, I focused on community outreach and internal communications within the organization using both English and Chinese, connecting the Chinese American community with our organization's events. After conducting a research of the different cultures, I set up a dedicated wechat account as well as a calendar/catalog system to make such a process more efficient. Show less

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  NiHao Food Bank Initiative

  Jun 2023 - now

  Managing nonprofit organization Nihao's Social Media Platform & Backend Business as manager of social media team and marketing strategist.Role as Social Media Manager includes: writing posts, managing various social platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, etc., photography and filming for posts and videos (including promotional), visual design and other miscellaneous media creation.Role as Marketing Strategist includes: Designing and help enforce Nihao’s digital marketing plan on multiple social media platforms, plan and executing digital marketing strategy/content, creating online promotion activities and other digital marketing methods to increase account exposure, as well as conducting monthly data analysis and monitor KPIs of social media accounts of the nonprofit organization.Received professional training and workshops in aspects such as professional video production, public relations, creative advertising, and career development (bi-weekly virtual).Also received multiple instances of hands-on experience apart from professional training and carried this internship experience towards work as role as manager and marketing strategist. Show less

  • VP of Marketing and Videography

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Marketing Strategist

    Jun 2023 - now
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  Student Engineering Alliance

  Oct 2023 - now

  Co-Founder/Instructor
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  Algoverse

  Feb 2024 - now

  AI Researcher

  Conducted pioneering research on task vector manipulation and arithmetics in LMs to provide efficient alternatives to extensive fine-tuning; proposed a novel method for decision-aware applications for extracting task vectors from such tool-augmented LMs, and is the anticipated first author of a key paper on Task Arithmetic for Tool-Augmented LMs. Received scholarship.Led the literature review team; presented 2-3 relevant NLP dissertations and facilitated discussions weekly to advance research understanding and project direction Show less

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  Redevs

  Apr 2024 - now

  Chapter President
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  LuminAI Bootcamps

  Apr 2024 - now

  Co-Founder

  🧑🏻‍💻Co-Founder, Course Creator & Lead Developer @ LuminAI Bootcamps Key responsibilities:- Created the curriculum and educational content (lectures, interactive activities, hands-on-projects, assignments) for 8 intensive sessions (30+ hours of instruction time) and led mentorship for student projects.- Teacher/Instructor, teaching our cohort of 200+ students- Lead Developer - full stack web development (https://lumin-ai.org) and ML engineering (provided students with in-depth code skeletons)- Social media outreach to attract potential attendees; recruited top guest speakers from the industry and academia✨Presenting and teaching to 200+ students introductory AI concepts such as essential AI concepts, CNNs/RNNs, OpenCV (yoloV8), NLP (LLMs), etc. (Our first cohort)Empowering the next generation of AI innovators through completely free and comprehensive bootcamps. We believe in the power of hands-on and project-based learning. Show less

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  StatOracle

  Jun 2024 - now

  Vice President of Development

  Developing an automated computer vision model to provide advanced soccer match analytics, including: expected goals (xG), player heatmaps, and distance covered. The model utilizes Python's OpenCV library for keypoint detection, a YOLOV8 detection model for player IDs, and matrix transformation.

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  Qwizz

  Jul 2024 - now

  Founder
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  Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering

  Jul 2024 - now

  Research Intern

  Working with Professor Shinji Watanabe on Foreign Language Classification and Revitalization.

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  MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute

  Jul 2024 - now

  Student

  One of 30 students who attended the Cog*Works program. The Autonomous Cognitive Assistant course, or Cog*Works, uses project-based learning to immerse students in exciting applications of modern machine learning and data science.The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a challenging and prestigious STEM program designed for high-achieving students entering their senior year of high school. This intensive four-week program focuses on STEM skill development through hands-on, workshop-style courses. Hosted by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and MIT’s School of Engineering, BWSI offers courses that challenge students to solve real-world problems in areas like robotics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and more. Designed to inspire curiosity, teamwork, and critical thinking, BWSI provides a unique opportunity for students to engage with cutting-edge technologies and gain skills that will fuel their future studies and careers in STEM. Show less