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Lily Lassiter

Lily Lassiter

Canine Cognition Center Research Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Yale Applied Math | U.S. Presidential Scholar

  • Education

    • Yale University

      2021 -
      Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Mathematics (ML/NLP Concentration); Certificate of Advanced Language Study in French

      Activities and Societies: Chinese Adopted Siblings Program for Youth; Yale Undergraduate Piano Collective; Berkeley College Commonplace Society; Residential College Seminar Selection Committee; French Tables Berkeley College Research Fellowship; Yale Association of Charleston Scholarships; Dixon Scholarships (YSM piano lessons)

    • Academic Magnet High School

      2017 - 2021
      Valedictorian and U.S. Presidential Scholar '21

      Dartmouth Book Award; SC Governor’s Volunteer Award (450 hours); Emory University National Piano Competition Finalist (1 of 12 pianists)

    • EF International Language Campuses

      2023 - 2023

      French C1/C2 courses in March 2023 (Nice) and March 2025 (Paris)

  • Experience

    • Canine Cognition Center At Yale

      Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
      Canine Cognition Center Research Assistant

      Conducted Yale’s experiments for international study investigating canine-human social interaction, resulting in publication (“Investigation” author position) in Animal Behavior and CognitionCoded and cleaned data in MS Excel, conducted reliability checks, and performed detailed video analysis in BORIS for 575 observations across 159 trials, requiring close attention to detail to achieve 98% accuracyInterpreted data in real-time to effectively communicate study results to guardians following canine experiments Show less

    • Yale University School of Medicine

      Jan 2023 - May 2023
      Van Dijk Lab Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Yale University

      Feb 2023 - now

      Help develop and test asynchronous content for Math 116 (Mathematical Models in the Biosciences I: Calculus Techniques) in Fall 2022 and Spring 2025 semesters Hosted weekly office hours and graded assignments for 30 students in graduate-level computational biology course Led 4-8 hours of tutoring per week for 68 students taking single- and multi-variable calculus for the life sciences. Analyzed stochastic processes, (non)-linear dynamical systems, bifurcations, fixed point stability, and limit cycles. Collaborated with Yale professor and 39 fellow coaches to plan lessons and graded assignments for 180 incoming freshmen. Taught twice-weekly, 90-minute Zoom classes and held individual meetings for small group of 5 ONEXYS students. Offered feedback on mathematics graduate students' practice lectures to assist in pedagogical training.

      • Rosenkranz Tester and Editor

        Aug 2022 - now

      • Modeling Biological Systems II Undergraduate Learning Assistant

        Jan 2024 - May 2024

      • Calculus II and III Peer Tutor

        Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

      • ONEXYS Academic Coach and Mentor

        Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

      • Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning - Math Teacher Training Program Participant

        Feb 2023 - Mar 2023

    • Accenture

      Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
      Accenture Externship

    • Inspirit AI

      Jun 2023 - Sept 2023
      Machine Learning Research Intern

    • Hellohive

      Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
      HelloFinance and helloConsulting Selected Participant

    • EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences

      May 2024 - Sept 2024
      Summer@EPFL Intern

      EPFL Machine Learning and Optimization Lab (MLO) and Yale Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health & Humanitarian Response Technologies (LiGHT)MLO: - Trained and evaluated 124M- and 478M-parameter LLMs using Python on Run:ai GPU clusters- Designed and implemented novel tokenization schemes on HuggingFace FineWeb-10BT dataset by embedding special tokens corresponding to publication date, website domain, and text sentiment classification LiGHT:- Conducted literature review on algorithmic bias, AI alignment, benchmarking techniques, and medical AI case studies- Helped design curriculum and lecture slides for new Spring 2025 Yale graduate-level course, “Bias in AI Usages and Testing” Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • National Honor Society Member

      National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
      Aug 2019

    • Accenture Artificial Intelligence Tech Training

      Accenture
      Jul 2023

    • Accenture Virtual Experience Program on Forage

      Accenture
      May 2023

    • Machine Learning Skills Assessment

      LinkedIn
      May 2023

    • National Honor Society Scholarship Recipient

      National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
      Mar 2021
      View certificate certificate

    • Accenture AWS Technology Training

      Accenture
      Jun 2023

    • Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification (Stanford Online and DeepLearning.AI, via Coursera)

      Coursera
      May 2023
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      Berkeley College Research Fellowship Yale University Jun 2023 Summer fellowship for machine learning experience
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      Yale College Scholarships Yale Nathan Hale Associates Program Nov 2021 Memorial Paul D. Naish BK'82 Scholarship (2021)Marjorie P. Hood Scholarship (2023)Yale Association of Charleston Scholarships (4 consecutive years)
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      Cynthia Redding White Dixon Memorial Scholarship - Oct 2021 Scholarship for private piano lessons with a graduate student teacher from the Yale School of Music. Awarded for 4 semesters.
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      United States Presidential Scholar United States Presidential Scholars Program May 2021 1 of 161 high school seniors in the country selected by The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, based on academic achievement, community service, and leadership.
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      National Honor Society Scholar National Honor Society Apr 2021 1 of 575 semifinalists selected for this scholarship
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      National Merit Scholarship National Merit Scholarship Corporation Mar 2021 National Merit South Carolina Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center Scholarship Recipient
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      Dartmouth Book Award Dartmouth Alumni Club and Academic Magnet High School May 2020 Awarded to one junior each year for exemplary academic and extracurricular performance.
    • Awarded to Lily Lassiter
      SC Governor's 2019 Youth Volunteer Award SC Office of the Governor Sep 2019 Annual award given to an individual who demonstrates exemplary volunteer service. Nominated by Roper Hospital and honored by the SC Office of the Governor.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Presidential Scholar Advisor

      Issued by United States Presidential Scholars Foundation
      United States Presidential Scholars FoundationAssociated with Lily Lassiter

    • Chinese Adopted Siblings Program for Youth (CASPY) Volunteer Mentor

      Issued by Yale University on Aug 2021
      Yale UniversityAssociated with Lily Lassiter

    • Liaison, Club Founder/President, Tutor

      Issued by Reading Partners on Jun 2018
      Reading PartnersAssociated with Lily Lassiter

    • Student Intern and Volunteer

      Issued by Roper St. Francis Healthcare on Jan 2018
      Roper St. Francis HealthcareAssociated with Lily Lassiter

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Medical University of South Carolina on Jan 2018
      Medical University of South CarolinaAssociated with Lily Lassiter