Ryan Ding

Ryan Ding

Undergraduate Researcher | AIMD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Computer Science @ UC San Diego

  • Education

    • Great Oak High School

      2019 - 2022
      IB Diploma, Cum Laude

      Activities and Societies: UNICEF Club (Outreach), French Honor Society (Treasurer), Science Olympiad (Event Coordinator), Cybersecurity Club (General Board), California Scholastic Federation (Highest Honors), Mu Alpha Theta - 4.64/5.00 GPA (14/717)- 35/45 IB- 1540 SAT (750 R/W, 790 Math)- Seal of Multiliteracy

    • UC San Diego

      2022 - 2026
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Ascension Dance Team, Association for Computing Machinery, Division 12 Dance Team, Associated Students

  • Experience

    • UC San Diego

      Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
      Undergraduate Researcher | AIMD

      - Augmented molecular generative models with experimental binding affinity data to improve the accuracy of ligand-receptor binding affinity calculations within molecular property prediction networks- Researched generative modeling architectures and worked on a latent diffusion model to generate protein target-aware small molecule structures for drug discovery processes

    • UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE)

      Aug 2023 - Sept 2023
      SPIS Mentor

      - Facilitated lab hours for to answer inquiries on fundamental Python programming concepts for 50+ incoming first-year students- Guided students developing Machine Learning models as their capstone project as a project mentor and provided assistance with various libraries such as pandas and Scikit-learn

    • UC San Diego Extended Studies

      Sept 2023 - now
      Undergraduate Tutor

      - Tutored high school students in Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python for the Discover UC San Diego Program- Hosted tutor hours weekly for 100+ students in the program to answer inquiries related towards programming assignments

    • UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE)

      Apr 2024 - now
      Undergraduate Tutor

      - Tutored 350+ undergraduate students at UC San Diego for CSE 100R: Advanced Data Structures- Debugged C++ implementations of various data structures via tutor hours

    • Rutgers University

      May 2024 - now
      Undergraduate Researcher
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ryan Ding
      AP Scholar with Distinction College Board Jun 2022 This award is granted to students who perform exceptionally well on AP exams, requiring a 3/5 on at least five exams with an average score of 3.5/5 for all exams taken.
    • Awarded to Ryan Ding
      Regents Scholarship UC San Diego Mar 2022 Issued to ~1-2% of the incoming class, this scholarship is given on the basis of academic excellence to students who have a demonstrated interest in their educational enrichment throughout high school.
    • Awarded to Ryan Ding
      National Merit Finalist National Merit Scholarship Corporation Feb 2022 Awarded to students who achieve a qualifying score on the PSAT, this title is bestowed upon 15,000 students nationwide alongside the potential of financial compensation towards a university.