James Contini

James Contini

Track and Field Sprinter

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Research Assistant at The CHPL | CS @ UC Santa Cruz

  • Education

    • San Rafael High School

      2017 - 2021
      High School Diploma n/a Graduated

      Activities and Societies: GPA: 4.41 Activities and societies: - Captain of Track and Field - Academy of Engineering & Physics

    • Baskin Engineering at UCSC

      2021 - 2025
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science Junior

      Activities and Societies: - Track and Field - SlugSat, CubeSat Fabrication Club

  • Experience

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

      Sept 2021 - now
      Track and Field Sprinter

      Accomplishments:- Fastest 100m in program history. Achieved at 2024 Hornet Invite (10.83).- Furthest Long Jump in program history. Achieved at 2024 Chico Invitational (22’4).

    • SlugSat

      Mar 2023 - now
      Secretary of SlugSat

      Satellite design and fabrication clubhttps://slugsat.soe.ucsc.edu/Positions:- Secretary: Delegation of duties to members as well as outreach to companies and other organizations.- Software Engineer: Developing software for the OBC of our CubeSat satellite.

    • Baskin Engineering at UCSC

      Jan 2024 - now
      Research Assistant

      I'm optimizing and broadening a prefix scan algorithm in Vulkan API at the Concurrency and Heterogeneous Programming Lab, focusing on efficiency improvements and potential standardization efforts through collaboration with GPU manufacturers.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Seal of Biliteracy

      State of California
      Jul 2021
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to James Contini
      AP Spanish San Rafael High School World Language's Department Jan 2020 "James brings his love of language learning to class every day. It has been a joy to watch his Spanish develop over the last few years and he brings not only humor and enthusiasm but also insight and reflection."