Alex Feng

Alex Feng

Machine Learning Researcher

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineering Intern @ Capital One | ML & HCI @ Northwestern

  • Education

    • Palo Alto High School

      2016 - 2020
      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: Verde Magazine (Editor-in-Chief), TSA TEAMS Engineering Club (President), Varsity Badminton National Scholastic Press Association: Story of the Year Finalist, Design of the Year Finalist (2019)Columbia Scholastic Press Association: Gold Crown Winner (2019)

    • Northwestern University

      2020 - 2024
      Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Science (MS) Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Badminton Club (President), One Book One Reading Program Northwestern (Fellow), Asian Pacific American Coalition (Treasurer), Northwestern IEEE (Technical Program Participant) Badminton Club (President):• Grew team into one of Northwestern’s largest clubs from 30 to >140 undergrads, graduate students, and staff• Established a new 10-person competitive team, and created a training and funding system that supported 5 intercollegiate tournaments (2 first-place results)One Book One Reading Program Northwestern (Fellow):• Funded by Northwestern’s president to write and edit 18 blog posts about campus events for an audience of 8,000 • Maintained… Show more Badminton Club (President):• Grew team into one of Northwestern’s largest clubs from 30 to >140 undergrads, graduate students, and staff• Established a new 10-person competitive team, and created a training and funding system that supported 5 intercollegiate tournaments (2 first-place results)One Book One Reading Program Northwestern (Fellow):• Funded by Northwestern’s president to write and edit 18 blog posts about campus events for an audience of 8,000 • Maintained university website accessed by 21,000 users, coded event livestream feeds, and performed SEONorthwestern Asian Pacific American Coalition (Treasurer):• Supported AAPI social justice issues by raising $10,000 through grants and fundraisers Show less

  • Experience

    • Northwestern Security and AI Lab

      Mar 2022 - now
      Machine Learning Researcher

      Developing ML forecast models and feature engineering techniques to predict cyber vulnerabilities using social media dataBuilding deepfake video technology for counterterrorism

    • Northwestern Delta Lab

      Sept 2022 - Jun 2023
      Human Computer Interaction Researcher

      Researched supports for human-AI collaboration on brainstorming tasks, and created automated scaffolds for coaching planning skills in sociotechnical workplacesWon Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2022 conferenceWon Northwestern Undergraduate Research Grant

    • Zebra Technologies

      Jun 2023 - Sept 2023
      Software Engineering Intern

      Built database migration tool for MongoDB, deploying to production database clusters serving >10 million customers

    • Capital One

      Jun 2024 - now
      Software Engineer Intern

      Building customer-facing payment interfaces and streaming infrastructure for Auto Finance divison using AngularJS, Kafka, and Java

  • Licenses & Certifications