Olivia Wang

Experience

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  Tour de Fours

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Music Librarian, Musician

  Tour de Fours is a group of musicians that performs at events around the Seattle Area. I organized and distributed sheet music to musicians for these events.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2022

  Private Music Instructor

  I taught beginning piano and violin lessons for 3-4 hours per week. I assisted students in school music classes with class content and explored solo repertoire with all students.

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  Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2022

  Student Board; Facilitator; Committee Member

  The Foundation for International Understanding Through Students is a nonprofit focused on promoting international understanding and community. As co-chair of the 2022 CulturalFest Expo Committee, I planned and promoted the annual CulturalFest event and reached out to other student organizations for collaboration. I also facilitated community-building events every month through leading activities and encouraging discussions, as well as led Orientation Committee in summer 2021, arranging events to welcome international students onto campus. Show less

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  Arts Diversity Council at University of Washington

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  Vice President, Event Coordinator

  The Arts Diversity Council is a student organization that advocates for students pursuing the arts at the University of Washington. I helped coordinate events such as artist talks, general meetings, and workshops while continuing to advocate for diversity. I also hosted weekly officer meetings and organized documents and meeting agendas.

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  Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (UWROV)

  Oct 2020 - now

  CEO; Software Lead

  Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles is a student organization that designs and builds underwater robotic vehicles. In 2022-2023, I became CEO of the team. As CEO, I manage a team of 40 students, leading all-hands meetings and leadership meetings while overseeing vital logistics. I've also helped to pioneer new software system architecture designs to simplify existing system and improve reliability. I also co-authored technical documentation which placed 1st in Documentation at 2023 MATE ROV World Championships.In 2021-2022, I led the Raspberry Pi sub-team of 6 members to build key software components for the robot. This included streaming multi-camera data from Raspberry Pi to IPs and through ROS image topic, developing and reviewing motor driver code, and testing the movement system end-to-end. UWROV competed and placed 2nd at 2022 MATE ROV World Championships in EXPLORER class.In 2020-2021, I participated in Raspberry Pi sub-team to develop the camera system and research relevant sensors. UWROV competed and placed 6th at the 2021 MATE ROV World Championship in the EXPLORER class. Show less

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  UW School of Music Student Advisory Council

  May 2021 - now

  President

  The School of Music Student Advisory Council works with faculty and administration to advocate for the needs of the student body while promoting an inclusive environment. I arranged meetings with students and faculty to understand and support the needs of students. I elevated student concerns and requests to administration to create actionable change. I also served as student representative on faculty DEIA committee, amplifying students’ perspectives.

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  Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

  Jun 2021 - now

  As a teaching assistant, I have supported multiple computing courses:Spring 2024 - Prototyping Interactive Systems with AI (Physical Computing and Human-Computer Interaction leveraging AI)Spring 2023 - The Hardware/Software Interface (C, Assembly, Memory Management)Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 - Introductory Programming (Java)I have led TA sections, held office hours, and graded homework and exams. For the Introductory Programming course in Java, I also audited newly developed course materials for accessibility considerations. Show less I am an accessibility researcher focused on creating accessible technologies for the blind and low-vision community. In the VoxLens project, I helped build tools to improve the accessibility of online data visualizations for screen-reader users, testing their functionality, usability, and usefulness. In particular, I contributed to the design of a sonification feature for the data visualizations. I conducted contextual interviews as well as user studies with screen-reader users. I also co-authored two papers which were accepted to conferences.For my undergraduate honors thesis, I am investigating how auditory elements of games impact players’ experiences and decision-making. In this project, users play a maze video game in which the music implicitly indicates which paths lead to the exit. To create this maze, I reviewed music theory and ludomusicology literature to inform design of game’s musical elements. I implemented the game utilizing Godot game engine and selected its in-game music. I designed and conducted user studies to explore the impacts of the auditory elements. I also presented conceptual poster at University of Washington 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium, and plan to give an oral presentation at the University of Washington 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium.In the Makeability Lab, I collaborate with four other researchers to leverage augmented reality technology to make sports more accessible to people with low vision. I have extracted and labeled frames from a video dataset to prepare training data for our computer vision model. I assisted with running pilot studies with our prototype and creating a demo video. Show less

  • Research Peer Adviser

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Jun 2021 - now
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  LiveWell at the University of Washington

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  Peer Health Educator

  I gave presentations on wellness topics to various student groups at the university. I provided information and support, and moderated discussions of physical wellbeing, addiction, and mental health.

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  SEDS at UW SEATTLE

  Nov 2021 - now

  Member

  SEDS, or Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is an organization that supports students in pursuing aerospace-related engineering projects. As a member of the Composite Rocket team, I lead our rocket's avionics system development, integrating multiple sensors with Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards to build a system for dual deployment and data collection. I also achieved Level 2 High Power Rocketry Certification, and lead our certification mentorship program to help students achieve Level 1 and 2 High Power Rocketry Certification. Show less

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  Workday

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  Quality Assurance Engineer Intern

  As a QA Engineer Intern, I designed over 150 test cases and executed over 300 manual tests for feature enhancements across multiple product areas. This included web service testing. I incorporated customer feedback into test case writing, adding 40 tests to existing features’ test suites. I participated in agile development sprint cycles and scrum ceremonies alongside full-time engineers. I also led a hackathon team of 3 developers and 2 QA to develop a prototype for a new UI feature, which is now being considered for deployment to customers. Show less

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  F5

  Jun 2023 - Sept 2023

  Software Engineer Intern

  As a software engineer intern, I designed and prototyped an OpenTelemetry metrics collection and visualization process, enabling more effective pipeline analysis. I collaborated with my team on an upcoming software product, helping to resolve critical bugs. I gained proficiency with Kubernetes control plane, Docker, REST API, and Grafana. I also authored documentation for development environment setup, streamlining the process for new employees.