Alex Crystal
(617) 686-8810 • acrystal@u.rochester.edu
UPDATED on 4/18/2020
BIO
I am a sophomore at the University of Rochester looking to complete my bachelor’s degree in Data Science. I am concentrating in Computer Science and plan on gearing this degree towards machine learning techniques. So far, I have taken coursework with coding in time series forecasting with python, data structures and algorithms with java, and intermediate statistical methods with R. I also have taken mathematics coursework in Linear algebra, differential equations, probability, and mathematical statistics. Lastly, I am taking a class overviewing commonly used techniques in Data Science, including parallelization practices, data manipulation and visualization, basic machine learning algorithms, etc. Outside of class, I am doing research at the Rochester Medical Center’s department of immunology and computational biology. I develop molecular networks with python and execute pathway analysis frameworks to infer boolean rule sets from proteomics and transcriptomics data. After completing my bachelor’s degree, I currently plan to continue my Data Science education in graduate school.
Alex Crystal
(617) 686-8810 • acrystal@u.rochester.edu
Newton MA, 02465
EDUCATION
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Science in Data Science
Anticipated May 2022
- GPA: 3.84 out of 4.00
- Wilder Leadership Scholarship Recipient
- Dean’s List: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019
Coursework:
- Math and Stats: Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Probability, Mathematical Statistics*, Intermediate Statistical Methods*
- Computer Science: Java Graphics, Data Structures, Algorithms
- Data Science: Time Series Forecasting, Bash and Linux*, Parallel Computing*, NoSQL Data Stores*
*taking coursework this semester
EXPERIENCE
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Molecular Network Analysis Research
Feb 2020 – Present
- Graphed molecular interactions
- Cleaned biological network data
- Computed network statistics and analyzed them
- Debugged and ran pathway analysis tests for rule inference
BodesWell, Inc, Newton, MA
Software Engineer Intern
May 2019 – Aug 2019
- Developed tests for API controllers using Mocha in Typescript
- Developed application testing using selenium in Python
- Collaborated with engineering team via GitHub, Slack, and Jira
LPBI Group, Newton, MA
Data Management Intern
May 2019 – Aug 2019
- Cleaned and condensed data using Python and Excel
- Managed repository of biomedical research articles
- Pre-processed data for company’s exit process analytics
Extracurricular Activities
University of Rochester, Club Soccer, Rochester, NY
Vice President, Captain
May 2019 – Present
- Contacted University coordinators to schedule league matches
- Managed team logistics for games, practices, and regional tournament
University of Rochester, Chabad, Rochester, NY
Executive Board Member
Sept 2019 – Present
Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Rochester, NY
Associate Member Class President
Fall 2019
Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Varsity Soccer Captain
Fall 2017
Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Varsity Nordic Skiing Captain
Winter 2017
SKILLS
- Programming and data analysis in Python
- Regression modelling and statistical testing in R
- Experience with data structures and algorithms in Java
- Navigating Git repositories
Additional Information PRIOR to last Update on 4/18/2020
PROPOSAL for Roles @LPBI – Summer 2020
Applied Research Opportunities
Project #1: Application of NLP, ML, AI on the English text of our two volumes on Cancer for the purpose of
Project #2: A Data Science project like the Example, below. We need the data been fetched for all the 16 books from our website Statistics files: Article, # of views
Project #3: Update the Twitter Analytics for our two handles @pharma_BI and @AVIVA1950
Project #4: Standardize Excel files to create ONE master file same style for Royalties Shares by Author
Project #5: A Web-Design using WordPress.com Platform
EDUCATION
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Science in Data Science
Anticipated May 2022
Concentrations in Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics
- GPA: 3.83 out of 4.00
- Dean’s List: Fall 2018, Spring 2019
- Invited to join the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Coursework in Major
- Math: Probability, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics, Computational Statistic, Calculus
- Computer Science: Introduction to Programming (Java), Data Structures and Algorithms (Java)
- Data Science: Time Series Forecasting and Analysis
Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Graduated June 2018
- Finished in the top 10% of class
Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group, Newton, MA
5/2019 – 8/2019
LPBI Group is a start up that developed three health care Intellectual Property (IP) Content Asset Classes:
IP Asset Class I: Corpus of 5,600 Scientific Articles in the Open Access Journal @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com
IP Asset Class II: Corpus of 16 Volumes in LPBI Group’s BioMed e-Series
IP Asset Class III: Corpus of +60 Conference eProceedings
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/press-coverage/
Tasks:
- Worked with other members of the Team on the design of a Financial Valuation Model for the Journal com 5,600 articles in health care, pharmaceutical, life sciences, medicine and medical devices
- Helped design an Article Scoring System (ASS) as an Information System (IS) data base (DB)
- Populated the DB with multiple parameters for the articles classified into two Groups. Parameters included:
- # curated articles by # of words per article, # e-Readers per article, article title, articleID, article (URL) by Author(s) Name
- # reported articles by # of words per article, # e-Readers per article, article title, articleID, article (URL) by Author(s) Name
- Worked on a Financial Valuation Model for LPBI Group’s BioMed e-Series: compute Score across all article in each book done across 16 volumes
- Generated # Views per each article in each Volume of the 16 volume BioMed e-Series as a Volume Visibility Score
- Developed inputs for the measurement of the economic value of each e-Proceedings in the Corpus of 60 events including the following parameters:
- The number of words in each proceedings
- The Twitter Analytics of the event
- The score generated for one event will be computed by data of all 60 events and
- Aggregation across all 60 events
Skills
- Familiarity with Java and Python
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point
Projects
Urban Plan Project: Academic simulation of request for proposal to redesign a city square.
- Collaborated in teams of five
- Created a 3-D blueprint for a city square
- Simulated costs and profits to meet proposal standards
- Competed against four other teams
- Presented project to urban planning professionals and won proposal
Leadership Experience
University of Rochester
- Vice President of Club Soccer Spring 2019-Spring 2020
- Contacted university coordinators to schedule league matches
- Organized practice and field times for team
- Wilder Leadership Scholarship: Recognizes students who demonstrate academic excellence (rigor, grades) and extracurricular achievement
Newton North High School
- Seven-time Varsity letter recipient
- Captain of Varsity Soccer team
- Captain of Varsity Ski team
- Selected by school staff to take part in the leadership course
JCC Grossman Camp Counselor, Westwood, MA
- Junior Counselor June-August 2015, ‘16, ‘17
- Senior Counselor June-August 2018, June-July 2019
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