Programmer
I’m a
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Designer
Currently an undergraduate student @NYU
Pursuing a double major in Computer Science and Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU, I have set my sights on a future career path towards web development and software engineering. Equipped with extensive experiences in full stack web development and research experience in data science, I consider myself a creative programmer driven to innovate and push boundaries.
With minors in Web Programming & Applications and Business Studies, my interdisciplinary background and the fusion of media and technology has imbued me with a distinctive perspective beyond mere lines of code. This unique blend of skills and knowledge arms me with the tools to not only navigate the digital landscape but to leave a mark on it, crafting new solutions that bridge technology and human experience.
CAITLYN IS A …
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My web development projects implemented both creative designs and advanced features like user database management and privacy protection.
Based off my personal interests in games, I explored browser-based game development, notably VR projects. I co-created City Designer for Interactive Computing in Fall 2022. During Spring 2023 semester, I worked as the technical lead with Department of Museum Studies program for my Independent Study to create an interactive VR replica of an exhibit in the Van Cortlandt House Museum. This VR model was designed to improve accessibility for visitors with disabilities.
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My research journey began under the guidance of Professor Anasse Bari at NYU. I participated in a group project aimed at forecasting movie box office success prior to release for graduate-level class Predictive Analytics in Fall 2022. We constructed an extensive dataset from IMDb and scraped box office figures, applying data preprocessing techniques with Pandas and NumPy, and utilized Principal Component Analysis via the Scikit-learn library. Our experimentation spanned various models, including Random Forest and Gradient Boosting, pinpointing budget and public interest as paramount predictors of box office performance. This research not only honed my analytical skills but also underscored the power of big data in deciphering trends across distinct domains.
In 2023, I contributed to another group project, “Morocco’s Football Triumph in the 2022 FIFA World Cup: A Data-Driven Analysis of Sociocultural Impact Using Big Data Analytics,” which was accepted by the 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI '23). We focused on a data-driven analysis of Morocco's historic performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup; the unique analytical framework we presented assessed the sociocultural impact of Morocco’s success, leveraging a blend of news articles, Reddit posts, and Google Trends.
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As a content creator for @NYU Comm Club between September 2020 and December 2021, my focus lay on exploring the underrepresentation of minorities on screen alongside delving into character analyses.
Works:
Drag to Escape or Drag to Embrace
Between September 2020 and August 2022, I served as an editor and visual designer for @NYULive, where my work was centered on film analyses and enhancing the user's reading experience through thoughtful visual designs.