Oscar Mejia Rodriguez
Union, NJ ● [email protected] ● LinkedIn ● (XXX) XXX-XXXX
CAREER GOAL
I am eager to apply my passion and technical skills in a challenging internship that allows me to contribute to projects and gain practical experience.
EDUCATION
Kean University | Union, NJ |
Expected: May 2026 |
B.S. Computer Science | GPA: 3.987 |
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AWARDS AND EXTRACURRICULARS
Dean's List (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024) |
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Undergraduate Researcher, Freshman Research Initiative (FRI), Kean University · Awarded a scholarship for research conducted during the summer. |
Summer 2023 |
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Scholar, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, NSF · Awarded a scholarship for research involving Natural Language Processing. |
Summer 2023 |
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Student Scholar, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), NSF IUSE · Awarded a scholarship for research involving Natural Language Processing. |
Summer 2023 |
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GMiS Travel Scholarship · Awarded a scholarship to travel to Pasadena, California for the GMiS conference. |
Fall 2023 |
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Association for Computing Machinery |
Fall 2022 - Present |
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SKILLS
Programming Languages: Java, Python, Assembly, Bash
Soft Skills: Time Management, Adaptability, Critical Thinking
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Java Programming I ● Java Programming II ● Computer Systems ● Discrete Structures ● Python Programming
● Discover AI ● Calculus I ● Data Structures ● Computer Organization and Architecture
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Student Scholar, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), NSF IUSE · Collaborated with a professor to evaluate and condense reviews in the Yelp dataset. · Utilized Python, NLTK, and other libraries to perform NLP tasks. · Employed sentiment analysis libraries (Textblob, Vader) to assign polarity scores to relevant terms in reviews. · Generated word clouds to visualize results. |
Summer 2023 |
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Undergraduate Researcher, Freshman Research Initiative (FRI), Kean University |
Summer 2023 |
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Scholar, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, NSF |
Summer 2023 |
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RESEARCH POSTER/CONFERENCES
O. Mejia and D. Kwak, �Leveraging NLP Techniques to Summarize E-Commerce Reviews,� in
35th Annual GMiS Conference, Pasadena, CA, October 11-14, 2023.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
· LinkedIn Learning Python programming certificate
· Clubs: eSports
· Languages: English, Spanish