About Me
I'm a first year PhD Student in Computer Science at Boston University LISP lab under professor Peter Chin. My main focus is in Machine Learning, NLP and Compressive Sensing
Personal Information
- Name : Hieu Le
- Email : hle at bu dot edu
- Address : Boston, MA,USA
Experience
I have experiences in Developing Softwares, including designing and implementing server as well as web front-end features. Currently, I am shifting my focus to researching on Machine Learning and Compressive Sensing.
September 2018 - Present
Starting from fall 2018, I joined Boston University as a PhD Student in Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning, Compressive Sensing and NLP
August 2016 - June 2018
I worked at Shopkick Inc. in Redwood City, CA from 2016 to 2018 as a software engineer. I contributed to the designing and implementations of various features of the back end platform as well as the web application of Shopkick.
September 2015 - May 2017
I worked as a research assistant at Dickinson College during my senior year at Dickinson. My focus was on applying Neural Evolution techniques to Ensemble Learning. My senior thesis based on the research was one of a few honors theses of the class at Dickinson.
May 2015 - August 2015
I worked at Yahoo! Inc. during summer 2015 as a software engineering intern. I was a member of the growth team which focuses on driving growth for the yahoo platform. Specifically, I contributed to A/B testing features for Yahoo Daily Fantasy as well as some web features for Yahoo News & Sports.
May 2014 - December 2015
I worked as a web developer for Dickinson College Farm. My team helped transforming the whole paper/physical based farming data to a web based application with MySQL databases. The project was enventually outsourced and adopted by many farms in Pennsylvania.
Education
I graduated with honors from Dickinson College with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Currently, I am attending Boston University pursuing Ph.D in Computer Science.
2018 - Present
Ph.D Candidate in Computer Science with focus on Machine Learning and Compressive Sensing.
2012 - 2016
Graduated with Honors - Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and minors in Mathematics and Economics.
2009 - 2012
High School Diploma from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School. Completed various college level courses such as Single Variable Calculus, Accelerated General Chemistry.
Publication
- Applying Novelty Search to the Construction of Ensemble Systems Dickinson College Honors Theses.