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Liam Walsh

Data Scientist

(225) 953 4077

liamjw2@illinois.edu

http://liamwalsh.me

Education

University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign

BS Statistics & Computer Science

Baton Rouge Magnet High

Skills

  • Python/Java/C/C++/R
  • Source Control: GIT/SVN
  • Data Analysis
  • Linux/Bash
  • Classifiers
  • HTML/CSS
  • Android Development
  • Bilingual (Polish and English)

Experience

WhatsBusy

Data Scientist

  • Developed data models for improving the performance of small businesses
  • Used Django and PostgreSQL to store and query backend Data
  • Created Rest APIs in django to query data on the frontend and then graphed the data using Javascript
  • Researched Google and Facebook automated Marketing strategies
  • Designed a Data driven app for automated advertising

League of Legends Android App

CS 126 Final Project

  • Built a match history interface and imported recent game data through Riot API
  • Designed intuitive guide creation interface
  • Enabled users to store, share, and edit guides with Firebase Realtime Database
  • Integrated Google login services to authenticate user accounts and manage user permissions for guides

Motorcycle Graphs

Summer Project

  • Programmed a tool for expanding or contracting arbitrary polygons (polygon offsetting)
  • Calculated polygon straight skeletons by solving motorcycle graphs

Selected Coursework

  • CS 412: Data Mining
  • CS 374: Algorithms
  • Stat 420: Applied Statistics
  • CS 225: Data Structures
  • Stat 428: Statistical Computing
  • CS 233: Computer Architecture
  • Math 415: Linear Algebra
  • Math 241: Multivariable Calculus

Clubs

Assoc. of Data Science and Analytics

  • Applied Python and scikit-learn to Data Mining and Machine Learning problems

VEX Robotics Team Leader

  • Led a collaborative group, building and programming a robot to perform in the VEX Starstruck competition.

Computer Science Club President

  • Hosted meetings on programming competitions and solving puzzles