Nathan Watts

Resume

Education

Tufts University, Medford, MA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, School of Engineering, May 2018

Bachelor of Arts in Music, Minor in Music Engineering, May 2018

GPA: 3.79

Dean’s list Fall 2014-Fall 2017, National Honors Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Letter of Commendation

Employment

Ab Initio: Intern, June-August 2016

Designed and implemented algorithms for static analysis of logic graphs to list infinite cycles, inescapable paths, and unreachable vertices

Implemented parsing of arbitrary logic expressions and termination analysis

Authored error reporting, stack tracing, and automated testing routines

Northern Lights Rock and Ice: Facilitator, May - Aug 2014, May - Aug 2015

Led participants in team-building activities on a high ropes course

Courses & Projects

Deep Learning for Computer Vision, (Fall 2016)

Competing in youtube-8M Kaggle competition for video labeling and understanding

Introduction to Machine Learning, (Spring 2016)

Implementing many fundamental algorithms and architectures of machine learning

Algorithms, Fall 2016

Web Development Fall 2016

Worked with a team to develop a competitive social photography app.

Implemented secure sign-in and MongoDB storage of user information and uploaded photographs, as well as handling client-server communications with nodeJS

Machine Structures and Assembly Language, Spring 2016

Designed, implemented, and optimized a universal virtual machine, including emulated registers, caches, and paged memory.

Created a machine code macro assembler for a custom assembly language

Authored several programs in assembly code (AMD64)

Programming Languages, Fall 2015

Wrote in ML a modified µScheme interpreter to add a local variable environment, type checking, type inference, and garbage collection

Game Development, Fall 2015

Worked with a team to create a networked game for a mobile platform

Data Structures and Algorithms, Spring 2015

Personal Projects

Machine Learning, 2015-present See www.machinedaydreams.com

Independent experimentation with neural networks and generative art

Polyhack, Fall 2015

Worked with a team to develop a vacation planning app using 3rd party APIs

Game Development 2013-present

Created several small games for the google and windows app stores

Music Production 2010-present See www.underwhelmingforce.com

Generative art 2010-present See solarian.black

Activities & Leadership

Eagle Scout 2014

Created a system for cataloging and organizing the VYOA music library

Tufts Symphony Orchestra (Bassoon) 2014-present

Torn Ticket II (Ladislav Sipos, She Loves Me!) 2014-2015

Skills

Languages: C, C++, C#, Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Java, ML, Matlab, R

Software: GDB, nodejs, Unity, Photoshop, 3ds Max, Pro Tools, Blender, Cubase