jakejack13 / pokejay

A Discord bot that allows users of a Discord server to play Pokemon, built with PyBoy and discord.py. An extension of the JayJay Project

Hi, I'm Jacob

About Me

• I'm a Master of Engineering candidate studying Computer Science at Cornell University with a specialization in cloud computing, distributed systems, and software engineering
• I previously graduated from Cornell University's College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a minor in Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE)
• I'm an incoming software engineer at Addepar, working on server-side improvements for the End Client Experience (ECX) team
• I'm a backend engineer with fullstack capabilities
• I'm interested in the intersection of software engineering with cloud computing and distributed computing
• I'm interested in all aspects of software engineering, including design, implementation, testing, and deployment

I'm currently learning

• Good software engineering practices
• How to be a good technical lead

I'm currently working on

• SPEED: Scalable Platform for Efficient Execution of Distributed Testing, a distributed platform for running unit and integration tests efficiently, created for my Master of Engineering capstone project

Ask me about

• Distributed systems and cloud computing
• Microservice architecture
• How to make scalable backend systems
• Software engineering

I've worked on

projects for organizations

• Addepar: added client-requested features in fullstack capacity to Addepar web platform and services
• Lockheed Martin: see my LinkedIn or my resume for more information
• TheTake: proprietary search algorithm analysis and integration tests for TheTake
• DimensionalReduction: porting and analysis of various dimensional reduction algorithms in MATLAB, developed for Sjulson Lab
• buzcode: Contributions to the neuronal data processign MATLAB package from the Buzsaki Lab

projects for classes

• SPEED: Scalable Platform for Efficient Execution of Distributed Testing, a distributed test execution system with dynamic sharding, my Master of Engineering capstone project (advised by Prof. Legunsen)
• Cornell Meetup: location-based social networking and messaging platform for college students to coordinate events and meetings with friends (featured at Cornell BOOM 2023)
• DBMS: SQL-based database management system implemented from scratch in Java, created for CS 4321 (private repository, available upon request)
• egos: operating system that runs in userspace on a host OS, created for CS 4411 (private repository, available upon request)
• uno: Command line based uno in OCaml, created for CS 3110
• critterworld: animal simulation with programmable animal behavior, created for CS 2112 (private repository, available upon request)

personal projects

• sos: A minimalistic operating system designed to run on a Raspberry Pi 4
• gachapy: gacha engine for developing gacha games in Python
• JayJay: Discord bot built with discord.py, the original iteration of the JayJay Project
• JayJayAlerts: Twitch alerts and animations service, created for and by https://twitch.tv/JakeJack
• jip: simple compression with Huffman encoding

I've worked with

organizations

• Addepar: fintech company specializing in wealth management platforms
• Lockheed Martin: aerospace and defense contractor
• TheTake: AI concentrated startup specializing in bringing shopping experiences to home entertainment
• Brain Computation Lab: computational neuroscience lab at Cornell University
• Sjulson Lab: neuroscience lab at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine

people

• Mitchell Gray: systems-focused backend engineer (and roommate) with fullstack capabilities, worked on various projects, both school and personal
• Owen Ralbovsky: blockchain-focused backend engineer, worked on various school projects
• Warren Yun: fullstack engineer, helped with later iterations of the JayJay Project
• Farhan Naqib: fullstack engineer and physicist, worked on and managed sos project

My Skills

• Proficient languages: Java, Python, C, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, Bash, SQL
• Familiar languages: HTML, CSS, R, C#, Lua, Verilog, Rust, OCaml, MATLAB
• Tools: Git, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Unix/Linux, CI/CD, CLI, Agile

My Classes

MEng in Computer Science

• CS 5154: Software Testing
• CS 5220: Parallel and High Performance Computing
• CS 5412: Cloud Computing
• CS 5414: Principles of Distributed Computing
• CS 5999: MEng Project
• CS 6850: The Structure of Information Networks
• CS 7490: Systems Research Seminar
• ORIE 5270: Big Data Technologies
• ORIE 5330: Discrete Models

BS in Computer Science (Undergraduate Major)

• CS 2043: Unix Tools and Scripting
• CS 2112: Honors Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures (I TA CS 2110!)
• CS 2800: Discrete Structures
• CS 3110: Data Structures and Functional Programming
• CS 3410: Computer Systems Programming
• CS 4320: Databases
• CS 4321: Databases Practicum
• CS 4410: Operating Systems
• CS 4411: Operating Systems Practicum
• CS 4414: Systems Programming
• CS 4700: Artificial Intelligence
• CS 4820: Introduction to Algorithms

Undergraduate Minor in Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE)

• ENGRI 1101: Introduction to Operations Research
• ENGRD 2700: Engineering Statistics I
• ORIE 3120: Tools for Machine Learning, Data Science, and Operations Research
• ORIE 3300: Optimization I
• ORIE 3310: Optimization II
• ORIE 4120: Inventory, Operations, and Supply Chain Management
• ORIE 4160: Data Science

Others

• ECE 2300: Digital Logic
• MATH 1920: Multivariable Calculus
• MATH 2930: Linear Algebra
• MATH 2940: Differential Equations

How to reach me

• Professional inquries: jck268 at cornell dot edu
• LinkedIn
• Please reach out to me on LinkedIn or by email first if you'd like to schedule a meeting with me.
• I cannot guarantee that I will see your message if sent to me on other platforms