Tina Tran

About Me

Aspiring data scientist or data engineer; Completed B.S in Criminology and majority of B.S in Physics coursework; Current UCI Cognitive Science Research Fellow

Location

Tustin, California
San Francisco, California
Education
    University of California-Irvine
    June 2012 - June 2017
    degree
    Bachelor's
    majors
    Criminology
    Physics
    coursework
    Majority of Physics Coursework (potential graduation June 2018)
Work Experience
    UC Irvine Department of Cognitive Sciences
    Research Fellow and Research Assistant,
    December 2015 - present
    company
    UC Irvine Department of Cognitive Sciences
    title
    Research Fellow and Research Assistant,
    overview
    • Co-authoring 2 research papers, 1 on Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) project and 1 on textons research project to be submitted for publication in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences Research Journal • Presented UROP project poster at annual research conference with over 2,000 researchers and guests • Analyzed data sets by generating graphs in Matlab to study influence functions of attention filters for textons and two-dimensional colors • Gathered data sets in Matlab for UROP project and for a research project studying texture components’ “textons”’ relationship to attention filters • Authored 7-page research proposal for UROP fellowship project studying how dimensionality of colors may affect selectivity and discriminability of attention filters
    KUCI News 88.9 FM Radtio Station
    KUCI News Engineering Assistant
    September 2015 - present
    GoWareSafe, Inc
    Intern
    June 2017 - August 2017
    UC Irvine Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Undergraduate Researcher
    August 2014 - February 2015
Passion

art and art history, cognitive science, biophysics, nanotechnology,

Skills
Languages
ChineseEnglish
Leadership
    Camp Kesem at UC Irvine
    Bridging Anteaters Mentorship Program (BAMP)
Hobbies
Acrylic Painting
Mountain Biking