Chua Ka Yi Ong

Github: http://github.com/kychua

Education

BComp. Computer Science (Honours) & B.S. Applied Mathematics (Honours) Double Degree Programme
National University of Singapore
Aug 2013 - Present

Expected date of graduation: Jul 2018
CS focus area: Algorithms & Theory

GCE A levels
National Junior College
2011 - 2012

8 distinctions
H2 Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics
H3 Mathematics

Experience

Software Engineering Intern
Altitude Labs, Hong Kong
Jun - Jul 2016 (2 months)

Altitude Labs is an agile software development firm in Hong Kong, Singapore and San Francisco. Their internal product, Metisa, is a marketing app that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate insights and improve marketing strategies e.g. in email marketing campaigns.

Worked on backend (Python, Django) for Metisa, e.g. implementing support for A/B testing and writing unit and integration tests

Tutor
School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Aug - Nov 2016

Tutor for CS2103T Software Engineering: facilitated group discussions about software engineering concepts and reviewed students’ code submissions

OSS Projects

se-edu (committer)

Improved Java desktop applications which are used as sample code bases for students in CS2103T Software Engineering module
Contributions: link

Projects

NUSXchange
nusxchange.appspot.com, a webapp that allows students to read and post reviews of NUS’ Student Exchange Programme partner universities, completed as part of NUS School of Computing’s Orbital programme, a self-driven course for Year 1 students held in summer. The webapp was developed using Google App Engine and Python with partner Yap Ying Ying.

OraCle
A desktop application that allows users to track tasks, events and deadlines, developed as part of CS2103T Software Engineering coursework.

In charge of parser component, which parses user input. Implemented flexi-command feature, supporting flexible and intuitive input formats e.g. “add Email John tmr about project”, with command aliases and flexible ordering of fields
Estimated contribution: 3kLoC (Java), project code

Interest Area: Documentation

Contributions to se-edu

Investigated suitable documentation toolchains for se-edu’s addressbook-level4 repo: merged PR
Create deploy script for publishing AsciiDoc files to GitHub Pages: PR
Contributed to developer guide for se-edu’s addressbook-level4 repo: merged PR

Learning resources

Gave talks on documentation:
Contributed article on documentation to se-edu’s learningresources: PR
Contributed to SymPy’s documentation:
- Fix typos
- Add details to guide
- Restructured “Development workflow” guide to improve readability and flow

Interest Area: Data Science

Completed machine learning and data mining modules
- CS3244 Machine Learning
- MA4270 Data Modeling and Computation
- ST4240 Data Mining

Skills

Languages: Java, Python, R