Graduate Research Assistant | M.S. Computer Science (AI)
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Graduate Research Assistant and recent B.S. in Computer Science (GPA 3.75) with hands-on experience in data analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven software tools. Currently building an LLM-powered code summarization system that integrates program structure into Transformer models to improve program comprehension and software maintenance. Strong interest in translating research ideas into practical, reproducible developer tools.
Department of Computer Science, College of IS&T
Aug 2024 – Present
- Developing an LLM-based application for automatic source code summarization
- Integrating program structure into Transformer self-attention using ASTs, data-flow graphs, and control-flow graphs
- Implementing the full research pipeline: dataset curation, structure extraction, feature encoding, model training, and evaluation
- Benchmarking against CodeT5 and UniXcoder baselines and conducting ablation studies
- Evaluating generation quality using BLEU, ROUGE-L, METEOR, and CodeBLEU
- Running reproducible experiments with PyTorch, Hugging Face, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git
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ButterflyNET
Transfer learning with EfficientNetB1 for butterfly and moth species classification -
International Women Club Calendar (Web Application)
AWS-based web application using MySQL and Apache Tomcat; team collaboration via GitHub -
Bookstore Management System (Java)
Object-oriented design for inventory and order management using JDBC -
Oracle SQL & Database Design
Schema modeling and advanced SQL queries for reporting
- 1st Place, UNO & FNBO Datathon (2022)
- 3rd Place, Machine Learning Competition (MATH/STAT 4450/8456)
- Dakota State University Data Analytics Competition (2023)
- Dean’s List (5 semesters)
- Member, FBLA Collegiate
- Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL
- Machine Learning & Data: PyTorch, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook, Hugging Face
- Program Analysis: tree-sitter, ASTs, data-flow and control-flow graphs
- Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, Servlet, Apache Tomcat
- Databases: Oracle, MySQL
- Tools: Git, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, VS Code
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Master of Science in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
Summer 2024 – May 2026 (in progress)
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Winter 2021 - May 2024
Email: dreamxia329@gmail.com GitHub: https://github.com/dreamxia329 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dream-xia/
