Alana Shine
Research Scientist at Facebook
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlana Shine is a research scientist at Facebook with 12 years of experience bridging academic research and production software engineering. With a PhD in Computer Science from USC and a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Pomona College, she brings deep theoretical grounding alongside hands-on systems work. Her trajectory includes an early software engineering internship at Facebook and tutoring and mentorship roles with All Star Code and Girls Who Code, reflecting a strong commitment to teaching and community building. Alana’s background in mathematical research institutions and repeated summer research roles suggests a penchant for rigorous problem-solving and exploratory projects that inform practical product decisions. Based in Los Angeles, she blends curiosity-driven research with the scale and impact of industry practice, often translating complex ideas into deployable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Pomona College
Github Skills (11)
neural-network10
acceleration10
machine-learning10
tensor10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
gpu-acceleration10
gpu10
python10
numpy10
autograd10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
alanadakotashine/generative_graph_models_global
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
alanadakotashine/spectral_generation
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Contributions:27 pushes in 20 days
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