Benjamin Cates
Learning Center Tutor at JJ Consulting Irvine
Anaheim, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Cates is a dedicated computer science student and tutor with eight years of experience mentoring students across STEM subjects and a strong academic record (BS CS at UC Irvine, 3.98 GPA). He blends classroom tutoring—from AP Computer Science Principles to AP Calculus BC—with hands-on research experience building a bird call classification system using machine learning and AWS during a UCSD REU. Comfortable guiding learners at multiple levels, he has also managed volunteer teams and operations in a community café, showing leadership beyond academics. Benjamin pairs rigorous technical training in math and CS (multiple 4.0 AS degrees) with practical teaching chops and a knack for translating complex concepts into accessible lessons. Notably, his experience spans both education-focused roles and applied ML research, positioning him to bridge pedagogy and real-world engineering work.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS, Mathematics, GPA 4.0, Associate of Science - AS, Mathematics, GPA 4.0 at College of the SequoiasUniversity of California, Irvine
Github Skills (63)
parser10
peg10
parsing10
parser-combinators9
recovery9
documentation9
error-recovery9
context-free-grammar9
parser-generator8
bigfloat8
open-source8
simulation8
physics7
physics-engine7
c-extension6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benjamin-cates/XprtCalc
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:292 commits, 73 pushes in 7 months
FNLHub/topographic-sand-map
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:74 commits, 33 pushes, 4 comments in 2 months
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