Benjamin Rodriguez
ALAC Tutor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
City of Troy, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Rodriguez is a mathematics major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with 11 years of experience in tutoring, mentoring, and technical outreach, pursuing a career at the intersection of quantitative finance and machine learning. He has applied transformer networks to approximate underlying wave functions of financial data in undergraduate research, blending rigorous math with modern ML approaches. As an ALAC Tutor and student mentor for an Intro to Quantum Computing course, he bridges complex theoretical concepts to learners while also securing industry connections through leadership in the Rensselaer Quantum Computing Club. His academic record (3.91 GPA) and consistent mentoring roles reflect strong analytical ability and communication skills—valuable for quant roles that require translating research into practical strategies. Based in Troy, NY, he brings a rare combination of classroom teaching experience, hands-on research in financial prediction, and community-building across academia and local industry.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 4.0, High School Diploma, 4.0 at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Senior High SchoolBachelor's degree, Mathematics, 3.91, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, 3.91 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (7)
partial7
python4
endpoint3
scheduling3
golang3
scheduler3
capstone3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
liabenny/DFRS-Paxos
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:27 commits, 1 push in 1 month
liabenny/imana-task
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Yet another task management application.
Contributions:6 PRs, 23 pushes, 7 branches in 14 days
reacttask-managementyet-anothernodejsapplication-management
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