Derrick Cheung
Sr Principal Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Diamond Bar, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerrick Cheung is a senior principal systems engineer with 8 years of experience applying probabilistic thinking to turn raw data into actionable insight for defense and space-domain problems. He blends hands-on algorithm development in target tracking (Kalman filtering, RTS smoothing) with statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and visualization to prototype data-exploitation tools. At Northrop Grumman he has led OPIR and Space Domain Awareness algorithm assessments, and previously built NLP pipelines, probabilistic graphical models, and large-scale data-mining solutions for operational datasets. Derrick’s background in electrical engineering (MS, Syracuse; BS, Michigan Tech) and practical experience tuning tracking and optimization algorithms give him a rare mix of signal-processing rigor and applied machine-learning craft. He often frames problems probabilistically and teaches models to automate decision-making, highlighting a knack for turning theoretical concepts into deployable systems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Michigan Technological UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Syracuse University
Github Skills (74)
geo9
nlp8
shapefile8
julia8
python8
h38
cython8
turkish8
gis8
ide8
language-processing8
named-entity-recognition8
text-mining8
natural-language-processing8
vector8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cchderrick/Shapefile.jl
Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
Parsing .shp files in Julia
Contributions:24 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 10 months
parsingshpjulia
cchderrick/DBFTables.jl
Aug 2018 - Oct 2019
Functions for reading dbf files in Julia
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
dbf-filesdbfjulia
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