Emily Sillars
PHD Student at Universidad de Murcia
Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEmily Sillars is a PhD student and compiler researcher with eight years of experience bridging programming languages, compilers, and education. Trained at Columbia (MS) and NYU (BS, Magna Cum Laude), she has contributed Haskell compiler passes and codegen features to the SSLANG research compiler and supervised multiple student projects while serving as a teaching assistant for advanced PL and parallel functional programming courses. Her background in cartooning and game design gives her a creative problem-solving lens that she applies to compiler implementation and pedagogy. Emily pairs hands-on systems work (Racket, C++, C#, Unity) from industry internships with a passion for making CS accessible to learners from marginalized groups. She is currently pursuing PhD research at Universidad de Murcia focused on programming languages and compilers, while continuing to mentor and design learning experiences that lower barriers to entry.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at New York UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, GPA: 3.737, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, GPA: 3.737 at Columbia University in the City of New YorkOne Year Certificate in Cartooning, One Year Certificate in Cartooning at The Center for Cartoon StudiesHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Williston Northampton School
Github Skills (9)
sparse8
crossword8
gleam7
synchronous7
machine-learning4
programming-language4
deep-learning4
architecture4
hardware-acceleration3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
EmilySillars/emilysillars.github.io
May 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:79 pushes in 6 years 10 months
EmilySillars/Quidditch-zigzag
May 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:93 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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