Kaitlyn Lee is a software developer and MS informatics graduate with nine years of hands-on experience building high-performance computing and scientific software. As a Graduate Research Assistant at Northern Arizona University she optimized post-quantum cryptographic algorithms across multi-core CPUs and many-core GPUs and accelerated raytracing with CUDA and RTX cores, blending cybersecurity and HPC expertise. Previously she contributed to the USGS ISIS3 planetary imaging codebase as a backend developer, improving code quality and application logic in a widely used NASA-related project. Known for clean, standards-driven refactors and pragmatic performance tuning, she thrives on taking research-grade algorithms into production-ready, parallelized implementations. Based in Flagstaff, AZ, she is eager to continue advancing HPC technologies and explore new, cutting-edge techniques.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Informatics, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Informatics, 4.0 at Northern Arizona University
Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers v3. ISIS3 is a digital image processing software package to manipulate imagery collected by current and past NASA and International planetary missions.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:6 releases, 107 reviews, 328 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Kaitlyn's commits focus on modifications to the `getsn.cpp` file, indicating a role in the backend. These commits include removing unreachable code and refactoring the format to match coding standards, showing a focus on code quality. The user also made changes to the logic of the `getsn.cpp` app, improving code clarity and functionality.
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Kaitlyn Lee - Student at Northern Arizona University