Lake Y
Research Assistant at Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolLake Y is a research-focused software engineer and PhD student in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington with a decade of hands-on experience building and evaluating ML-driven systems for social media analysis. Currently a Research Assistant at IU Luddy, they bring prior research internships at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and practical industry experience modernizing backend services and cloud deployments at Liberty Mutual. Their work spans experimental ML methods, performance evaluation of serverless architectures, and applied data engineering—skills sharpened through multi-institutional research projects since undergraduate studies at Rensselaer (BS CS, 3.71). Known for combining rigorous academic inquiry with pragmatic engineering, Lake often bridges prototype research and measurable production considerations like cost and latency optimizations.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.71, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.71 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (39)
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simulation10
sandbox10
javascript10
dedicated10
discord-js10
discord10
typescript10
user-interface10
location10
chat10
piracy10
discord-bot10
declarative10
opentdb10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LakeYS/Dishorde
May 2017 - Jan 2023
A Discord bridge bot for 7 Days to Die. Dishorde integrates a dedicated server with Discord, allowing players to access the game's chat from any device or location. Powered by discord.js.
Contributions:20 releases, 355 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 8 months
players7dtddiscordbotdiscord-bot
LakeYS/awesome-computercraft
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
A curated list of resources and scripts for the ComputerCraft mod for Minecraft.
Contributions:1 PR, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
minecraftdubmodworld-of-warcraftminecraft-mod
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