Rebecca Li

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About Me

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I am an innovative thinker and practical-minded software engineer who bridges the gap between business ideas and the technical reality. Throughout my time studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, I gained a strong understanding of the theory and implementation of various CS and AI concepts. Outside of class, I worked with a team in human-computer interaction to build applications to combat bias in AI, where I learned to always put the users first even while we tackled various technical challenges. I had experiences with full-stack development, testing, system design but am always learning and exploring other areas of software development.

More than just my CS degree, I'm also pursuing a minor in business administration and tutoring students in math and computer science. I'm passionate about bringing more diversity into the tech space through my involvement with DEI initiatives with Women@SCS and SCS4All. While I appreciate my upbringing in Southern California, I don't like to settle into my comfort zone but enjoy living in and traveling to other areas of the world to practice and see a different side of nature and culture.

Sep 2023 - Present

Ouroboros: combating AI Bias

  • Built Ouroboros, a technology that uses AI to assist in auditing biases in Generative AI.
  • Spearheaded the adoption of open source computer vision technologies and Google Vision API.
  • Led the backend system design and implementation of the AI models onto AWS cloud computing services (EC2, Lambdas, API, S3, DynamoDB).
Jan 2023 - May 2023

Teaching and Evaluating Cybersecurity
Teamwork Using Games

I worked with Elaine Fath and Dr. Jessica Hammer on the project of "Teaching and Evaluating Cybersecurity Teamwork Using Games" My participation was funded by the CMU HURARY Fellowship research grant.

  • Synthesized information from different sources to inform game designs decisions.
  • Met with experts in cybersecurity teamwork research as well as cybersecurity specialist to co-design the game.
  • Reviewed and summarized on past literature on best practices for teamwork in cybersecurity.
  • Presented poster on research progress at Meeting of the Minds research symposium.

Sudoku Solver

  • Developed a frontend interface utilizing the MVC framework.
  • Implemented a sudoku solver using backtracking and pruning.
  • Key Technologies: Python, OOP, MVC framework.