Vaughn McGill-Adami

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Personal Information

First Name Vaughn
Last Name McGill-Adami
Gender Male
City Las Vegas
State Nevada
Zip Code 89104

Academics

Level College
Graduation Year 2023
Course(s) Algebra I, Algebra II, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English, Fine Arts, Geography, Geometry, Japanese, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Science, Statistics, Trigonometry, U.S. Government, U.S. History
Education History Summer 2016: Flying Orchestra Drone Project at the UNLV DEX (Digital Experience) Lab in The Entertainment Engineering and Design Center under Dr. Si Jung Kim
Wrote a program that used QR-Codes to direct drone flight in Python using the Parrot AR Drone.

Summer 2017: 3D printed inMoov Robot Project at the UNLV DEX (Digital Experience) Lab in The Entertainment Engineering and Design Center under Dr. Si Jung Kim
Wrote a program in Python that identified faces in the video feeds from the cameras and highlighted their location in the video.

3D printed parts of the robot and assembled them, then installed cameras and servos, and wired them into the robot’s brain.

Fall 2018 - Spring 2019: Media Manager for FIRST Robotics Club
Currently redesigning our website and logo to have a more professional look.
Cold-called potential local sponsors.
Transitioned our programming team over to github to increase organizational efficiency.
Awards Fall 2016: 3rd Place Clark Model United Nations Tournament
Additional Info Spring 2018: Wrote a research paper for AP Seminar titled “Changing Algorithmic Perspective: How can we remove bias from word embeddings?” The paper examines how to fix sexist bias in machine learning algorithms that analyze text based data.
(Reference: Google Drive document found here: https://bit.ly/2LxEVuh)

Spring - Summer 2017: Wrote an Artificial Neural Network Library in C++, which uses simulations of neurons to read handwriting
(Reference: Github BigFatPandaCat/NeuralNetworksCpp, https://bit.ly/2LvV17z)

Summer 2016: Created an Evolution Simulator that copies programs and mutates them like they are organisms, then the ones that run are copied again to the next generation

(Reference: Github BigFatPandaCat/evolution-simulator, https://bit.ly/2SdmdL2)

Arts

Music Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Piano, Songwriter
Visual Arts Drawing, Illustration, Painting, Photography

Athletics

Sport(s) Track/Field
Height 6-1
Weight 150

Professional

Professional Interests Banking, Capital Markets, Computers, Engineering, Financial, Government, Information Technology, Internet, Investment Management, Journalism, Research, Science, Travel/Tourism
Employment History Fall 2016: Wrote stock trading algorithms on the trading platform Quantopian
(Reference: Quantopian Vaughn McGill-Adami, https://bit.ly/2AdMpxT)
Additional Info Skills:
Python (Fluent)
C++ (Fluent)
Bash (Intermediate)

Java (Intermediate)

Amazon AWS Cloud Server Management Software (Intermediate)
Google Cloud Server Management Software (Intermediate)

Community Service

History Fall 2015: Project Daybreak
Child led Mural project in Downtown Las Vegas. Designed as a recreation program for at risk youth.

Spring 2016 and Spring 2017: Line of Hope Across America, St. Baldricks (2016 and 2017)
Participated in a fundraiser for Cancer Research.