Daniel P. Ackermans

249 Eton Place Westfield, NJ 07090

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Objective: Gain full-time employment where I can apply the knowledge I have gained throughout my education and obtain additional valuable experience/skills in one or more of my mjaor fields of Computer Science, Music, or Cognitive Science.

Programming Languages:

Projects:

Yet Another Course Scheduler (YACS), Troy, NY  December 2016 - Present
Full-Stack Developer (https://github.com/YACS-RCOS/yacs.n/)

  • Full system rewrite with the Vue.js stack and a Python-based REST API
  • Development of Python based HTML parser of school course data into CSV
  • Ongoing project developer and contributor

Work Experience:

New Jersey Workshop for the Arts, Westfield, NJ   Summer 2018

Technology Intern

  • Wrote new, integrated inventory database
  • Instrument inventory inspection, update, and repair
  • Taught basic music theory to middle school age students

Amazon.com, Carteret, NJ   Summer 2020

Sort Center Assosiate

  • Inbound processing of packages to conveyor belt and non-conforming
  • Sorting and scanning of packages into labeled pallets

RPI Student Living & Learning, Troy, NY

Resident Assistant  August 2018 – May 2020

  • Oversaw between 40-50 freshman residents each semester

Lead Resident Assistant  August 2020 – May 2021

  • Fall: Oversaw 15-20 residents of my own along with a team of 5 RAs. Total of ~100 residents in the building
  • Spring: Oversaw 40-50 residents of my own along with 2 RAs. Total of ~180 residents in the building

RPI Office of Health Promotion, Troy, NY   August 2019-May 2021

Bystander Intervention Peer Educator

  • Co-lead bystander intervention trainings for campus student leadership groups
  • Received comprehensive training in Mental health first aid, Title IX, and Alchohol & Other drugs

RPI Office of Student Services for Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (HASS), Troy, NY   September 2016-May 2019

Work Study

  • Digitize files of recently graduated students.
  • Verify and correct current HASS schedules with those of recent semesters.

Relevant Coursework:

Priciples of Software

  • A study of software design and documentation with a goal of learning how to write correct and maintainable software

Programming Languages

  • A study of the important concepts of current programming languages.
  • Topics include language processing, the role of abstraction, programming paradigms, and formal language definition.

Operating Systems

  • Discussion of various aspects of computer operating system design and implementation
  • Includes I/O programming, concurrent processes, synchonization, scheduling, and inter-proccess communication.

Large Scale Programming

  • A course with a focus on software development techniques for large-scale software projects and maintenance.
  • Term long course project involving the study, development, and production of a working search engine

Parallel Programming

  • The study of basic parallel algorithms including elementary computation, matrix multiplication & sorting
  • Paradigms of parallel programming and corresponding extensions to sequential programming languages

Programming for Cognitive Science & AI:

  • Aquire the basics of statistical and machine learning and proficiency in probabalkistic and statistical prorgramming
  • Domonstrate the ability to preproccess and visualize data for modeling, generate regression and clasification models

Education:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Music; GPA: 3.61/4.0   May 2020
Masters of Science in Cognitive Science; GPA: 4.0/4.0   May 2021