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Kristy Tsai is a Master's student at Carnegie Mellon University studying Entertainment Technology. She has experience programming in languages like Python, C++, and JavaScript. Her projects include developing a photo editor app and working on a game project with Google Stadia. She has interned at research centers developing deep learning models for speech enhancement and worked on web development. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Hong Kong in Computer Science with a minor in Spanish.

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Kristy Tsai is a Master's student at Carnegie Mellon University studying Entertainment Technology. She has experience programming in languages like Python, C++, and JavaScript. Her projects include developing a photo editor app and working on a game project with Google Stadia. She has interned at research centers developing deep learning models for speech enhancement and worked on web development. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Hong Kong in Computer Science with a minor in Spanish.

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YI-TING (KRISTY) TSAI (+1) 412-759-7016 | [email protected].

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EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) Pittsburgh, PA
Master of Entertainment Technology 09.2018 - 05.2020
The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Engineering Hong Kong
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science 09.2014 - 05.2018
Minor in Spanish

Relevant coursework:
Software Engineering, Database management, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Web Programming, Interactive design
studio, Computer Vision and Graphics, Technical Animation, Data Structures, Advanced pipeline in film and game

SKILLS
Programming: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, SQL, C, C#, Matlab, JQuery, Flask
Software: Unity3D, Autodesk Maya, Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Android Studio, UE4, Perforce, Visual Studio,
Photoshop, Substance Painter, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Houdini, PyQt5, Figma, Shotgun

WORK & INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE


Summer Intern | Academia Sinica Research Center for Information Technology, Taiwan 07.2017 - 08.2017
• Built and trained Deep Neural Network based model of speech enhancement for Cochlear Implant users in TensorFlow
• Test within 20 testers, arranged and recorded result data and further analyzed the data performance statistics
• New model achieving similar hearing test results but has a tenth less computational cost than original model
Front End Engineer Summer Intern | E-Century Information and Technology Co., Taiwan 06.2016 - 07.2016
• Assisted Taiwan National Palace Museum and Taiwan Tourism Bureau Webpage front end coding in JavaScript, HTML/CSS
• Collaborated and communicated with front end designer to work for responsive web design UI and performed UX test

ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Application developer, SnapFun| CMU Spring 2020
• Individual final project SnapFun is a multipurposed photo editor application written in Python using OpenCV library
• Programmed different layover filters and photo edit functions and self-designed algorithms to detect facial emotions in order to
apply filters in real time while accessing the webcam. Designed whole UI and implemented functions
Program manager / Technical artist, Shadow Agent | ETC, CMU Fall 2019
• Semester-long client project with Google Stadia to create a delightful game experience applying reinforcement learning
• Designed and iterated player experience, create VFX and tools scripting in Unity for both technical and art aspects
• Led brainstorming meeting for experience ideation, managed communication of progress within the core team and Google
Stadia, performed user testing and escalated issues as necessary.
Technical Director / Producer, Sirena year-long animation studio | ETC, CMU Spring 2019
• Created a 3-minute animation shorts with a human to mermaid transformation story
• Implement underwater hair simulation in Maya XGen and underwater VFX, rendered and composited final shots with Arnold
and After Effects
• Practiced Agile and daily Scrum meeting, documented process on WordPress and monitored quality of shots in the pipeline
Developer, Final year project | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
• Final year project on a Piano Self-Learning Assistant application in Mixed Reality on Microsoft HoloLens
• Worked on piano keyboard recognition with computer vision and Vuforia target in Unity
• Designed UI of the application and analyze user experience of playtesting

VOLUNTEER & EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE


Student Volunteer | SIGGRAPH 2019 07.2019 - 08.2019
Student Ambassador | Hong Kong University Lap-Chee College, Hong Kong 09.2015 - 06.2018
Executive Director | Taiwanese Student Association in Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 09.2015 - 05.2016

AWARDS
Best Poster Presentation award | MIT Undergraduate research Technology Conference, 2017

PUBLICATION
“Fully convolutional network (FCN) model to extract clear speech signals on non-stationary noises of human
conversations”, First author, MIT IEEE URTC 2017

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