A Chicagoland based hipster wishing to live a life of software engineering.
My name is Edgar Cuevas. I am a proud Mexican-American software engineer and data scientist hoping to change the world one line of code at a time. Aside from programming, I love to read philosophy research papers and books on topics of morality, ethics, and metaphysics. In my free time, you can catch me hiking with my dog Scooby, while capturing some great nature shots using my Canon M50. I love working directly with non-profits (via volunteering and/or fundraising) to help social issues that are important to me. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in discussing programming and/or philosophy.
Summer 2020
• Worked Directly with CEO to develop an advanced predictive algorithm to match users to the best city
meeting their preferences
• Assessed potential business impact of potential features under consideration
Spring 2020
• Using Java and MATLAB to be able to create a QSAR model prediction application to evaluate assessment of physicochemical properties, toxicological endpoints, and environmental fate of SMILES structures.
Fall 2019
• Developing rapid model creation in Python using Pandas, Numpy, SciKit-Learn for data visualization of
molecule structure information
• Utilizing web scraping techniques to extract and organize data collected from vendors
• Participating in monthly meetings with Data Science and Predictive Safety Center research scientists, provided
information on the progress of project.
Summer 2019
• Collaborated closely with the Data Science group to develop a Python script for the automated creation of a
Natural Products database
• Collected, studied, and interpreted large datasets; conducted reports; performed accurate, successful data
management.
Fall 2018 - Summer 2019
• Collaborate closely with the primary investigator, Dr. Keiko Ishikawa, to implement CS, and ECE topics for
interdisciplinary research useful for speech-language pathologists and engineers
• Developed a Crowdsourcing application (Flask-based) for usage in Audio Quality Evaluation to provide a fast, and
affordable tool for any audio assessments through AWS Mechanical Turk
• Worked on research that required the development of an ideal binary mask algorithm using SciPy libraries to
evaluate the effectiveness of signal processing techniques on patients with voice disorders using SAR(Sources to
Artifacts Ratios) , SDR (Signal to Distortion Ratios), SIR (Source to Interference Ratios) as metrics of
measurements
• Developed a Python-based audio speech recognition algorithm to detect speech intelligibility of patients with voice
disorders allowing for the removal of any human bias upon evaluation
Summer 2018
• Worked with a team of activists to inform the public of the ASPCA and The Nature Conservatory
• Collected funds for the ASPCA and The Nature Conservatory
Summer 2017
Managed the Chicago summer canvassing branch team of up to 70 individuals. Worked to build awareness about Equality Act legislation and collectively raised over half a million dollars in under two months. Recognized for achievements as Team Manager before being recommended for the position of branch Director.
• Responsible for intelligently delegating and supervising consistent assignment completion as leader of the task force.
• Charged with tracking individual financial information in addition to meticulously adhering to proper procedure, even accounting for alterations to such whilst traveling out of state.
• Invariably able to support and rally members of the team, the results of which included breaking several top performing records. Records that had previously been sustained not only regionally, but nationally.
• Individual performance likewise remained dependably high for the entirety of employment, and as a top achiever two unique promotions were offered over the course of just two months
Learn more about the organizations that I am part of
E-mail me if you're interested in my research and/or just want to get a beer while talking about the meaning of Life
Phone: (773) 727 9507
ecueva5@illinois.edu
edgarxcuevas@gmail.com