Gigi Stark (she/her)

Gigi Stark (she/her)

New York, New York, United States
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I am currently a Senior Software Engineer at Google. I graduated from Yale with a double…

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Experience

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    Google

    New York, New York, United States

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    New York, New York, United States

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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    New Haven, Connecticut

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    New Haven, CT

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Washington, District Of Columbia

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    Geneva, Switzerland

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    New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico

Education

  • Yale University Graphic

    Yale University

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    Activities and Societies: Yale Daily News (Business Analytics Manager) || Yale Leadership Institute (Vice President) || Kappa Alpha Theta Epsilon Tau Chapter (Member) || Yale Photography Society (Featured Photographer) || Cage and Feather Society (Member)

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    Activities and Societies: It’s Academic / Quiz Bowl (Team Captain) || Math Team (Co-Captain) || Newspaper (Co-Editor-in-Chief) || Varsity Basketball (Co-Captain) || FIRST and MATE-ROV Robotics (Team Member)

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    As part of the Yale Young Global Scholars Grand Strategy program, I drafted and presented a policy paper focused on preventing a nuclear Iran. I studied leadership, international relations, and security and engaged in a crisis simulation.

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    Took math courses in combinatorics and algebra.

Publications

  • Robust machine learning for colorectal cancer risk prediction and stratification

    Frontiers in Big Data

    I am a co-author of this paper which uses various machine learning models to predict colorectal cancer risk based on personal health data. I worked on this paper as part of the Jun Deng Team at the Yale University School of Medicine.

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  • Predicting breast cancer risk using personal health data and machine learning models

    PLoS One

    I am the first author of this paper which uses various machine learning models to predict breast cancer risk based on personal health data. I worked on this paper as part of the Jun Deng Team at the Yale University School of Medicine.

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  • Detecting Syntactic Change Using a Neural Part-of-Speech Tagger

    1st International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change co-located with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2019

    I co-first-authored a paper analyzing syntactic change in American English using a time-parameterized long short-term memory (LSTM) part-of-speech tagger. In completing this paper, I worked with Yale Linguistics Department Chair and Computational Linguistics at Yale (CLAY) Lab Director Robert Frank. The paper was accepted for the 1st International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change co-located with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational…

    I co-first-authored a paper analyzing syntactic change in American English using a time-parameterized long short-term memory (LSTM) part-of-speech tagger. In completing this paper, I worked with Yale Linguistics Department Chair and Computational Linguistics at Yale (CLAY) Lab Director Robert Frank. The paper was accepted for the 1st International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change co-located with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2019. See code at https://github.com/gstark12/DiachronicPOSTagger.

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  • Observations of the Near Earth Asteroid Tantalus

    International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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Courses

  • Algorithms (Spring '18)

    Computer Science 365

  • Artificial Intelligence (Spring '19)

    Computer Science 470

  • Computational Vision & Biological Perception (Fall '18)

    Computer Science 475

  • Data Analysis (Spring '18)

    Statistics 361

  • Data Mining and Machine Learning (Fall '17)

    Statistics 365

  • Data Science for Politics & Policy (Spring '18)

    Environmental Studies 454

  • Data Structures and Programming Techniques (Fall '17)

    Computer Science 223

  • Linear Algebra with Applications (Spring '16)

    Math 222

  • Machine Learning for Biology (Fall '18)

    Computer Science 453

  • Mathematical Tools for Computer Science (Fall '17)

    Computer Science 202

  • Multivariable Calculus (Fall '15)

    Math 120

  • Natural Language Processing (Spring '18)

    Computer Science 477

  • Neural Networks and Language (Spring '18)

    Linguistics 380

  • Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations (Fall '16)

    ENAS 194

  • Probability Theory (Fall '16)

    Statistics 241

  • Sports Analytics (Fall '18)

    School of Management 817

  • Theory of Statistics (Spring '17)

    Statistics 242

Projects

  • Summer Math Enrichment Program

    During the summer of 2014, I taught a two-week summer math enrichment program to Washington, DC, elementary school children from low-income families. I created the program and its curriculum over an eighteen-month period, during which I sought input from several teachers and children's advocates. I implemented the program at Beacon House, a community non-profit, as part of Beacon House's Camp Leap. Camp Leap is a low-cost summer camp that provides academic and recreational activities to at-risk…

    During the summer of 2014, I taught a two-week summer math enrichment program to Washington, DC, elementary school children from low-income families. I created the program and its curriculum over an eighteen-month period, during which I sought input from several teachers and children's advocates. I implemented the program at Beacon House, a community non-profit, as part of Beacon House's Camp Leap. Camp Leap is a low-cost summer camp that provides academic and recreational activities to at-risk youth from DC's Ward 5. I taught one class of fifteen rising fourth and fifth graders and another class of twenty-five rising second and third graders. I structured the math enrichment summer program around four-problem-solving strategies and related word problems, games, and interactive experiences.

  • Hoops for Hunger

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    While in high school at Sidwell Friends, I organized annual “community nights” built around 3-on-3 basketball tournaments. Hoops for Hunger (now in its 8th year) has attracted hundreds of attendees and contributed over $8500 (from 2011-15) to African famine relief through a combination of corporate sponsors, individual contributions, and t-shirt and food sales.

Honors & Awards

  • Magna Cum Laude

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    Honor awarded to students graduating in the top 15% of their Yale class.

  • Phi Beta Kappa (2nd Election Inductee)

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    One of 61 members of the Yale Class of 2019 elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a part of the 2nd of 3 elections. The total membership of Phi Beta Kappa can include no more than 10% of the class.

  • Pierson College Richter Summer Fellowship Recipient

    Pierson College at Yale University

  • Alan S. Tetelman 1958 Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences Recipient

    Yale University

  • National AP Scholar

    College Board

    Given to students in the US who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more AP Exams.

  • National Merit Finalist

    National Merit Scholarship Corporation

Languages

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Yale Daily News

    Business Analytics Manager

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    Business Analytics Manager (2017-Present), National Advertising Manager (2016-17), Account Executive/Conference Coordinator (2015-16). I drove the use of data analysis to design advertising strategies and improve operations. I sold over $5000 in ads to local, national, and international companies. In 2016, I organized Yale’s Annual Conference on College Newspapers, featuring leading journalists and attracting attendees from colleges across the Northeast.

  • Yale Leadership Institute

    Vice President

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    Vice President ('17-'18): I managed YLI operations, and structured and led strategic initiatives. Finance Director ('16-'17): I developed and led events featuring Yale SOM Dean Emeritus Jeffrey Garten, Honest Tea Founder/CEO Seth Goldman, and others. I created the budget, obtained grants, and managed the bank account and spending. YLI's Leadership Education and Development (L.E.A.D.) Class of 2019 Member ('15-'16): I was 1 of 35 freshman selected to participate in a leadership development…

    Vice President ('17-'18): I managed YLI operations, and structured and led strategic initiatives. Finance Director ('16-'17): I developed and led events featuring Yale SOM Dean Emeritus Jeffrey Garten, Honest Tea Founder/CEO Seth Goldman, and others. I created the budget, obtained grants, and managed the bank account and spending. YLI's Leadership Education and Development (L.E.A.D.) Class of 2019 Member ('15-'16): I was 1 of 35 freshman selected to participate in a leadership development program.

  • Yale Photography Society

    Featured Photographer

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    My photos were featured in bi-annual student exhibitions (Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17).

  • Yale Entrepreneurial Society

    Head of Communications and Social Chair

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    I published weekly newsletters, communicated with partner organizations and YES Board Members, and organized campus social events to promote entrepreneurship.

  • Sidwell Friends It's Academic/Quiz Bowl Team

    Captain

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  • Sidwell Friends Math Team

    Co-Captain

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  • Horizon (Sidwell Friends newspaper)

    Co-Editor-in-Chief

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  • Sidwell Friends Robotics Team

    Member

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    We competed in annual FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Maryland State Competitions. We also competed in the 2014 Pennsylvania MATE-ROV Ranger competition.

  • Sidwell Friends Varsity Basketball Team

    Co-Captain

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  • Kappa Alpha Theta Epsilon Tau Chapter

    Member

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