Julia Wu

Julia Wu

San Francisco, California, United States
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About

Building Spark AI. Formerly engineering @ Brex, Apple AI/ML, Microsoft, Brown Computer…

Experience

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    Spark (YC W24)

    San Francisco, California, United States

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    San Francisco, California

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    Redmond, Washington, United States

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    Providence, Rhode Island

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    Greater Seattle Area

Education

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    Brown University

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    Brown Investment Group Research Committee, Co-founder and President of Lean In at Brown, President of Women in Business, Co-president of Women in Computer Science

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    Superintendent Award (highest honor awarded to graduating senior), Top 10 GPA of graduating class, Secretary General of Model UN, Editor in Chief of school magazine, leader of community service initiative to teach math and Portuguese to underprivileged youth

Publications

Projects

  • VentureSnaps

    Performed data analysis on the world’s most comprehensive dataset about startup activity (CrunchBase) by means of machine learning (Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine) and visualization methods. Generated insights regarding trends in startup IPOs, acquisitions and funding.

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  • SleepGuru

    Conceive and develop Android mobile application with three team members that allows users to measure alertness and productivity, store data in SQLite database and prescribe whether user

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  • Texture, the Free URL Scraper

    Open-source web application that asynchronously generates appealing contextual previews of hyperlinks

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  • Sharp Contacts

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    Exchange contact information by scanning QR codes

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  • Hungry@Brown

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    Develop the front end of a web/mobile application that displays menus from Brown University’s campus eateries and retrieves live information about on-campus events with free food.

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Honors & Awards

  • Finalist at HackBrazil

    Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT

  • Facebook Grace Hopper Scholarship

    Facebook

    Selected as 1 in 50 women from 1000+ applicants to attend the Grace Hopper Conference with Facebook.

  • Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship

    Google

    Academic scholarship awarded based on strength of academic background and demonstrated leadership

  • Microsoft Scholarship

    Microsoft

    Award granted based on merit, demonstrated passion for software industry and commitment to leadership

  • Finalist, CMU Venture Challenge

    CMU Venture Challenge

  • Anita Borg Grace Hopper Scholarship

    Anita Borg Institute

    Offered competitive scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in 2015

  • Square Code Camp

    Square

    Selected as 1 of 20 women from 500+ candidates across the U.S. and Canada to participate in an intensive week-long immersion program.
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  • Google Grace Hopper Scholarship

    Google

    Received scholarship from Google to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.

  • Microsoft Hackathon, HackForHer Prize

    Microsoft

  • JP Morgan Launching Leaders Undergraduate Experience

    J.P. Morgan

    Offered trading internship with scholarship

  • Hack@Brown Prize: Best Easy-to-use Application with Clean Interface

    Square, Inc. at Hack@Brown

  • Superintendent Award

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    Highest honor at high school awards ceremony. Granted to one student that demonstrates the combination of academic excellence, engagement with fellow students and devotion to community service.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Chinese

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  • Portuguese

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