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CV: Willow Veytsman ------------------- Last updated Nov. 15, 2025. back home Skills relavant to professional life: - Programming language profficiency: C, Rust, JavaScript (backend and frontend), C++ (including CUDA, OpenMP, MPI), Python, Java - Programming language familiarity: OCaml, Lisp, Go, RISC-V assembly, SQL, and more. - System administration: Long-term Linux use (on both desktop and server), experience with virtualization and containers (including Proxmox, Docker) - Assorted technical skills: relational database knowledge, Git, React, NodeJS, GraphQL, Systemd and shell scripts - Soft skills: effective technical communication to audiences of varying technical knowledge, ability to work in and direct teams efficiently, quick learning and adapting to new technologies, writing documentation and ensuring reliability for long-term maintenance. Work experience: * Triforce Institute for Multiphysics Modeling May-December 2024; June-December 2025 Working as an Undergraduate Research Intern for professors Adam B. Sefkow and Chen Ding, I investigated methods to improve performance in physics simulations from a Computer Science perspective. This work involved extensive use of C++, Rust, and CUDA, and a big focus of the research was parallelism. A paper based on some of this research is currently in peer review for the journal Computer Physics Communications. For more information about the outcome of this work, see the projects page * University of Rochester Computer Science Department January 2024-Present From spring 2025 to spring 2026, I was (and currently am, as of writing) a teaching assistant for CSC254 Programming Language Design and Implementation. For this class, I run two weekly workshops for about ten students each where we go over lecture material and work through exercises provided by the professor. I also grade projects written in different languages including Rust, OCaml, and Java related to programming language and compiler features. For the spring and fall semesters of 2024, I was a teaching assistant for CSC173 Computation and Formal Systems. I ran weekly study sessions where students could come in and ask questions about coursework and their projects. I also graded projects and gave feedback to students. All of these projects were in C. * University of Rochester Admissions Office January-December 2024 I was a tour guide, guiding prospective students and families on weekly tours around campus and answering their questions. * Teach For America Summer 2023 I was a Service Management Intern for Teach for America. My project was to research Service Management platforms for a potential migration, taking into account the organization's needs and goals, and to present that research in a succinct and informative way. I also moderated panels with higher-ups as part of the internship program's career fair. Education: - BS in Computer Science, University of Rochester Extracurricular experience: * WRUR 88.5FM January 2023-Present I'm currently (as of writing) the IT Director for the on-campus radio club, WRUR. My main task is to maintain some of the systems running the radio station, including, crucially, the systems that maintain the web radio show, which is entirely student-run. I also maintain the website for the Sting. Right now, I'm performing and overseeing several hardware and software migrations to update systems to current standards. A big responsibility is communicating with the University's IT Department, on which the radio station depends. * Stuyvesant Student Union September 2020-June 2022 As an IT Director of the Student Union, I was part of a team that developed from the ground up a new version of StuyActivites, the platform used to manage all club activity at the school and thus used by hundreds of students. Finally, I trained and managed new members of the department, aiding in the transition to a new generation of IT directors and members.