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Charles Tang

APMA at Brown University

Massachusetts, USA

About

I am student at Brown University, pursuing an interest in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence. I am most interested in problems regarding using AI and mathematical modeling to solve real-world problems.

Education

Brown University

2024 - (2027)
Bachelor's Degree in APMA-CS (Applied Mathematics + Computer Science)
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Relevant coursework: Stochastic Calculus, Optimization, Operations Research, Functional Programming

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2023 - 2024
Computer Science and Mathematics
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Relevant coursework: Calculus, ODEs, LinAlg, Discrete, Probability Theory, Real Analysis, Stochastic Models, Econometrics, Object Oriented Programming, Algorithms, Intro to ECE

Work Experience

BJ's Wholesale Club
Westborough, MA

Jun. 2024 - Aug. 2024

Data Science Intern

Developed CLI to simulate millions of historical forklift routes (Python/Pandas) to streamline picking/delivery. Optimized forklift pick path by 20% with an annual ROI of $851K with integer and linear programming. Pioneered robotic forklift deployment initiatives (annual ROI of $331K) in East Coast distribution centers. Designed Excel dashboard for 200+ clubs nationwide on performance insights on Tally (BJ's flagship robot).

IOMICS Corporation
Cambridge, MA

Dec. 2023 - Aug. 2024

Software Engineering Intern

Developed a chatbot app with LangChain, Django, Postgres, and Docker answering 95% correctly on medical Q/A. Increased brain injury analysis accuracy by 10% by delivering computer vision recommendations to specialists. Reduced feature selection software computational time by 80% by implementing parallel processing (sklearn).

Iridium Tutoring
Southborough, MA

2020 - 2024

Founder & Lead Director

Founded and led a 501c3 organization providing free tutoring to 500+ K-12 students nationwide, delivering 10K+ sessions, raising $15K+, and gaining nationwide TV coverage. Implemented training for 100+ tutors with an average quality rating of 4.8/5.0, pioneered educational projects, and developed a Django + MySQL web portal, saving $5K annually and enhancing student data privacy.

Projects

= production app

A digital student attendance system

ReactJS
NodeJS
ExpressJS
MySQL
Raspberry Pi
Python

Financial market AI RAG app with dashboard UI

LangChain
FastAPI
ReactJS
Ant-Design
Firebase

B2C tutoring portal for students and tutors

Django
MySQL
Bootstrap
CPanel

Career advancement with micro-projx

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

Academic planner (2024 WPI GoatHacks Winner)

Firebase
ExpressJS
ReactJS
NodeJS
Ant-Design

Food pantry management system

ReactJS
HTML/CSS
MUI
Firebase

SOTA vision-based cyclist detection model

Python
Rasbperry Pi
Tensorflow Lite

Papers

Math modeling paper written for 2023 HiMCM challenge

USA Outstanding Winner (1st/967)
NCTM Award

Logit regression analysis of discrimination

ECON 3130

Math modeling paper written for 2023 IMMC challenge

Intl. Meritorious (Top 6)

Math modeling paper written for 2022 HiMCM challenge

USA Finalist (Top 6%)

Math modeling paper written for 2022 M3 Modeling challenge

2nd Round Selection

Certificates

Cloud computing, AWS services

Amazon Web Services

Image/video segmentation algorithms specialization

MathWorks

Computer vision, generative models, custom fxs specialization

DeepLearning.AI

TF CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, time-series analysis specialization

DeepLearning.AI

Principles of DL specialization

DeepLearning.AI

Skills

Python
Javascript
Java
HTML/CSS
MATLAB
Linux
REST APIs
LaTeX
MySQL/PostgreSQL
Docker
AWS
Git
Postman
VS Code
NodeJS
Firebase
Profilers (Scalene)
Bootstrap
Django
React.js
Pandas
Sklearn
Tensorflow
LangChain
Computer Vision Toolbox
OR Tools
PULP