Ben Harris
Heyo, welcome to my portfolio and blog. Thanks for visiting!
I'm a software developer and aspiring entrepreneur. Right now, I'm getting a Master's in Computer Science at Rice University. Lately, I've gotten really interested in Web3 so HMU if you're into that too.
Background
For a formal writeup, check out my resume.
-- Work --
Enterprise Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Austin, TX | June 2020 - August 2020
Created new quick-select option for commonly used attachments in the invoice resolution tool’s email feature. Synced files changes from Google Drive shared folder to internal database via recurring PHP Script. Displayed categorized options via dropdown and attached data to email upon selection in React frontend. 1 of 3 interns chosen to present their project at quarterly enterprise engineering meeting attended by 200+ employees.
Software Engineer Intern @ Babylon Micro-Farms
Charlottesville, VA | June 2019 - August 2019
Implemented 150+ tests on a Django Rest Framework API (raising code coverage from 3% to 70%). Researched data generation methods for Django testing; built robust, interconnected factories with the Factory Boy package to instantiate model instances; and developed BASH scripts for virtual environment management.
-- Education --
Master's from Rice University
Houston, TX | August 2021 - May 2021
I'm sticking around for another year to get a Master's in Computer Science.
Bachelor's from Rice University
Houston, TX | August 2017 - May 2021
Majored in Computer Science and minored in Physics.
Projects
Deep Speech Recognition
Python, TensorFlow
Trained a neural net to identify 10 keywords in speech at 92% accuracy.
EZ PowerPoint
Python, Flask, NLP, HTML, CSS, JS
Website where you upload text files to receive PowerPoint summaries.
RL Trajectory Optimization
Python, TensorFlow, OpenAI Gym
A novel approach to determining flight paths for interplanetary travel.
Superconductivity Classification
Python, TensorFlow
Used chemical composition to classify superconducters at 96% accuracy.
Personal Website
JavaScript, React, Next.js
Just a simple site to share my projects and thoughts. You're looking at it rn!
Blog
Contact
Hit me up! I'm always down to collaborate and meet interesting people.