About Me

Who Am I?

Hi I'm Lucia. I'm a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Computer Science and Philosophy, with a minor in Cognitive Science. In Summer 2019, I was a Program Manager Intern on Microsoft's Linux Systems Group, working with developers of the Linux kernel to provide high-quality Linux services to all Windows users. I'm currently on the lookout for full-time opportunities where I can make impact with technology and thoughtful discourse.

And of course, I am always looking to meet ambitious and community-attuned people.

What I do?

Here are some of my skills

Program Management

Design products and track their development to the marketplace.

Coding & Scripting

Write Python, Java, Javascript, C, C#, SQL and Bash code for data processing and software.

Prototyping & Making

Design 2D vector shapes. Use laser cutter, 3D printer, CNC router to fabricate prototypes.

Presenting

Talk about anything from product to diversity and inclusion.

People Skills

Outgoing and curious to understanding different perspectives. Sympathize, build connections with co-workers for better-quality work.

Education

  • Woman in Computer Science Advocacy Team Co-Chair (May 2018 - present)

    • Founder and organizer of The Percentage Project, which has seen two successful launches on UPenn's campus, and one successful launch on Duke University's campus. Rebranded and re-launched the Dear Engineers, project. Meet with faculty members and administration of the Engineering School to advise and plan ways to improve the mental health of engineering students and make the learning environment more friendly towards minority students. Recruited team members and ran weekly meetings.

  • Polybian Society Member (May 2017 - present)

    • Contribute to open symposia, a venue for open high-quality, political discourse on important world issues and ideas.

  • The Daily Pennsylvanian Photo Editor (May 2018 - Aug 2018)

    • Editor for all photo content for newpapers, newsletters and social media. Re-organized photo database and migrated content to the cloud. Delegated photo tasks to photographers on the team. Attended board meetings.

  • PennApps Outreach Team Member (Sept 2016 - May 2017)

    • Graded hackathon candidate applications, responded to inquiries, organized travel and issued travel reimbursements.

  • Weiss Tech House WeissLabs Team Member (Sept 2016 - Dec 2017)

    • Served as liaison between startups Woveon, GroupK Diagnostics, and NeuroFlow and WeissLabs incubator. Met with founders weekly and helped resolve blockers.

Math Club Co-Organizer, Philosophy Club Member, X-Country Team

Experience

Work Experience

Program Manager Intern at Microsoft Corporation May 2019 - Aug 2019

Team: Linux Systems Group

  • Wrote functional specification for patch tracking tool to make accelerate Linux kernel development, wrote documentation for Linux kernel update pipeline and planned upcoming release of Azure-tuned Linux kernels
  • Hack in digital diplomacy team to detect deepfakes in media in company-wide Hackathon 2019
  • Attend internal conferences, team events, and organize specification reviews and one-on-one meetings

Undergraduate Researcher at Cognitive Computation Group May 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Improved existing named entity recognition tool using topic-matching algorithms and parsed raw language data into consumable formats
  • Reviewed ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) paper submissions from phD students in weekly meetings
  • Co-authored and published the UPenn system description for this project

Explorer Intern at Microsoft Corporation May 2017 - Aug 2017

Team: Azure Data Migration

  • Worked with two interns to design and build command line tool for Azure data migration which enables data migration from on-premise databases to Azure and Azure VMs
  • Tool was demoed at Microsoft Ignite Conference and released to the public in 2017

Community Intern at MakerLabs May 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Operated laser cutters, 3D printer and scanner, CNC router and graphics programs for constructing 2D and 3D shapes for clients
  • Advocated for maker culture: leading tours for candidate members, representing MakerLabs at maker fairs, explaining membership options
My Work

Recent Work

Microsoft Linux Patch Tracker: Ani

Program Management

proof-of-concept

Percentage Project

Advocacy

campaign for diversity and inclusion

LORELEI 2018

Research

DARPA-sponsored project

Get in Touch

Contact

huo.lucia@gmail.com

Lucia Huo