May Paek

Student at Carnegie Mellon University

Annandale, Virginia, United States

About

Experience

  • Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
    • Teaching Assistant | Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

      - Supported and instructed 400+ students through leading recitations, holding office hours, and grading assignments/exams – Assisted in teaching parallel algorithm optimization, GPU architecture, memory management, and performance tuning using OpenMP and CUDA for high-performance computing system

    • Teaching Assistant | Distributed Systems
      Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 · 5 mos

      - Instructed 200+ students in key concepts: concurrency, scheduling, replication, LSP, RAFT, and network protocols - Led recitations, held office hours, and provided online support to guide students in building distributed systems using C, Go, TCP/UDP sockets, and RPC frameworks

  • Research Assistant at Xu Lab
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    - Developed a deep learning framework with PyTorch and 3D ResNet to identify the top 5 most similar patients from a spine MRI database, enabling surgeons to base treatment plans on historical success and comparable patient conditions – Built anatomically-guided feature extraction pipeline with cross-attention and multi-structure segmentation, processing 1,000+ spine MRIs using Meta’s Segment Anything Model and nnU-Net for interpretable diagnosis

  • Software Engineering Intern at Goldman Sachs
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    - Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Meta’s Llama models and Chroma DB to summarize 1500+ keystrokes per Unix session, cutting analysis time by 80% - Developed and deployed a REST API endpoint and Flask server, enabling seamless integration and delivering results to users within seconds while processing 10,000+ sessions daily - Designed and maintained a GitLab CI/CD pipeline for automated deployment, ensuring reliable and efficient updates to the team’s analytical website-

  • Firmware Captain at Carnegie Mellon Racing
    Aug 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    - Managed a team of 20+ people to redesign state machines and implement a task scheduler for all boards - Implemented Hardware in the Loop (HITL) testbenches for low and high voltage boards - Maintained firmware drivers for STM32 microcontrollers across various models over 80+ repositories

  • Teaching Assistant | Electronic Devices and Analog Circuits at Carnegie Mellon University
    Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos

    - Instructs over 100 students in building advanced circuits: IR audio transmitters, RFID scanners, phone chargers. - Taught students how to utilize essential lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, and digital multimeters. - Held office hours and lab sessions to teach students how to solve complex electrical circuits with transformers, rectifiers, transducers, and more.