Lucy Wang

Electrical and Computer Engineering @ Carnegie Mellon University

Greater Boston

About

Experience

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Parallel Data Lab @ CMU
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Programmed configuration generator for computer organization research on distributed storage improving efficiency of the cache Performed trace analysis and data analysis to identify compatibility with the labs system to solve current I/O problems Implemented cache with LRU eviction analyzing trend in cache capacity and miss rate

  • Carnegie Mellon University (Part-time · 2 yrs 5 mos)
    • 18-500 Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2026 - May 2026 · 5 mos

    • 15-440 Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

      KVS Messaging System, Distributed Bitcoin Miner, Raft, RPC Actor Model, Concurrency, LSP

    • 18-213 Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Introduction to Computer Systems Instructed 300+ students in grasping fundamental concepts in computer architecture and OS principles Hosted 10+ office hours per week and led recitation to further students’ conceptual understanding and debug code Developed and assessed course projects on practical applications such as floating point, assembly programming, stack overflow, GDB, LRU cache, dynamic memory allocator, Linux shell, and web proxy

  • CMU CS Academy Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University CS Academy
    Jan 2023 - Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    CSEdWeek Lead, Social Media Team Lead, Video Production Team Lead, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant Contacted and supported teachers internationally to make coding in Python more accessible to students Led 50+ professional development sessions and answered more than 100 support tickets on Python methods, data structures, and utilization in game design Managed and created CS-related social media content on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter, accumulating over 100,000 views

  • Software Engineer Intern at Capital One
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Built a DynamoDB bulk update feature (Dynamo Transformer) with AWS Lambda, concurrency, retries, and error handling Enabled code transformations while integrating conditional writes, improving data integrity and preventing stale overwrites Reduced runtime from 30 min (AWS-deployed) to 30 s locally with a new testing strategy

  • Math and English Tutor at Freelance
    Dec 2021 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Develop and implement personalized lesson plans to help students achieve their academic goals; identify students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailored tutoring sessions to address areas of need and reinforce areas of proficiency; monitor student progress and provide regular feedback to students and their parents.