Wesley Smith

Experience

• REU Research Intern in the Learning Sciences Lab | USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies - ICT

  Summer 2024

  • Worked in an Agile environment using Python and React Native using Machine Learning and Generative AI for content generation for the PAL3 learning platform. My work with React Native used a mix of native platform code and typescript to implement some of this functionality on edge mobile devices.
  • Presented my work at a SoCal poster symposium at Harvey Mudd College and at ICT’s Thursday Tech Talks.

• Researcher at the Brain, Behavior & Computation Lab | College of the Holy Cross

  2024-present

  • Improved and deployed a web-based reverse coloration app written in Julia to expand data collection for our tinnitus reverse correlation experiment. I created docker-compose and Docker files for CI/CD and configured a VPS, set up Postgres. I am currently working to validate this experiment compared to our prior MATLAB based code
  • Helped with data collection and design of a reverse correlation experiment attempting to reconstruct the shape of the vocal tract used when vocalizing vowels. We hope to have an abstract published in ASA/ICA 2025

• Teaching Assistant | College of the Holy Cross

  2022-present

  TA’d Intro to Programming lab in Spring/Fall, 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Spring/Fall 2023 & Fall/Spring 2024, Spring 2025 TA’d Data Structures lab. Worked with a faculty member and helped students debug their lab code and explain course concepts. Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 I offered evening TA office hours

• Co-President of the Student Advisor Committee (SAC) | College of the Holy Cross

  2024-present

  I organize and performed and summarized course evaluations, and we presented our findings to the department faculty to aid in tenure decisions.

• Shop Assistant & Lighting Electrician | Prior Performing Arts Center

  2022-present

  Programmed ETC light boards, hung countless fixtures, and wired lights for 9+ productions. Experience working at heights and certified to operate scissor lifts.

• Director and Designer

  2022-present

  Spring 25, I designed and built the set along with designing the lights of the musical Alice By Heart as part of a senior design capstone. We sold over 1500$ worth of tickets over 5 sold out shows. See production photos. Directed one-act adaption of Life is a Dream, Fall 2022. Directed original musical, Mania, Spring 2024. Scenographer, Happy Days, Fall 2024