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General Information

Full Name	John Abascal
Date of Birth	October 20th, 1998
Languages	English, Spanish

Education

2021 - Present
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Advisors
  - Alina Oprea
  - Jonathan Ullman
- GPA: 3.84
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Honors Thesis
  - A Standardized Approach to Studying the Double Descent Phenomenon
- Advisors
  - Alec Kercheval
  - Nathan Crock
- GPA: 3.79

Work Experience

May 2023 - Aug 2023

Applied Research Intern (Data Privacy)

LinkedIn, Sunnyvale, CA
May 2021 - Aug 2021

Software Engineer Intern (iOS)

Intuit, Mountain View, CA
May 2021 - Aug 2021

Software Engineer Intern (iOS)

Intuit, Mountain View, CA
Aug 2019 - May 2021

Machine Learning Intern

NewSci Labs, Tallahassee, FL
May 2019 - Aug 2019

Software Engineer Intern

Sphero, Boulder, CO

Teaching Experience

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Learning Assistant

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Caclulus I
Aug 2018 - May 2019
Tutorial Assistant

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- College Algebra - Caclulus III

Technical Skills

Languages	Python, C++, Swift, JavaScript, MATLAB, Latex
Libraries and Tools	PyTorch, Opacus, sci-kit learn, NumPy, Asyncio, Pandas, Keras, OpenCV, Matplotlib, PIL, Linux, Git, Jira, Jupyter, SQL, GraphQL

Honors, Awards, and Involvement

HSF Scholar	2019, 2020, 2021
President's List	Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2020
Dean's List	Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Honors in the Major	Mathematics
President (2020 - 2021)	Society of Undergraduate Mathematics Majors (SUMS) at FSU
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship (2017)	FAS, Full Tuition

Academic Interests

Privacy Preserving Machine Learning, Differential Privacy, Adversarial Machine Learning