WALKER SPENCE

2631 College ave, Berkeley CA

Phone: (831) 252-1196 | Email: walker.spence@gmail.com

Education
University of California, Berkeley 2015–2019
„ Major: Cognitive Science with a Computer Science concentration

„ Minor: Computer Science

„ Relevant coursework: User Interface Design and Development, Operating Systems and
System Programming, Principles and Techniques of Data Science, Computer Security,
Concepts in Computing with Data, Artificial Intelligence, Introduction to Linguistic
Science, Machine Structures, Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory, Data Structures
and Programming Methodology
Experience and Projects
Loud House Publishing Website Summer 2018
„ Using Ruby on Rails, designed and built a website for a friend’s publishing company.

Includes database storage of events, artists, and releases in addition to upkeep tools for the
owner.
Secure File Sharing (Security at UC Berkeley) Spring 2018
„ With a partner, implemented secure upload, download, and sharing functions using

AES-CBC encryption, RSA and HMAC-SHA256. Our scheme protects the confidentiality
and integrity of the file names and data uploaded to an insecure public server.
Machine Learning Project (Artificial Intelligence at UC Berkeley) Fall 2017
„ Implemented a computation graph framework, including forward and backward pass

algorithms
„ Used our computation graph implementation to perform regression, classification of
handwritten digits, and Deep Q reinforcement learning
BearMaps Project (Data Structures at UC Berkeley) Summer 2016
„ With a partner, created a mapping system for the area around the UC Berkeley campus

„ Built our own data structure and web server program to parse a URL to generate latitude
and longitude outputs
„ Implemented zoom function, auto-complete search, and routing using A-Star
Activities
Editorial Staff (The Berkeley B-Side) Fall 2017–present
„ Publish articles about contemporary music including artist interviews, opinion pieces, and

album/concert reviews
Skills
Languages: Python, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Java, C, SQLite, MIPS, Scheme, LaTeX
Interests: Writing, playing guitar and bass, contemporary film and music