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Derek Wen

Derek Wen

derek.hz.wen@gmail.com

I'm a graduate student at UCLA studying for a Master's in Applied Statistics and Data Science with a few years of work experience. I did my undergraduate at UCSD for a Bachelor's in Data Science, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Recently, I had the opportunity to intern at Amazon as a software development engineer. My main interest is applying statistical analysis and machine learning techniques to study user behavior and trends, but I am open to all types of opportunities.

I have a YouTube and a Spotify Artist where I share all my creative work.

FULL-TIME

AT&T

INTERNSHIP

Amazon — Prime Video

  • Developed a prototype web video player supporting a new proprietary Prime Video manifest format, reducing Time to First Frame (TTFF) by up to 600ms compared to the existing DASH implementation.
  • Created a parser for the proprietary manifest format leveraging the binary encoding format FlatBuffers, achieving 0ms parsing time during playback startup.
INTERNSHIP

Claritas

  • Developed a scalable PySpark pipeline, filtering over 1 million IP addresses across diverse data sources using multiple API integrations.
  • Automated the extraction of campaign data from Parquet files, calculated daily data quality metrics, and developed dynamic dashboards, saving 2 hours of daily manual work.
INTERNSHIP

Nurlink Technology

  • Created an automation tool to clean and preprocess incoming daily circuitry data and historical datasets, reducing manual processing time by ~1 hour/day.
  • Applied principal component analysis for 2D visualizations, isolating noise in output power.
INTERNSHIP

San Diego State University

  • Analyzed integrated circuit data, processing over 1,000 features across datasets of 50,000+ samples, identifying key trends and creating visualizations to enhance circuit performance.
RESEARCH

Enhancing Utility Pole Monitoring with Computer Vision

A collaboration with SDG&E applying computer vision to utility-pole inspection.

Visit project site ↗
THESIS

Identifying Deepfake Audio with Statistical and Deep Learning Methods

My UCLA Master's thesis on detecting AI-generated audio.

Read the paper ↗
GAME

Jumping Jumper

A multiplayer browser platformer game.

Play ↗
GAME

ONE LIFE

A minimalist 3D action-survival game built with React Three Fiber.

Play ↗
GAME

Particle Plane

A three.js heightmap flight game with procedural terrain.

Play ↗
GAME

ThreeJS Name

A three.js exercise.

Play ↗
VIDEO

Motion design & video editing — YouTube

MUSIC

My personal songs — Spotify

YEAR 4

unannouncedListen ↗ give it upListen ↗

YEAR 3

you & meListen ↗ in loveListen ↗ sugar crushListen ↗ reaching too far — Mirin RemixListen ↗

YEAR 2

hallucinationsListen ↗ i adore you, dearListen ↗ ENOUGHListen ↗ seeListen ↗

YEAR 1

trust uListen ↗ don't goListen ↗ reaching too farListen ↗