CS 233 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Working as an undergraduate teaching assistant for CS 233 (Computer Architecture) during the fall and spring semesters. Some of my responsibilities include helping run lab and discussion sections, assisting students with concepts and debugging during office hours, answering questions on the class forum (Piazza), and writing scripts in Python to autograde lab submissions. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Software Engineering Intern @ Mobile App Developer for LinkedIn's flagship iOS app. From June 2015 to August 2015 (3 months) Optimization and Advanced Analytics Engineering Practicum @ Restructured code base for an internal tool and improved data manipulations, resulting in up to 2x speedup. Also worked on front-end to add user-requested features including adjustable panels, a dashboard to display simulation information in real-time, and automatic label placement for scatter plots. Heavily used NumPy, matplotlib, and wx packages in Python to manipulate data and visualize data. From May 2014 to November 2014 (7 months) CS 241 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Teaching Assistant for CS 241 (Systems Programming) during Summer Session II. Some of my responsibilities were assisting students with concepts and debugging during office hours, and answering questions on the class forum (Piazza). From June 2014 to August 2014 (3 months) Google Jump Participant @ Virtually worked with two other participants and a Google engineer mentor to create a web application using NodeJS framework and Git. The application, named "Scheduler," is a tool for students to plan their schedule and degree and to network with other students about classes and professors. We presented Scheduler at Google Summer Summit and won Best Breakthrough Project for demonstrating the most growth and learning. From March 2014 to August 2014 (6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaUndergraduate Research Assistant @ Worked with a biophysics graduate mentor on analyzing fish swimming behavior. Research involved image manipulation and data analysis with MATLAB and C++. From September 2013 to May 2014 (9 months) Resident Project Advisor at Illinois Engineering First-Year Experience @ Provide incoming freshman students with a successful transition to Engineering at Illinois, encourage development of student relationships with other students, faculty, and industry, and stimulate innovation and leadership. From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Urbana-Champaign, Illinois AreaAccompanist @ Worked with children (taught lyrics), accompanied two children’s choirs and the Sunday School choir on piano, and played for Sunday Mass. From September 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Senior @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign From 2012 to 2016 High School Honors Diploma (Valedictorian) @ North High School From 2008 to 2012 Chamila Amithirigala is skilled in: Teaching, Python, C, Java, C++, Linux, Public Speaking, Leadership, Ruby, iOS Development, Swift, Piano, Cello, French, Adobe Creative Suite, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS