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Michael Sheely

Mathematics and Computer Science

Joint Major from Harvey Mudd College

Personal Profile

I am currently a software engineer at Google after graduating from Harvey Mudd College, studying Mathematics and Computer Science. I ask lots of questions, and I am self motivated to solve problems. I have a penchant for coding, and I enjoy helping and working with others in all aspects of life.

Work Experience

Google Inc.

Summer 2017 - Present

Working on Google web and app crawling infrastructure to support anti-spam use cases. TL for crawling team since 2021.

Summer 2016

Worked on the Gmail branch of the Counter Abuse Technology team to reduce the quantity of spam which reaches end users and reduce misclassification as spam.

Robotics Researcher at UCLA Applied Math REU

Summer 2015

Implemented collective carry algorithms for use on robotic swarms. Worked to develop deterministic and stochastic methods for the cooperative retrieval of payloads.

Substantial work in image processing, object recognition, and network communication. See our final report. See publications section for our official paper.

Computer Science Researcher

Summer 2014

Worked on the MyCS course to teach topics of computer science to high school students. Curriculum has been adopted by two schools in the Claremont area. (MuddX)

Academic Excellence Tutor

August 2016 - May 2017

Nominated by a professor and passed interviews to become a member of the Academic Excellence Tutoring Team. We are a group of tutors who host tutoring sessions for the Harvey Mudd first and second years with a superset of the core math courses (Responsible for 8 courses!)

Grader and Tutor for Math and Computer Science Departments

January 2014 - May 2017

Grading for the Math department (Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Intermediate Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Discrete Mathematics).

Grading and Tutoring for the Computer Science department (Introduction to Computer Science, Principles of Computer Scinece, Data Structures and Program Development).

Tutor Training Program for the Computer Science Department

Education

Harvey Mudd College

Joint Major in Mathematics and Computer Science

Cumulative GPA 3.526

  • Principles of Computer Science
  • Data Structures and Program Development
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Computability and Logic
  • High Performance Computing
  • Graph Theory
  • Abstract Algebra
  • Real Analysis
  • Computer Systems
  • Programing Languages
  • Real Analysis
  • Computational Complexity
  • Algorithms

Key Skills

  • C/C++
  • Haskell
  • Java
  • Python
  • Racket
  • Bash
  • Matlab
  • Prolog
  • Linux
  • Windows

Publications

Awards

  • 1st Place in International MATE Robotics Competition (2013)
  • HMC: Dean's List (5), Superior Academic Performance
  • National AP Scholar
  • HMC Computer Science Service Award
  • Valedictorian of Aptos High School